Only places at Plymouth left now: Want to enhance how you can engage children and young people in civic roles? Want to better understand the new duty to inform, consult and involve, and help to implement local mechanisms for young people to participate? Then click here to book your place on one of our FREE seminars taking place all across the country between January and March 2010.

Calling all Young Advisor Teams: We're hosting our FREE Masterclass in Birmingham on Thursday 18th February. With workshops on Evaluation Practice, Leadership, Communication Skills and some innovative projects showing off their work, it's not just the free lunch you'll be coming for! To find out more or book your place, click here.

Young Advisors and members of UKYP met with Dawn Butler MP to discuss citizenship and young people's involvement in their community and politics... Fancy seeing the video? Click here.

Everyone at Young Advisors would like to congratulate the following young people who won iPod shuffles as part of our recent empowerment surveys. They were: Lydia from Worcestershire, Blessing from Leeds, James from Liverpool and Samantha from Hightown. They should be with you any day now :-)

Ann-Marie, Young Advisor from NHS Central Lancashire, was presented with a special Recognition Award from the Chief Executive, Joe Rafferty, at a Commissioning Staff Awards Event last week. Ann-Marie has been doing some excellent work with her colleagues over the last year, and has even taken her findings to Andy Burnham Minister of State for Health. Well done Ann-Marie and Amanda for doing such a great job!

The Young Advisors Charity delivers a wealth of courses and activities for young people and those who work with young people. If you would like to learn more about our services, we've just released our 2010 brochure which you can download by clicking here.

Barnardo's, the UK's biggest children's charity, believes that helping young people also means helping the UK. Teenagers will inherit and shape our country, so ensuring they have promising and happy futures should be a national concern. That's why they've created The Teens' Speech. They want young people to record short videos, about issues important to them, and upload them for possible broadcast on Christmas day. For more info go to www.theteensspeech.org.uk

A delegation of Young Advisors from our Southwark Team meet with the PM and his wife Sarah this week to discuss their Spirit of London Awards Event which took place the following day. To learn more about the awards Click here!

We're looking to recruit 18 qualified Young Advisors from nine projects nationally to help us learn more about what makes young people engage in civic roles. Working in pairs, it will involve a total of just 5 days of focus groups, filming and training and if you would like to learn more Click here!
** NEW ** Opportunity now closed, and we have our team of 18! Thanks to everyone who applied!

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Young Advisors from Heywood and Lancashire NHS Trust met with Andy Burnham MP (Secretary of State for Health) this month at the Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures Event. The team of Young Advisors not only had a 30 minute one to one meeting with Mr Burnham, but also supported the entire day by facilitating table top discussions at the event. Attended by over 150 health managers from across the North West, Andy Burnham said "I wonder if all PCTs are using young advisors, and if they're not, maybe they should be to make sure young people are at the heart of commissioning"

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