Engaging young people
Key to the Mayor’s children and young people’s work at the GLA is to give all young Londoners a voice, because young Londoners have a major role to play in shaping London. Young people are experts in their own right and can offer valuable insights into how a service will affect them for better or worse.
The Mayor will continue to find out and listen to the views and experiences of young Londoners, to gain a better understanding of what it is like growing up in London, through different methods like Young Londoners Surveys or special consultation meetings.
What are the aims of the Mayor’s interaction with young Londoners?
- To engage
- To inform
- To encourage involvement
Through this website, and in other ways like the Mayor’s official YouTube channel, we want to engage with young people of London so that they feel more involved in what is happening within their city and know that they have a voice that is heard by the Mayor and the GLA.
By informing young Londoners on what is happening in the capital, we can then seek active involvement from young people by keeping them informed on issues they are interested in and gaining their valuable views, opinions and feedback. This means we can act on these views and opinions to make London a better and safer city for young people.
We use the Peer Outreach Workers (POW) team and the Lynk Up Crew (LUC) to hear the views and opinions of young Londoners. The Peer Outreach Workers are aged 16 – 25, and the Lynk Up Crew are aged between 7 -15. There are also periodic young Londoners surveys and consultation events for young people with the Mayor.
If you would like to find out more how the mayor is engaging with young people, you can contact Rebecca Palmer or Christian Fadoju .
