Youth Voice

Southampton City Council is ambitious for engagement and co-production with young people and wants to see young people's voices central to policy, provision and decision making going forward. The Council facilitates the Youth Parliament, the annual Make Your Mark consultation, the Junior Joint Area Review, Junior Wardens and the election of the Children's Mayor and more recently has been working in partnership with #Beewell to better understand children and young people's perception of their health and wellbeing. Alongside these Council activities, there is a wealth of youth engagement activity led by other organisations across the city, including the Voluntary and Community sector. With the commissioning of the Youth Voice Service, the Council is looking to build on, better coordinate and grow this existing activity to realise its ambition of putting young people's voice at the heart of decision making.