How we help

Every organisation is at a different point. Support starts with understanding where you are.

Some organisations are running their first youth panel or work experience week. Others have years of youth programmes but struggle to give young people real influence. We tailor every piece of work to your organisation, your capacity and, most importantly, the young people you want to reach. The goal is always the same: an organisation that is more resilient, more relevant and better prepared for the future because young people helped shape it.

01

Involving Gen Z

Create clear, accessible pathways for young people to engage with your organisation, and give them reasons to stay.

This is for you if

• You want young people involved but don't know where to begin
• The same few young people are always the ones in the room
• Your roles for young people aren't clearly defined

What you get

• A mapped youth involvement pathway, from first contact to leadership
• Inclusive recruitment approaches that reach beyond the usual faces
• Role descriptions, recognition and reward frameworks

02

Communicating with young people

Improve how you talk to and with young people, so your messages are relevant, credible and two-way.

This is for you if

• Your content isn't reaching or resonating with under-25s
• You're unsure which channels and formats to prioritise
• Your comms are about young people but rarely made with them

What you get

• A review of your current youth-facing comms
• Guidance on tone, language, channels and accessibility
• A model for co-creating content with young people

03

Ethical youth engagement

Know what's ethical and what isn't, and build engagement that protects young people and respects their time and expertise.

This is for you if

• You're worried your engagement might be tokenistic
• You're unsure about payment, consent or safeguarding
• Young people are sharing lived experience with you

What you get

• An ethical engagement review of your current practice
• Clear policies on payment, expenses, consent and wellbeing
• Practical guidance for shared power, so it's not just on loan

04

Increasing youth engagement

Design engagement strategies and progression routes that attract and retain diverse young talent.

This is for you if

• Young people sign up but don't stay involved
• Your youth programmes don't connect to anything next
• You want to grow a pipeline of future staff, volunteers and leaders

What you get

• Insight into why young people drop off, gathered from them directly
• A youth engagement strategy with clear goals and measures
• Progression routes into volunteering, careers and leadership

05

Creating youth opportunities

Design opportunities that give young people real experience, grow their skills and CVs, and connect them with your organisation or brand from early on.

This is for you if

• You'd like to offer work experience but don't know where to start
• Your existing placements feel like tea-making rather than real work
• You want young people to know and value your organisation before they're job-hunting

What you get

• Work experience programmes, insight days, shadowing and paid internships
• Meaningful streams of work and youth-led projects with real outcomes
• Skills and CV building, including references and accredited awards
• Pathways from first contact to volunteering, apprenticeships and jobs

06

Working with young employees

Attract, support and keep young talent, and build a workplace where early-career staff can do their best work.

This is for you if

• You struggle to attract or keep under-25s
• Managers aren't sure how to support early-career staff
• Generational differences are causing friction in teams

What you get

• Youth-friendly recruitment and onboarding
• Training for managers on supporting young employees
• Mentoring and reverse-mentoring schemes
• Clear progression, development and wellbeing support

07

Best practice, governance & training

Integrate youth-inclusive governance and advisory structures, and give your whole team the confidence to work well with young people.

This is for you if

• You're setting up a youth board, panel or youth trustee roles
• Youth engagement sits with one person rather than the whole organisation
• You want stronger intergenerational working across teams

What you get

• Governance models that give young people genuine influence
• Training for staff, senior leaders and trustees
• Best-practice toolkits tailored to your organisation