Young Advocates Peer Research Call!
Do you know any 14-20 year olds who want to have their say on youth justice?
Our Young Advocates are looking to hold one-to-one interviews with 14 - 20 year olds who have personal experience of the youth justice system as part of their peer research to influence positive change in youth justice.
The views and ideas of the young people who get involved and the recommendations for changed will feed into the Young Advocates engagement with a range of justice sector stakeholders and decision-makers including ministers, as well as influencing the focus and direction of the Young Advocates’ work in the second phase of the project.
Although our Policy and Engagement Assistant, Amania, will host the interview, the conversations will be led by our Young Advocates, who have been developing their peer research skills since September 2020. The Young Advocates have been working to create a safe space for your young people to voice their opinions and develop solutions on particular priority topics. All information shared will remain anonymous and confidential.
The Young Advocates identified three priority areas as being most important to them, which the interviews will be based around. These are:
Stereotypes – as it affects young people e.g. because of their age, race and ethnicity, and gender.
Education and early warning signs – identifying the signs someone is at risk and needs help, particularly in education settings
Jail – experiences of jail and how to break the cycle
The interviews will be conducted virtually. They will last for between half an hour to an hour and we are happy to send over the interview questions ahead of the sessions if needs be. We are looking to book interviews from March to early April.
