Engaging with young people
We put young people at the centre of all our work. These resources share how we develop and facilitate youth led participation work. We are experts in delivering safe and meaningful participation work with young people who have experienced violence and trauma. For some more examples of how we put this into practice, look at our resources highlighting young people’s voices.
We’re All Right
Visit our learning hub all about rights-based sexual violence support
Ethics of engagement
Themes from research and young people about engaging young people in health research & service design
Young people and ethics
Produced with Common Room, this briefing explores young people’s perspectives on the ethical issues when they are involved in engagement and co-production.
Language matters
Briefing paper on the language and terminology used to describe young people’s health inequalities.
Participation statement
An imagined conversation that outlines our approach to participation work.
Be Healthy curriculum
Activities to support marginalised young people to talk about their health needs.
Our Voices podcast
How to use popular education with young people affected by sexual violence
Type 1, not typecast
In 2023 Andrew took part in our engagement project ‘Understanding the experiences of young people with type 1 diabetes from communities that experience marginalisation’. As someone living with Type...
Understanding the experiences of young people with epilepsy from communities that experience marginalisation
Epilepsy is one of the most common significant long-term neurological conditions of childhood and one of the five clinical areas of focus in the NHS England ‘Core20PLUS5’ approach to reducing health...
Understanding health inequalities for young people who are care experienced
As part of AYPH’s health inequalities programme we have focused on the health inequalities for different groups of young people. We are very pleased to present the findings from our exploration of...
Comfortable spaces open up conversations
As we launch findings from our recent series of engagement events with young people and families in Complications from Excess Weight clinics, Lindsay Starbuck, AYPH Youth Participation coordinator,...
Climate change and young people’s health
Throughout 2022 we supported our Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) to conduct a youth-led inquiry into how climate change is affecting young people’s health. The panel wanted to understand how the...
The importance of rights respecting youth spaces
Following our We’re All Right project we have had the pleasure of developing and running youth led workshops on creating rights based approaches. These highlighted the important role of free youth...
Ethnicity and young people’s health inequalities
In this blog post, Rachael McKeown explores the evidence on the health inequalities experienced by young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. New AYPH reports present the latest available data...
Becoming Youth Rights Champions
The AYPH We’re All Right project has developed a learning hub where individuals and organisations can practice and improve their responses to young people who have experienced sexual violence and...
What young people think about the development of Integrated Care Systems
In 2018, NHS England announced the formation of 40+ Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) across the country, to improve joined up care across health, education, and social care in local areas. All ICSs...
Meeting the mental health needs of young people affected by sexual abuse in adolescence
New research from the University of Bedfordshire and AYPH highlights that an experience of sexual abuse can have particular repercussions for adolescents. Understanding the intersection of...