Join our movement. Why become an AYPH member?

Join our movement. Why become an AYPH member?

Membership of AYPH is open to all individuals with an interest in young people’s health who share our goals and values. In this blog we asked AYPH member Emma Sunderland what she values about her membership and how membership supports her in her work as a paediatric...
Fewer young people are drinking and smoking

Fewer young people are drinking and smoking

In this blog post, Rachael McKeown presents the latest data on smoking and alcohol consumption among young people. There are historically low rates, but these averages hide variation among different groups of young people. Reflecting on some of our recent consultation...
The impact of COVID-19 on young people in university and at work

The impact of COVID-19 on young people in university and at work

Jose Vinaixa Kinnear was a Policy and Communications Intern with AYPH in the autumn of 2021, helping with the final stages of publication and dissemination of the next edition of ‘Key Data on Young People’.  In this blog he shares the findings that struck him as...
How could the Government Spending Review deliver for young people?

How could the Government Spending Review deliver for young people?

In the wake of the Government’s 2021 Spending Review, AYPH’s Rachael McKeown outlines the ways in which central government should be supporting young people as they recover from the impact of the pandemic on their lives. The Government has announced its plans for how...
What does our new logo say about AYPH

What does our new logo say about AYPH

Emma Rigby, Chief Executive Earlier this year our fantastic team of staff and trustees set about agreeing a new logo for AYPH, which will be followed by a new website due to be launched in the coming weeks.  I wanted to share our new logo with our networks, to tell...
30 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

30 years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

We asked the two AYPH Youth Advisers on our We’re All Right project to share their thoughts about the state of young people’s rights and how they think we should improve it. 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of the UN General Assembly adopting the United Nation...