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...
Community connections and intergenerational learning – youth social action in social care settings
At our September #iwill Health and Social Care Alliance meeting it was a pleasure to hear the many benefits that both young people and residents gain whenever care homes (and other social care settings) open their doors and reach out to members of their community....
NHS approach to reducing health inequalities doesn’t address young people’s needs
AYPH’s Rachael McKeown explores what the ‘Core20PLUS5’ approach to reducing health inequalities is and why we need a different strategy that prioritises young people. Covid-19 has exposed and exacerbated many health inequalities that exist in our society, as it seems...
Psychosocial groups for young survivors of sexual abuse: worth the risk?
A key distinction in a child or young person’s experience of a sexual trauma as opposed to a sexual trauma survived by an adult is that they are still growing. Young people rely on adults and peers around them to provide a safe environment in which they can...