Climate change and young people’s health

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 environment and climate change are impacting on young people’s health now, in...
The importance of rights respecting youth spaces

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 spaces that young people choose to attend and how they provide informal...
Experiences and benefits of AYPH interns

Experiences and benefits of AYPH interns

In this blog post, NJ chats with Rachael about his experience working for AYPH as an intern on our training work. NJ discusses the highlights of the internship and why it’s important young people are involved in the work of organisations like ours. Between September...
The importance of effective transition

The importance of effective transition

In this blog post, AYPH’s youth intern Angela Baird describes the process of transitioning between child and adult health services. She discusses the impact that negative transitions can have for young people with long term health conditions and advocates for more...
Ethnicity and young people’s health inequalities

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 and experiences of young people who took part in a youth panel....
Becoming Youth Rights Champions

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 other traumas. Learners also have the opportunity to become certified...