Supporting young people’s interests in Data Trusts
As new ways of managing personal data emerge, it is vital that children and young people’s interests are fully protected. AYPH’s latest report, Supporting Children and Young People’s Interests within Data Trusts: Lessons from Relevant Frameworks and Roles,...
Celebrating the Senses: Newham Council’s sensory stars project inspires secondary school students
Commissioned as part of the We Are Food Secure 11-19 project, aimed at improving food security for young people, Jenny Martin shares learning from this initiative delivered by Nutrition Kitchen, a leading food education organisation based in Newham. Many young people...
All I want for Christmas
Following the recent Change NHS consultation, Young Ambassador Ben shares his personal experience of being on a waiting list. He highlights the significant physical and mental toll it has taken on him and his life as a young person, emphasising the urgent need for...
Supporting LGBTQ+ children and young people in health services
Earlier this year we were commissioned by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to ensure young people were involved in the review of their ‘Supporting LGBTQ+ Children and Young People principles’ statement. This statement is used by the college to...
Improving food security for young people in Newham
Today sees the launch of a suite of reports and resources from our partnership project aimed at improving food security for young people aged 11-19 in the London Borough of Newham. The project was a collaboration between Newham Council, AYPH and Cordis Bright,...
Experiencing my first AGM as a young person
As we end adolescent health week we are delighted to share a blog from one of our Young Ambassadors reflecting on our recent away day – it’s really important that we involve young people in all aspects of our work and our AYPH Youth Advisory Panel is an important part...
Understanding our population data
We’ve updated our population data page ready for International Adolescent Health Week. As the most read page of the Youth Health Data Hub, we know that understanding how many young people are in the UK and more detail about their demographics is important to people....
Young people’s health is impacted by our human rights as well, who knew…
In this blog, AYPH’s Youth Engagement & Partnership Project Manager, Nick Morgan shares reflections from our Young Ambassadors on a human rights and health workshop, run for the AYPH Youth Advisory Panel by The British Institute of Human Rights. Human rights. ...