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YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD
VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT

We are looking for young people in years 7 – 11 to join our Youth Advisory Board and help us understand the issues affecting them and their communities.

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Who are we?

We are currently recruiting young people to join our Youth Advisory Board (YAB). As part of YAB, you will guide our development work and future focus areas. You will also play a key role in our impact evaluation process and represent the voice of local young people. Sound fun?

We are Life Skills Education, a registered charity based in Nottingham. We work with young people to help them understand the risks and potential consequences of their actions related to drugs, alcohol, knife crime, and hate crime. Your input will shape our next steps.

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Do you want to help guide the future direction of prevention education that young people in your community receive?  Then join our Youth Advisory Board and help us understand the risks facing young people today.

We want to hear from you!

We are forming the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) so young people can support, challenge, and inform our work in schools, clubs, and community groups nationwide. The YAB will explore urgent issues affecting young people and guide our charity’s development. Essentially, you will be the voice of young people within our organization.

We are recruiting young people in years 7-11 for a three-year term. As a member of the first youth board, you will directly influence its development and direction. You will also sign off on the group’s terms of reference, giving you a say in the work you undertake.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge, new skills, and experiences valuable for future university applications and employers. YAB members will play a crucial role in implementing our Impact Evaluation Strategy, gathering views and opinions from other young people about our work, and helping us focus on new and emerging threats.

Successful candidates will receive a £25 Amazon voucher!

Applications can be submitted below. We’ve made the process simple and accessible for everyone. We appreciate it if teachers and parents/guardians encourage young people to apply and support them through the application process.

Submit your application as soon as you decide you’d like to be considered for our YAB. We’ll be in touch within a month to arrange next steps which might include an online interview. If successful we’ll invite you to our next meeting. For questions about the role, email chloe@lifeskillseducation.co.uk.

Download the full guidance notes here

To Apply:

Complete the form below, as part of that process, you will need to upload a Microsoft Word or PDF document, of no more than 2 pages, about why you would like to be a member of the Life Skills Youth Board. You should include things like:

    • Tell us about you, your interests, personality and studies. Did you do DARE or a DAaRT Programme; what did you think?
    • Why you want to join Life Skills, take a look at our website, what interests you about our work?
    • Why do you want to join the YAB? How do you plan on fitting the role in with your other commitments?
    • What skills, interests and experiences do you have that would be useful for the role?  What skills would you like to learn as part of the role?

Apply Here:

YAB Application Form 2024
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Name of Parent/Guardian/Carer (Whom we can contact for consent to process your application)
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We will email your Parent/Guardian/Carer to complete a short form to give us consent to process your application.

If you are selected, we would like to be able to connect with you via social media. Please provide your social media handles below.

Maximum file size: 516MB

Will you be available to attend an online interview within a month of your application (to fit in with your other commitments)?
We will make all arrangements necessary to ensure that we make interviews accessible to everyone.
Would you be available to attend the next YAB meeting in – January, April, July, September ?

Diversity monitoring information (Answers here are optional and not completing them will not stop you from submitting your application).

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How will you protect my privacy?
Your privacy is really important to us. By filling in the Life Skills education Youth Advisory Board application form, you are consenting to Life Skills Education Charity using your personal information to keep in touch with you over the course of the project. If your application is not successful, or you decide to withdraw your application, we will delete your personal data from our files. If you want to withdraw your consent at any time you can contact the Data Controller for Life Skills Education at stuart@lifeskills-education.co.uk and if you would like to see our full Privacy Notice you can do so here https://lifeskillseducation.co.uk/privacy-policy/