Youth Leadership
“Play for Progress helps us to open our eyes to what rights we have in this country, helps us to be better and know we have a family in this country that can support us. It’s also a source of our happiness. If we have a problem PFP is the first one we can go and ask. Also, if not for PFP I wouldn’t know Ionela, or Ibrahim, or Jalal, everyone. We are not just friends in PFP we are friends outside.”
“Play for Progress make people happy, give time to people, enjoy their time. Play for Progress focus on Young People, always checking in if they’re alright, doing better. Make you feel more at home. Home with your family, very open with you. Always we friends like only families are. You are doing very well, always on time, always doing the right thing and showing us we matter. Even in pandemic time you’re still continuing what you were doing before.”
Our Youth Leadership Pathway
Being lead by the people we serve is vital. After all, no one is better placed to to advise on the direction and effectiveness of our services, than the recipients of those services themselves. As such, Youth Leadership is of paramount importance to us.
Long-term participants who have been involved across one or more of our departments and who express an interest in or capacity and aptitude for leadership are encouraged to take part in our Youth Leadership Pathway in any/all of the following ways:
Amplifying personal and peer opinion by collating and verbalising feedback and recommendations to the management team
Securing work placement opportunities and volunteering roles within the organisation
Gaining a place on the Young Leaders Council by attending and participating in Young Leaders Council meetings and advocacy events
Strengthening leadership skills by attending and participating in the Leadership Residential (exclusively for YLC members)
Becoming Advisors to the Board of Trustees, with an option to be nominated to become members of the board when eligible
Meet Our Young Leaders Council
Young Leaders Council Photos: ©EmmaBrownPhotography Anonymous Portraits Collection
