The YE2030 Campaign was born from the YE2030 report which was the result of a co-designed research project into the ‘Employment and prospects for young people in England post-COVID19’. The YE2030 project was commissioned by Blagrave Trust and supported by The Health Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund.
The YE2030 research was led by a group of young researchers, including:
| Leon Gidigbi
Busayo Twins Alex Morawski Lisa Eigbadon Oli Coulson Lauren Roberts Turner Folade Lawan James Manly |
Hassan Darman
Harley Taylor-Potterton Freya Jamieson-Smith Satinder Kang Rhian Carney Abdul Siddiqui Nadine Smith Jhanzab Khan |
John Brazendale
Huma Malik Deborah Tetteh Bhavandeep Bains Alex Batchelor Elijah Mochia Fatima Jah
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The young researchers were supported throughout the research project by ClearView Research and Leaders Unlocked.
A number of these young researchers continued with the project and formed the YE2030 Advocacy Team. We also had some new young advocates join the YE2030 Advocacy Team, and together they led on the YE2030 Campaign. ClearView Research continued to support the young advocates as they continued their work on the YE2030 Campaign. The Advocacy Team that led on the YE2030 Campaign included:
| Leon Gidigbi (Sub-group lead)
Lauren Roberts Turner (Sub-group lead) Freya Jamieson-Smith Alex Morawski Ellen Ward Roni Dragusha |
Harley Taylor-Potterton
Satinder Kang Busayo Twins Oli Coulson
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Covid-19 pandemic will have a long-term impact on young people. This can be seen in a rise in youth unemployment and poor mental health among young people. In order to combat this worsening situation, the young advocates decided to focus the YE2030 campaign on two of the recommendations from the YE2030 report:
Recommendation 6: Develop an information hub that shares information with young people about all the opportunities available to them (not just academic opportunities), and
Recommendation 12: Mental health evaluation and support from a young age & better mental health support in the workplace
The young advocates decided that to achieve their goal of making a difference to young people they would work closely with an existing organisation, who could continue this work after the YE2030 campaign came to an end. They chose to work with YEUK as they believed this was a charity that had young people’s best interests at heart and that was already working to both create a careers information and opportunity hub for young people, and improve working conditions for young people through the good youth employment principles.
A sub-group of the young advocates conducted additional analysis of the YE2030 research to identify the types of career opportunities that young people want information about, especially those young people who face multiple challenges. They used these insights to advise YEUK on the development of their career hub.
A second subgroup gathered insights from professionals and young people with lived experience to draft a Youth Friendly Mental Health Policy that could be incorporated into the GYEC and help employers to support good mental health practices in the workplace, especially for young people who are starting their careers. You can explore the Mental Health Policy here.
