2023 has been a big year for Youth Employment UK, and we want to share the brilliant work of our volunteer youth Ambassadors this year…
A BIG Thank You
We want to say a big thank you to ALL our Youth Ambassadors for their work and commitment this year, and their ongoing support of Youth Employment UK!
What did our youth Ambassadors do in 2023?
There have been so many events and activities this year that our youth ambassadors got involved with, so we’ve picked some key events to highlight:
- Youth Ambassadors spoke with civil servants from DfE and DWP in Your Voice, Your Say, Your Future sessions to influence policy makers by sharing their lived experience
- Supported an Engineering UK roundtable on apprenticeships
- Supported Westminster Education Forum events sharing their experience based on different elements of education and employment with educators, policy makers and politicians
- Presented a Youth Employment Collective webinar to employers on supporting and retaining neurodivergent employees
- Contributed to our results day webinar for young people by sharing their experiences and tips
- Shared experiences at Gatsby youth voice sessions to support their review, feeding into their report
- Supporting the Skills Roundtable by speaking about their experiences of learning skills in education
- Supporting our Women in STEM by sharing experiences for case studies of working in this industry. You can read about Ciara and Amelia.
- Kelsey, who works with BICSc, has lead a collobration with Youth Employment UK and The British Institute of Cleaning and Science for the creation of a Cleaning Industry Career Guide to bust myths and help young people learn about this area of work.
2023 Award Winners
Youth Ambassador Special Recognition Award: Ella
Ella was given this award for being so passionate about the work of Youth Employment UK. She is keen to provide her experiences and insight relating to disability and inclusion, and will always provide great feedback.
Youth Ambassador of the Year Award 2023
Eden was given this award and has supported Youth Employment UK in so many ways with her contribution. Eden is from Northern Ireland, and has also helped us think about how we can support ALL young people, wherever they live in the UK.
