Salford Young People’s Seldom Heard
Salford CVS, on behalf of the Vocal Children, Young People & Families Forum (who came up with the original idea) have been facilitating conversations with ‘Seldom Heard’ young people and City Leaders for a number of years now. The purpose of the event is to enable young people, who seldom have a voice in the city and little means of accessing the main city leaders, to meet with, and discuss with them their issues and what they would like to see to address them.
The principle behind the event is that it is young people led, so following a number of engagement sessions, the young people selected the theme for the 2022 event as Poverty and Inclusion. The 2023 event was held in September and the report has not yet been published as we are combining our feedback to young people and our 2024 event which will take place in September.