Provider: Education and Youth Team, London City Hall
Name: Peer Outreach Workers
The Peer Outreach Workers (POWs) are young people from across the capital that have been influencing the mayor's policies since 2006 when Ken Livingstone was the mayor of London.
The group is madeup of around 30 young people aged between 15 and 25 from a diverse range of backgrounds including being care leavers and teenage parents, so that they can represent all young Londoners.
"There are also young people who come on to the team because they are not in full-time education or employment," says Rebecca Palmer, senior project manager for children and young people's participation at the education and youth team at the Greater London Authority.
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