Fourteen young people aged between 16 and 25 were recruited as young advisers in June 2009 to oversee all major decisions about the redevelopment of Hornsey Road Baths into a high-quality performing arts space. The project is being funded by Islington Council through a £3.5m grant from the government's Myplace scheme.
The young people are paid an hourly rate for their time and work for up to 16 hours a week on the programme, which they fit around their other commitments. Their first major task was to help select an architect, says Zach Bergman, 18, one of the young advisers. "We had to consider all the bids from the architects and the pros and cons," he says. "Then myself and another young adviser interviewed the architects along with five members of the council."
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