PROJECT
Young Citizens
PURPOSE
To help newly arrived migrants and refugees aged 16 to 25 build positive lives in the UK
FUNDING
£89,571 from the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund and £90,000 from John Lyon’s Charity. Both lots of funding are for three years up to the end of September 2022
BACKGROUND
In February 2017, charity Coram launched a three-year ambassador programme for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds with the aim of challenging perceptions. Young people involved in the project wanted to provide more direct peer-to-peer support so the Young Citizens programme was developed.
After consulting young people about the key issues facing young migrants and refugees, Coram worked with them to create four workshops – Your Life in the UK; Tree of Life; Understanding the Asylum Process; and Your Rights as a Care Leaver. These were delivered during a pilot event. The organisation went on to obtain funding to roll the programme out across nine London boroughs.
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