Lucy Read, head of youth participation, National Deaf Children's Society.

2 December 2008 1 min read Youth Work

Lucy Read moved to the National Deaf Children's Society because I wanted to work with young people who really don't get a say.

Your first experience of youth work?

I was involved in my local youth club and loved meeting other people. I had lots of opportunities and wanted to help others have the same.

So you started volunteering?

All the time I was doing A-levels and at university I was volunteering. I helped set up an internet cafe in the early days when many young people couldn't get access to computers. It's nice when I go home and walk past that project - it's still there 10 years later. As a young person, I also helped to set up the UK Youth Parliament and became a trustee.

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