CYP Now - International Youth Day 2020: ‘We have a voice and, finally, it is being heard’

Loren Townsend Elliot, 21, is part of an advisory panel of young people working with the UK’s largest funder of community activity to support those affected by Covid-19.

Loren Townsend Elliot, 21, is a member of The National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘Young People In The Lead’ advisory panel. Picture: National Lottery Community Fund

Loren works on National Lottery-funded projects ‘Putting Down Roots’ and ‘Our Bright Futures’.

To mark the United Nations’ InternationalYouth Day 2020 (12 August), she reflects on her involvement in The National Lottery Community Fund’s ‘Young People In The Lead’ advisory panel which features in CYP Now's #Chances4Children campaign:

In a post-COVID world, youth voice needs a space around the table. Coupled with the anxiety of economic downfall and loss in jobs, young people face uncertainty about education, reduced capacity in mental health services, and the predicted rise in gangs and violence. The only way to create lasting solutions is to have young people involved.

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