Feeling a sense of belonging can be so important. It can make you feel seen, heard valued and listened to. It can also help you to feel that you are important and loved. Having a sense of community can be so vital especially if you are going through a challenging time having the support of others can really help you to keep going. Young people's mental health is really important to me as a youth activist as I have seen firsthand the importance of feeling that you truly belong within a wider...

Biteback 2030 is a youth-led movement which aims to redesign the food system and promote children’s health. Biteback focuses on 3 areas – food and honest marketing, which, for example, exposes how packaging can be misleading for health. Another area that they focus on is food and inequality ensuring that young people are able to access healthy food regardless of their background. They also focus on food sustainability. The project works with young people in a wide variety of ways such as...

Why did I get involved in the Centre for Youth Voice I got involved in the Centre for Youth Voice as I was passionate and interested in the work that they were doing and as someone from Northern Ireland, I wanted to be able to input my ideas from a unique perspective. I wanted to share my ideas on what was working well within the centre for youth voice and what wasn't working well and being able to create change for the better for the future of the youth sector. I also wanted to get...