Voice and Influence Groups
If you are aged 11-25 and want to join with other young people to campaign for improved services, join one of our Voice Groups.
At our groups you will meet other young people; share your ideas and experiences and earn rewards for projects you create alongside service leaders.
To get involved contact hype@barnardos.org.uk (link to enquiry form on website) and a member of the HYPE team will get in touch to introduce themselves and welcome you.
Autism Voice
The group develops projects to improve services for young people living with autism.
In our most recent project young people trained as inspectors and used a set of standards to evaluate and improve the autism hub in Bristol.
The group is open to any young person aged 11-25 who identifies as having autism, and is open to young people with a diagnosis, waiting for a diagnosis and through self identification.
MEETING DATES
We meet every third Tuesday at 5pm at Barnardo's Junction 3 Library;
Tuesday 17th January
Tuesday 7th February
Tuesday 28th February
Tuesday 21st March
Mental Health Voice
We are launching this group in January.
We are inviting young people to share their ideas and experience of using mental health services.
We will invite young people to share these ideas with health service leaders so improvements can be made.
We are launching this group in January.
We are inviting young people to s
We are launching this group in January and inviting young people to share their ideas and experiences of using Mental Health Services. We will invite young people to share these ideas with health service leaders to enable improvements to be made.
MEETING DATES
Our first meeting will be on either Tuesday 24th or Wednesday 25th January and then every 3 weeks afterwards.
Digital Media Group
We welcome all young people aged 11-25 to get involved.
The group is setting up an Instagram page to promote positive messages from young people to support the health service
The group are making social media reels about anxiety and exam stress so young people know where to get help when they need it.
MEETING DATES
We meet online every three weeks after school on a Monday
Mon 9th January
Mon 30th January
Mon 20th February
Mon 13th March