Advocacy & Support Role of RYP

RYP offers member groups and their young people a direct communication route through to the council, health service, police and others that have an influence on life in our local community. We attend all the relevant policy groups on a range of topics including community safety, substance misuse, teenage preganancy, holiday programmes, youth involvement, volunteering, education and careers, housing, all the new Children's Trust groups, domestic violence.... (the list goes on!)

We are able to articulate your views on any of these topics to relevant policy makers and seek to influence change. Please feel free to contact us for any further information on this aspect of our work.

We also have a role in communicating developements to our members and to the wider population. We do this through regular email bulletins, this website and through meetings and 1:1 contacts. In addition we can advise your group on all aspects of your work including

Again if you would like to know more please get in touch.