The Young People's Health Partnership

The Young People's Health Partnership is a consortium of seven organisations working with the Department of Health, Public Health England and NHS England as strategic partners to raise the profile of the health agenda across the voluntary youth sector.

The partnership will champion young people's health needs whilst providing a conduit for youth organisations, the state and young people to work towards reducing health inequalities.

The Partnership reaches a large network of local agencies, meaning that it deliver services to young people and young people's organisations on a wide scale. Each partner is contributing specialist expertise, resources, volunteers or training programmes to this initiative.

The Partnership was formed in April 2013 and will run for 12 months initially. Its key priorities are to:

• Improve the voluntary sector ability to influence health and wellbeing services for young people;
• Give young people a voice and opportunity to participate in health and wellbeing policy;
• Ensure health and wellbeing policy and practice meets the needs of young people;
• Empower young people to be independent users of health services available to them; and
• Act as champions for young people's health and wellbeing.

The partners in the consortium are the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, Addaction, the Association for Young People’s Health, Brook, CLIC Sargent, StreetGames, and Youth Access.

For further information on the partnership visit www.addaction.org.uk/page.asp?section=588.

NCVYS is keen to hear from those who want to be more involved in the partnership's work. In particular, they have opportunities for young people and organisations to be involved in consultations with the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England. Email faiza@ncvys.org.uk to discuss this further.