Hi I’m Rachelle
Hi im rachelle and i am from coventry, in 2010 two people from user voice paula and warren came down to coventry and asked a group of people qestions about crime and how we could reduce it and lots...
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I went to the conference in december with less hopes than i came out with. i thought they’ll see us as criminals, but they were all ears. they listened and i came out with higher hopes. This project...
View ArticleWish i was there
My name is George and i was involved in a user voice focus group for this project. i was selected by the rest of the group to be one of the people to come down to london from manchester. But i was...
View ArticleProbation
When i did community service i was picking up rubbish and i was threatened with breach cos i didn’t want to pick up drug needles. I know that getting rid of the rubbish benefits society, but why can’t...
View ArticleThe ‘real life’ experts
I recently facilitated discussions on behalf of the Ministry of Justice with a group of ‘real life’ experts on crime. We came together to discuss the government’s Green Paper and how it is set to try...
View ArticleIt’s been a huge privilege
Our excluded youth project, What’s Your Story 2011, began in June last year. Having engaged with 740 young people across country, 25 representatives were selected by their peers to attend the annual...
View ArticleThe young people are truly inspirational
I attended the conference in Brighton in November and had to write to express my gratitude to the young people who were responsible for running the ‘Open-Space’ workshops. This was a truly amazing...
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Praise for Excluded Youth Film
Brilliant film! Massively inspiring with some profound truths, not least that many YOT workers and social workers etc. put the cart before the horse and instead of trying to understand and help young...
View ArticleThanks User Voice
I attended the National Youth Justice Convention in 2011 in Brighton and the 2012 convention in Birmingham recently. People really listened to us about what we’d like to change about youth justice. It...
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