There are also lots of children, young people and their families outside of your healthcare setting who would like to work with you and may provide a broader viewpoint more representative of the wider community you serve.
This map of the UK takes you to links all around the country of youth councils, clubs and parent carer forums where you may find willing participates to work with you to design healthcare improvements.
Before you start
Before you contact an organisation make a clear plan about what you are asking. You can use our "how-to" resource to help guide you when creating your plan.
Northern Ireland
Youth Action Northern Ireland works with children and young people across NI and may be a great place to find people who would be interested to work with you.
See your relevant council for examples of other local youth engagement opportunities:
- Belfast City
- Mid Ulster
- Newry and Mourne
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Strabane
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Ards and North Down
- Derry City
- Castlereagh
- Limvady
- Moyle
- Larne and Ballymena
Scotland
Youth Scotland and Young Scot work with children and young people across Scotland and may be a great place to find people who would be interested to work with you.
See your relevant council for examples of other local youth engagement opportunities:
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Renfrewshire
- West Dunbartonshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- Stirling
- Dundee City
Wales
Youth Cymru and Scouts Cymru work with children and young people across Wales and may be a great place to find people who would be interested to work with you.
There is also a national Welsh Youth Parliament.
See your relevant council for examples of other local youth engagement opportunities:
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend County
- City of Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Caerphilly
- Ceredigon
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Torfaen
- Wrexham
East Midlands
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Derby and Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Amber Valley
- Ashfield
- Bassetlaw
- Blaby
- Bolsover
- Boston
- Broxtowe
- Chesterfield
- Derby
- Derbyshire Dales
- East Lindsey
- Erewash
- Harborough
- High Peak
- Hinckley & Bosworth
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Mansfield
- Melton
- Newark & Sherwood
- Northeast Derbyshire
- North Kesteven
- Northwest Leicestershire
- North Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Oadby & Wigston
- Rushcliffe
- Rutland
- South Derbyshire
- South Holland
- South Kesteven
- West Lindsey
- West Northamptonshire
East of England
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Herefordshire and West Essex, Norfolk and Waveney, Suffolk and North East Essex.
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Dacorum
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Suffolk
- Epping Forest
- Fenlands
- Great Yarmouth
- Harlow
- Hertsmere
- Ipswich
- Kings Lynn & West Norfolk
- Luton
- Maldon
- North Hertfordshire
- North Norfolk
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Rochford
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Norfolk
- Southend on Sea
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tendring
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Uttlesford
- Watford
- Welwyn
Greater London
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include North Central, North East, North West, South East and South West London
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- City of London
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Newham
- Merton
- Redbridge
- Richmond
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Wandsworth
- Waltham Forest
- Westminster
North East England
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Humber & North Yorkshire, North East & North Cumbria, South Yorkshire & West Yorkshire.
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- County Durham
- Darlington
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- Youth Council
- Darlo Care Crew Looked after children council
- Healthwatch
- Parent Carer Forum
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar & Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton on Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Cheshire and Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Allerdale
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Burnley
- Bury
- Carlisle
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Chorley
- Copeland
- Eden (Penrith Cumbria)
- Fylde (Lancs)
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Lakeland
- South Ribble
- St Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wyre
South East England
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire West, Frimley, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Kent and Medway, Surrey Heartlands, Sussex
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Adur and Arun
- Ashford
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Canterbury
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dartford
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Fareham
- Folkstone and Hythe
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Medway
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- New Forest
- Oxford
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Reigate and Banstead
- Rother
- Runnymeade
- Rushmoor
- Sevenoaks
- Shepway
- Slough
- Southampton
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Swale
- Wokingham
South West England
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset.
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth
- Christchurch & Poole
- Bristol
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswolds
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Mendip
- Mid Devon
- Devon
- Somerset
- Plymouth
- Sedgemoor
- Somerset West and Taunton
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- South Somerset
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
- Isles of Scilly
West Midlands
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country, Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent and Coventry and Warwickshire
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Birmingham
- Bromsgrove
- Coventry
- Dudley
- East Staffordshire
- Herefordshire
- Lichfield
- Malvern hills
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Warwickshire
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Redditch
- Rugby
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-trent
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford & Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Wychavon
Yorkshire and The Humber
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) within this area include Humber and North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire
See your relevant council for examples of local youth engagement opportunities:
- Barnsley
- Bradford
- Calderdale
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- Youth Voice Calderdale (includes juniors, SEND and children in care)
- Healthwatch
- Unique Ways Parent Carer Forum
- Craven
- Doncaster
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Harrogate
- Kingston upon Hull
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- Richmondshire
- Rotherham
- Ryedale
- Scarborough
- Selby
- Sheffield
- Wakefield
- York