What is Youth Voice?
Youth Voice is a lived-experience group within CTS that meets once a month, enabling young people who are homeless to share their voice. This group co-designs and collaborates together on ways to improve the service and raise awareness of youth homelessness in Brighton & Hove.
Youth voice exists because a need was identified for a group where young people could voice their opinions and thoughts in a wider context. With a view to be heard by the people making decisions that impact their lives. The hope is that through participation, young people feel empowered and supported in decision-making and change-making roles.
"Since attending youth voice, I’ve been able to suggest things in the group and know I’m having my voice heard. I’ve seen how quickly suggestions can be taken and made into something great for the community."
In the short time our Youth Voice Group has been active, young people experiencing homelessness have:
• Visited the Houses of Parliament in London twice, meeting with MPs and rallying for policy change and a Youth Homeless chapter.
• Attended the multidisciplinary conference with Common Ambition within the city.
• Participated in a variety of training and workshops with organisations such as Expert Link and Hybred Events.
• Designed, created, and sold t-shirts to raise awareness and funds for our day centre, providing support, services, and a safe space for them and others.
• Created a graffiti mural under the theme ‘Expression is Power’.
•Participated in the interviewing process for staff and volunteer role recruitments.
We are committed to becoming a coproduced service, working closely and collaboratively with the young people experiencing homelessness we support, helping to ensure that our support, services, and safe space are trauma-informed and effective.
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of young people facing homelessness in our city 💙
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Opening hours
10:30am - 1:30pm
Day centre entrance for young people
You can find us just off Ship Street. We’re in a little alleyway right next to the Trading Post cafe – look for the Clock Tower Sanctuary sign on the street.
Office entrance for visitors and deliveries
We are at Wenlock House, 41-43 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1RH. You can find us down the alley to the left of The Body Shop.
Please see our Contact page for more information.