Brent Youth Forum

The Inclusion Team has been tasked with devising a Youth Forum that supports the 2021-2025 SEND Strategy Plan. This will enable young people (14 – 25) with SEND to have an opportunity to be involved in a forum where they can help co-produce the initiatives that will support young people with SEND in Brent in 2024

We want to ensure that we meet the objectives of the SEND Strategy 2021 – 2025 as well as the Brent Children and Young People Participation Strategy;

Young people to have meaningful and purposeful involvement in the decision-making process for services that affect them
Young people with SEND to gain the resources and opportunities to progress to adulthood effectively
Enable young people with SEND to live independently, offer activities to help them develop their relationships amongst peers and eventually provide a pathway to meaningful employment

The Brent Youth Forum has been established to ensure young people have their say on what they want to see in the Borough of Brent whilst participating in fun activities. The forum will be aimed at 14 - to 25-year-olds who have SEND, who have and don’t have an EHCP plan as well as those who are in the NEET group.

So far the forum has delivered events on maintaining a positive healthy wellbeing, providing feedback to the Transport Assistance Policy and the Education Health Care Plan

We have a video recording of the first event, Healthy Living so you can watch this at your own leisure. Please see the link to the playlist on Youtube below. The event has been recorded in 3 segments which can be viewed individually at the side.

Healthy Living - YouTube

We are now looking to have a focus group that will be held on November 22nd from 4pm to 6pm at the Civic Centre to discuss the Youth Forum in more details so that we can arrange for fun activities in 2025. It would be great to have you and your children in attendance where we will have gift vouchers for attending, offer exciting initiatives the Council are working on and provide fun activities we can arrange in Brent.

Please book on Eventbrite for a space on the event; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brent-youth-forum-focus-group-tickets-1069095837429?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you are interested in supporting or know a young person aged 14-25 with SEND who wants to offer their opinion or participation regarding the Brent Youth Forum please get in contact with Natalie Bissah; Natalie.Bissah@brent.gov.uk and 07920834819

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