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Ann-Marie Walsh one of NHS Central Lancashire Young Advisors is working with ITV Fixers in order to create a more young people friendly health service for young people with disabilities.
ITV Fixers is helping Ann-Marie to create a DVD which will promote the views of young people who have disabililities using health services. It is hoped that this DVD will encourage services to become young people friendly and also have an understanding of the issues young people face when they first use adult health services in particular those that are more likely to be used by older adults such as podiatory , physiotherapy and audiology. Ann-Marie wants to dispell the myths and change things for the better for young people like her.

Young Advisors are a group of young people who are aged between 15 and 25, whose role is to show community leaders and decision makers how to engage young people in community life, Regeneration and renewal.

Our Young Advisors have first hand experience of being under the care of Social Services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). There are currently five Young Advisors working for NHS Central Lancashire.

Young Advisors can help you and your partners design your programme, facilities, strategy, action plan, and get it right the first time.

Young Advisors are there to show adults how to discuss, design and consult with local communities throughout the decision making process at all levels of governance. They can provide youth proofing services on regional and town strategies, local or neighbourhood level project plans and proposals and teach adults how to youth proof.

Young Advisors bring unique expertise and knowledge about being young in their area to influence an organisation’s strategic planning, decision-making and budgeting processes. They can also work directly with other young people to encourage then be get involved in renewing their community.