London Youth Assembly
The London Youth Assembly (LYA) is a body formed to bring together representatives from different youth forums across London to create positive change for young people.
Getting young Londoners engaged and involved in the running of their city is an important objective for the London Assembly and these young Londoners are enthusiastic about bringing issues that matter to them to the forefront of local politics.
The LYA has representative from over London, which form four sub regional groups, Havering are part of the North East Region. These groups meet quarterly.
Go to the London Youth Assembly website
Can I be a Youth Assembly Member?
LYA Members are aged between 11 to 19, and up to 25 if you have a disability. Each borough is responsible for electing or selecting two ‘London Youth Assembly Members’ for the calendar year.
The process for (s)election varies from borough to borough.
In Havering members are elected from existing members of Youth Council.
The key role of a London Youth Assembly Member is to:
- represent their borough at LYA meetings, sub-regional group meetings and functions
- provide updates on priorities and plans for their sub-regional groups, and borough
- feed back to their borough the work being done by the LYA
- joint working with the Chair and Deputy Chair of the LYA on key issues
Members are in role for 2 years and are already members of Havering Youth Council.