This foreword was written by Fiona Annis, Warith Rawahi and Grace Ward. They all have experience receiving support at local community based early support hubs and have participated in Fund the Hubs workshops that informed this Blueprint. Young Futures hubs should support young people to meet their potential, regardless of their background, troubles, or aims. As a group of young people from across the country, we are recommending the model for hubs that has been outlined in this blueprint based on our own experiences of accessing services.
In this blueprint, we set out a vision for Young Futures hubs:
- Young Futures hubs are co-created with young people to ensure successful engagement and impact. Young people should be involved in
all stages of service development and delivery at both a national and local level. - Hubs are designed and delivered against the values and principles set out in the Youth Access ‘YIACS’ model.
- Hubs are centred on mental health and wellbeing as the core service offer and cater for young people from 10-25 to cover the whole of this
crucial transitional period in a young person’s life.
Read the report HERE