Introducing AEE’s Youth Board!

VOTCY ( Pronounced Vot - See) stands for the Voices Of The Creative Youth. It is Arts Education Exchange's youth board which has been running since September to provide a nurturing space for young people to come together, share lived experience and engage in change making.

So often in today's society young people encounter systems that are not fit for purpose and are not listened to when talking about the barriers they face.

VOTCY aims to create a space that challenges this, therefore empowering youth voice, cultivating skills, and creating change within the community and beyond. Young people have already petitioned about road safety causing KCC to take a survey in the hopes of introducing a zebra crossing.

The group are now working with AEE staff to ensure youth voice within AEE's next strategy. We are really looking forward to hearing more ideas from the youth board in the future!