Philip Lawrence Awards Network

The Harold Hill Youth Action Group in Essex has helped give young people a voice within their community as well as proactively build community cohesion. The young people involved are engaging with issues that affect the local community and are helping support their own personal self development.

Who we are

Young people from the Harold Hill area.

Where we're based

Harold Hill, Essex

When we started

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How we started

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Our work

The Harold Hill Youth Action Group in Essex has helped give young people a voice within their community as well as proactively build community cohesion. The young people involved are engaging with issues that affect the local community and are helping support their own personal self development.

The group has been involved with projects such as cleaning up local woodland and planting trees, running youth conferences, offering fair-trade workshops, working with local politicians and recently organising a football match between the local youth and the local police force. This came about following a bid to improve relations and build up trust between the two sides following riots. Relationships between young people and the police are now at an all-time high and many of the young people are interested in joining the police force in the future.

Future plans

Were you part of this winning group? We'd love to hear from you about what you're up to now!

Project website

http://www.philiplawrenceawards.net

Since I joined the youth action group, I have gained confidence through public speaking and teamwork. It’s taught me to be more outgoing, gain valuable organisational and communication skills and I am now aware of how to make a difference in this world.

Eve, project member.