Mental health is an essential part of our well-being. It’s easy to overlook it and hide behind a smile and the pretense to be happy. I have always struggled with the word ‘depression.’ I always felt like depression and mental health were labels
The Youth Voices team spoke with Festus Akinbusoye on why he has chosen to run as a candidate in the next Police and Crime Commissioner Election for Bedfordshire, which is taking place on Thursday 6 May 2021. He shared with us his views on st
The Youth Voices team reached out to speak with Kathryn Holloway, Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner as part of the initiative to hold 100 conversations with Bedfordshire's Afro-Caribbean community, following the Black Lives Matter p
We hear from Lily on her experiences with counseling with an ASC and ADHD diagnosis --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youth-voices/message
Member of Youth Parliament Voting 2021, Who will you vote for?..Jeslyn (@rawr.c0re) is a member of the Bedford Youth Cabinet (@youth.cabinetbb), we spoke with her to find out what inspired her to run for election as the Bedford candidate for t
EP #9 In this episode, Out of this world, into the Mind the participants taking part in the Bedford College, Princes Trust Team programme and their tutor Mark discuss their views and thoughts on everything from Mental Health, Independent Livin
The episode that never was .... tune in to find out why?!#YouthVoices #YourVoiceMatters #UseIt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youth-voices/message
EP# 8 In this episode recorded just after the BLM protests, Aidan, Aaron, Prince and Max talk about what freedom really means to young people living in today's new emerging world! #StayConnected --- Send in a voice message: https://podcas
EP #7 - In this raw honest and open discussion the Youth Voices Connect team discuss how mental health provision and delivery of services for young people could be improved to provide a more proactive approach and highlighted the need for dedic
EP #6 - The Great 2020 GCSE & A Level Shambles continues ... We spoke we Aidan, Aaron, Melvin, Prince, Kyron, Max & Skye about the controversial algorithm debacle, it was felt there are undercurrents of classism and racism in how the Government
The Great GCSE Debacle and discussion on how the exam grades are being decided in England this year, mock grades make a mockery of exams was the headline in The Guardian this week.Ahead of the GCSE results being publishes next week, we spoke
EP #5 - We spoke with our co-host Skye about her exciting new business venture. Out of boredom due to the lockdown measures, she chose to do something productive with all this free time and created her brand on etsy named ssbeautyx, selling h
EP #4 - A conversation with Max where he shares what he has learned from the wisdom of his Mother and the meaning behind "Don't cast your Pearls before Swines and how the world and our lives might be different if we listened to and took on boar
EP #3 - To empower and create meaningful through knowledge, to create a better future for everyone! Youth Voices Connect spoke with 3 formidable young leaders from Bedford to discuss standing up and coming together as a community to challenge t
An exciting new platform for young people, by young people. We discus, debate and share perspectives all the things that matter to young people in today's new emerging world.Never before, has it been a more important time for young people to
EP #2 - Youth Voices Connect sat down with Aaron, Aidan, Ben, Melvin, Prince, Elizabeth, Emme and Simeon at The Black Lives Matter protest on the 13th June to find out how they're choosing to become agents of change and leaders in fight to end
EP #1 - The Black Lives Matter protest on the 13th June, organised teenagers 15yr old Elise and her friend Genna (@impact.beford) saw Bedford's young people came out in force showing solidarity to collectively take a stand against racism.You
An exciting new platform for young people, by young people. We discus, debate and share perspectives all the things that matter to young people in today's new emerging world.Never before, has it been a more important time for young people to