Havering Amplify · Project Overview
Giving young people in Havering a voice — and making sure it's heard.
Amplify is a youth voice project helping young people across the borough speak up, share how they really feel, and turn their ideas into action — with the people who can change things actually listening.
What Amplify is.
Amplify began as a response to the Havering Youth Wellbeing Census (#BeeWell) — a survey that asked thousands of young people how they really feel about their lives, school and community. The data told us a great deal, but data alone doesn't change anything.
Amplify is the next step: an eight-week wellbeing programme delivered in secondary schools, where young people explore their own school's results, decide what matters most to them, and shape clear recommendations for change — carried to the council, schools and local services.
Young people are the experts on their own lives.
Our mission is to give young people a genuine voice — the space, the confidence and the skills to be heard — and to make sure that voice reaches the people who make decisions, and leads to real change.
Not a survey done to young people, but a movement led by them: better wellbeing, decided with the people it affects most.
Designed, built and delivered by Youth Unity.
Amplify is commissioned by the London Borough of Havering and delivered end to end by Youth Unity CIC. We don't just run the sessions — we built the programme and everything around it.
The framework
Youth Unity designed and implemented the full 8-week wellbeing framework, and delivers it in schools across the borough.
The branding
The Amplify identity — the logo, poster and look used in every school — was created by Youth Unity.
The website & content
Youth Unity built and writes the programme website, bringing the data, the voices and the outputs together in one place.
Films & podcasting
From filming to recording, Youth Unity produces the creative youth-voice outputs alongside young people.
Facilitation
Trained, safeguarding-led facilitators run every session — group-based and youth-led, never 1:1 mentoring.
Youth voice & feedback
We record what young people say, share it with partners, and report back to young people on what changed.
Built with Havering Youth Service.
We built this framework hand-in-hand with Havering's Youth Service and wider partners, anchored in the Youth Wellbeing Census. Each school's sessions are tailored to its own census results, and the podcast topics tie into the census framework themes provided by Havering Youth Services.
It means what young people explore in every school reflects what the data actually says about their school — not a one-size-fits-all script.
Working hand-in-hand with schools.
Sessions run in groups of around 10–15 young people, delivered alongside school staff and often through existing wellbeing groups. We plan transitions from week 6 so a fresh group is always ready, and feed what young people tell us back three ways: to the school, to local partners and the council, and back to the young people themselves.
Belonging & Mental Wellbeing
Stress Management & Coping
Emotional Awareness & Regulation
Resilience & Growth Mindset
Healthy Relationships & Boundaries
Self-Care & Support Pathways
Vision Boards & Creative Expression
Reflection & Podcasting
Our approach.
Safe by design
Safe, group-based spaces that follow each school's safeguarding procedures, with a trusted adult always on hand.
Led by young people
Young people set the agenda. We capture what they actually say and carry it to the people who can act.
Built on trust
Consistent, judgement-free facilitation — because honest conversations only happen where young people feel safe.