About impact

impact- Elmbridge Youth Forum

Elmbridge Youth Forum started in 2005. It is supported by Elmbridge Borough Council Leisure and Cultural Services. In September 2007 we reviewed what the forum had achieved so far, discussed a new name for the group, and key tasks.

Over the following year the group developed the name impact, Action by Young People. We also worked with a designer to create the logo you can see at the top of the page. The group wanted a logo to reflect that they wanted to make a difference to Elmbridge and their local communities.

Following the success of the Youth Conference in October 2007, organised by Elmbridge Borough Council and young people, it was requested more regular forums for us to have our say and make a difference. impact has now been established which is run by young people for young people. impact is open to any young person in the Borough between the age of 12 to 18 year old.

impact have three main focuses this year:

|Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund
|Elmbridge Has Talent
|Youth Democracy Week 2009

We would like to encourage all youth clubs, secondary schools and colleges in Elmbridge to take part in impact and give young people the opportunity to have their say in improving their Borough.

Future Dates:

9 March 2010 impact meeting
13 April 2010 impact meeting

Please note these dates are subject to change.

impact have |written a constitution, aka set of rules, to help things run smoothly.

Agenda and Minutes:
Do you want to find out what we do in our meetings? Please |visit the Agenda and Minutes page.

Members:
Currently we have just over 25 Youth Councillors who are involved from different schools and youth centres. Two members of impact are elected to act in leading roles including and Vice Chairperson. The Chairperson automatically sits on the |Surrey Youth Parliament, we then elect an additional representative.

For more information or to find out how you can get involved in the Youth Forum, please |contact us.