Stonewall Youth Leaders

Youth Leaders are volunteers aged 22 and over who provide campaigns mentoring to Youth Volunteers as part of the Stonewall Youth Volunteering Programme.  You can find out more about that programme here.

Youth Leaders are a key part of Stonewall’s youth engagement providing support to the young people Stonewall works with as well as acting as role models.  Each Youth Leader supports between 1 and 3 young people who are volunteering with Stonewall.  Youth Leaders are given 6 hours training to prepare them for the role and are matched to Youth Volunteers who have been given campaigns training and support with planning their own campaign.  Youth Leaders and Youth Volunteers communicate at least once a fortnight over a six month period via email and/or phone.  Youth Leaders give the young people advice and guidance with their campaigns- which range from designing and displaying posters to delivering workshops in schools and sitting on local authority anti-bullying groups- and help them stay on track and focussed.  The Youth Leaders are a crucial part of Stonewall’s work with young people- ensuring that the young people who volunteer for us are well supported and that they are effective advocates of the Stonewall messages.

We welcome Youth Leader applications from anyone aged 22 and over living in England.  Stonewall works with a wide range of young people and we would like see similar diversity reflected in our Youth Leaders.  It is important that the Youth Volunteers have the opportunity to engage with a wide range of adult role models so whatever your background or interest in the programme please get involved. 

We have recruited Youth Leaders for February 2010, and will be recruiting again in Autumn 2010.

If you would like more information, please contact our Youth Co-ordinator, Laurie Kay (laurie.kay@stonewall.org.uk).