Youth Engagement

We Want to Hear from Young People with SEND

We’re asking children and young people with SEND in Stoke-on-Trent to share their ideas and experiences. Your voice can help improve local services.

What’s It About?

We want to know what matters to you. This builds on the YMCA youth consultation and helps us keep improving things that affect your life.

Themes for This Year

We’ll be focusing on three topics:

• Autumn – Places to go and things to do
• Spring – Wellbeing
• Summer – Skills for the future

We’ll visit some schools and settings, but we also want to hear from you in your own groups and spaces.

How You Can Get Involved

Young people – Talk about these themes in your school council, youth group, SEND forum, or class. Share what’s working, what’s missing, and what could be better. Ask a trusted adult to help send your feedback.

Staff – Support young people to explore these topics and share their views in a way that works for them.

Send feedback to: sendfeedback@stoke.gov.uk
Resources to help with discussions are available here.

• Group engagement - places to go

Why It Matters

Your views help adults understand what life is like for young people with SEND – and what needs to change.

Let’s work together to make Stoke-on-Trent better for everyone.