The Young People's National Development Group has been established to make sure that young people are at the centre of Find Your Talent, feeding into planning, decision-making and development of its cultural programmes.
The group is made up of young people aged 14-25 years old, with two representatives from each of the ten pathfinder areas. These young people report back to the pathfinders, so that their issues and ideas influence local projects directly. As well as representatives from each area, there are another ten young people from other areas to ensure that there is always an independent, critical eye looking at what is developed and what might be implemented as part of a Find Your Talent scheme.
As well as having an impact at a local level, the young people's voices are heard at a national, strategic level. The outcomes and recommendations from the meetings are fed-back at a senior strategic level, with an explanation given to the group about how this information is acted upon.
The group meets for a weekend residential three times each year. It is likely that these meetings will be supplemented by a one day conference.
