To support the impressive achievements and dedication of a group of young people who in their spare time help to improve services for young people in Haringey, Lynne Featherstone MP on Thursday met up with Y-gen’s Youth Mark assessors at the charity’s office in Crouch End.

Y-gen train young people to go in and do large-scale assessments of services for their age group to make sure they are of a high quality and put young people first. Since last April, 19 Youth Mark assessors have spent over 600 hours assessing services, such as Exposure magazine and Wood Green Library.

Lynne Featherstone MP comments:

“It’s so amazingly inspirational to see how hard these young people work to help improve local services for their peers.

“In return they develop fantastic skills and do their bit to make Haringey a better place for young people.”

Carolina Motta Mejia, Youth Mark assessor aged 17, adds:

“I have really learnt a lot from being a youth assessor – it’s such a big commitment for us, and has really helped me mature.”

Shiyam Madam, Youth Mark assessor aged 17, adds:

“This really helped my coursework at college because we have to do a project management module and Youth Mark is a bit like project management.”