Call to young people to get involved in improving city

Do you live, work or study in Lincoln and are aged between 17 and 29?

If the answer is yes you could play an important role in ensuring the city is a place that improves young people's chances of finding work, homes and the space to thrive.

Raising Lincoln’s Young Voices (RLYV) is a movement for young people that started in 2024 with an event of the same name organised by LocalMotion and The Network- two organisations that aim to break down the barriers to social, economic and environmental equality across the city that prevent people from thriving. 

The event got young people together with local decision makers to discuss how young people were neglected, failed, or ignored by the people in power with the findings detailed in a report.

“Local experts and young people discussed the young people’s concerns and were able to draw up a detailed understanding of the city’s problems,” explained RLYV co-ordinator Wilf Wright.

“This was a collaborative process, empowering young people to speak their minds and engage on a level playing field with local leaders.”

Their concerns raised reflected society’s as a whole – affordable homes, crime, health services and employment – but from a young person’s perspective. For example young people wanted others to remember they can be victims of crime and anti-social behaviour too and asked not to be stereotyped or demonised because of their age.

Wilf added: “As a researcher for the Raising Lincoln’s Young Voices event, the stories I heard shared by young people from across the city from different backgrounds and with a variety of different outlooks on life, echo my own experiences as a young person.

“They highlight how the concerns cross demographic boundaries and that wide-scale structural change is needed to improve the lived experience for young people regardless of their wants and needs.”

The task now is for young people to work with the public sector organisations, businesses, charities and voluntary organisation to start making the changes they want to see in Lincoln.

To be involved contact Wilf at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call him on 07507 130838.

Over the coming week Hello Lincoln will be looking at the areas of concern highlighted in the report – we’d love your views. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.