Jessica Marriott Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

As a Youth Ambassador I have a range of opportunities available to me and I have the chance to amplify the voices of young people across influential platforms. As a Youth Ambassador I act as spokesperson for YMCA England & Wales. I have the opportunity to meet with and influence key decision makers, including MPs, to represent the issues that are important to me, my peers, and YMCA Norfolk. I am also encouraged to lead on local campaigns that are specific to the community.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

I currently volunteer my time at the YMCA charity shop in Norwich. This included selling clothes and brick a brack.Volunteering is varied, exciting and rewarding. No two days are ever the same and I’ve got the chance to flex different skills regularly. There are always new opportunities to keep me engaged which helps me grow and develop in my role as a volunteer.While this list is not exhaustive, it gives you a flavour of some of the typical tasks I carry out whilst undertaking my role: 💰Serving customers, taking cash and providing good all-round customer service👗Sorting through donated items and pricing stock🪟Working on window and shop displays🧽 Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised💬 Interacting with the general public

Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Prospects Youth Service is a service which is run by Shaw Trust designed for young people in Norfolk who are at risk of harm in and outside of the family home, disengagement from education and services and unemployment. Within my role as a support worker I worked closely with young people to help raise their aspirations, whilst boosting their self-esteem and self-worth. I supported and guided young people, aged 13-19, in their personal, social and educational development to help them succeed in life. The young people I supported are those who are at risk of statutory intervention and have very different backgrounds ranging from (CSE) Child Sexual Exploitation, (CCE) Child Criminal Exploitation and anti-social behaviour to having bad anxiety and depression. I supported young people to engage in positive and sustainable activities activities (activities of their choice) and education by signposting them to and linking in with the relevant agencies and organisations that hold and run the activities young people are interested in. I supported young people by attending youth work activities with them, this may be on a 1:1 level or in a group setting. The overall aim was to help young people break down the barriers they are up against and build their resilience by supporting them to engage in mainstream services and provision; to enable young people to reach their full potential.

Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

The period from when I left school in 2016 to around 2018 I was a member of the Youth Advisory Board, which at the time was being run by The Benjamin Foundation. The Youth Advisory Board is a board of young people who live and study in the local area, at the time mine being. As a member of the board it was my responsibility to talk to other like-minded young people about the issues that matter to them and how they would like to see things changed. After receiving feedback from young people we would them take action through campaigning, lobbying, advocacy, hosting events and commissioning services. I had the opportunity to work with adult professionals in the local community to ensure that young people have a say in decisions that affect them and that they see the change they wish to see.

Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

From 2016 to 2018 I was an elected member of the UK Youth Parliament (MYP). As part of my responsibility in office my responsibilities involved meeting with MPs and local councillors, organise events, run campaigns, make speeches, hold debates, and ensure the views of young people in Norfolk were listened to by decision makers and Government. The UK Youth Parliament has a Manifesto, created by MYP's, which is approved every year at the Annual Sitting. MYPs are then balloted to choose a shortlist of campaigns from the Manifesto that is put to the public ‘youth’ vote to determine what we should debate in a House of Commons sitting to decide our national campaign.The most challenging part of being an MYP was to take on board so many topics effecting young people from public transport to education for life, and to actually get them listened to and I pushed through this obstacle by throwing myself forward and pushing myself to publicly debate on a local scale and in the House of Commons.