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YoungRAPAR
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YoungRAPAR works towards empowering young people from all backgrounds to come together and participate in self-led activities.
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Our aims are as follows:
We always welcome new people who wish to become involved in YoungRAPAR as well as any new ideas for things we can do. If you’d like to get in touch please contact us by email: youngrapar@rapar.org.uk |
Background
YoungRAPAR was founded during a research project about young displaced people's views on education post-16, which brought together three groups of young people: children from families seeking asylum, families with refugee status and migrant worker families.
The focus groups were run by YoungRAPAR volunteers from similar backgrounds to the group members, acting as peer researchers. For the young people involved (both the researchers and the young participants) this was the first time they had been in a situation with other people who faced the same challenges in their lives and where they felt comfortable and safe enough to speak about their problems and experiences.
The peer researchers were moved by the participants’ desire to meet again, outside of the research. The researchers and participants wanted the chance to be part of a group of individuals that could offer mutual support, friendship and a safe environment for them to be free to be themselves.
Since its creation in 2009 YoungRAPAR has secured funding and run creative workshops in creative writing, poetry and photography, as well as working together on anti-deportation campaigns.
The focus groups were run by YoungRAPAR volunteers from similar backgrounds to the group members, acting as peer researchers. For the young people involved (both the researchers and the young participants) this was the first time they had been in a situation with other people who faced the same challenges in their lives and where they felt comfortable and safe enough to speak about their problems and experiences.
The peer researchers were moved by the participants’ desire to meet again, outside of the research. The researchers and participants wanted the chance to be part of a group of individuals that could offer mutual support, friendship and a safe environment for them to be free to be themselves.
Since its creation in 2009 YoungRAPAR has secured funding and run creative workshops in creative writing, poetry and photography, as well as working together on anti-deportation campaigns.
