Join our youth forum!
At Evelina London, we recognise the important role patients, carers, families and our local communities play in helping to improve our Trust’s services and ensure we provide the best possible care.
The Evelina London Youth Forum is a group of children and young people, aged 8-17 who have used our children’s services at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, at Royal Brompton Hospital or in the community, or who live in Lambeth and Southwark. By getting involved you can share your experiences and views to influence, inspire and improve services, projects and future plans. This could be something small like asking for feedback on the way that a service is run, or something much bigger like the co-design of a new treatment centre. Your voice can lead to real changes in the services that you, your family and friends use.
Who can join?
You can join the Youth Forum if you are:
- aged between 8 to 17 years old
- a past or present patient, or
- live, study, work in Lambeth or Southwark
As specialist children’s cancer services will be moving to Evelina London Children’s Hospital in future, we welcome children and young people who have accessed cancer services at Royal Marsden and St George’s Hospital to also join the forum.
What's involved?
Young people who join the Youth Forum as a member will be invited to attend regular meetings as well as contribute meaningfully towards a variety of improvement projects. We want the Youth Forum to be fun, interesting and engaging for all members.
The Youth Forum will meet approximately every six weeks for 1.5 hours. We meet in person near the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and occasionally host online events. Once signed up we will share all the joining details.
Our upcoming meeting dates are:
- Saturday 28 June 2025
- Saturday 6 September 2025
- Saturday 29 November 2025 (one year on celebration!)
Possible Youth Forum activities
Youth Forum activities are varied and could include:
- feedback on service re-designs and plans
- helping to deliver training or presentations across the Evelina London
- mystery shopper activity in partnership with the patient experience Team
- participate in focus groups to discuss specific healthcare topics
- and much more!
Why join us?
The youth forum is a great way to:
- make a difference and have your voice heard
- gain experiences, develop life skills and build your CV
- empower other young people and their voices
- have fun!
We appreciate all of your contributions. To say thank you, you'll receive a voucher for your time, certificates of participation and can include your activities on CV and university applications.
Get involved
If you'd like to find out more or join the youth forum, please email ELCHEngagement@gstt.nhs.uk or complete the form below.
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