Cumberland Youth Voice

Cumberland Council support a number of participation and engagement groups for children and young people, known collectively as Cumberland Youth Voice.

Cumberland Youth Voice aims to help:

  • promote your voice and be heard
  • represent your views and campaign on the issues that matter to you
  • understand your rights and the choices available to you

You can find out more about the different groups in Cumberland Youth Voice by visiting the Family Hub website.

Unique Voices
Unique Voices is our participation and engagement group for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The age range is from 11 to 25 years. The group is in Carlisle but is looking to have a sister group set up in the west of Cumberland very soon.

Unique Voices is a safe place to have your voice heard. We are all supportive within the group. We came up with the name Unique Voices because nobody is the same.

Our Unique Voices bring SEND experiences to life
We have launched a new animation project aimed at highlighting the everyday lived experiences of young people with SEND in Cumberland.

"At Unique Voices, we are working towards making communities feel accepted and that they belong, no matter what disability they have. The animation is for people who have a disability to feel okay, and to recognise that there are challenges in life that some people have to face day in, day out but we are all unique in our own ways!".
- Unique Voices