School Exclusion Ambassadors

Introduction

We are a group of young people with experience of exclusion and understand the consequences it can have.

Through this project, we’re turning those difficult experiences into the drive to make change. Our aim is to help young people understand their rights around school exclusion and know the support they’re entitled to.

We believe that knowing your rights is a powerful tool for change. By sharing our knowledge and experiences, we hope to empower others and campaign for a future where fewer young people are excluded from school each year.

Young voices, powerful messages

What message would you give your younger self?

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What do you hope for other young people?

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Workshops

As young people with lived experience of school exclusion, we co-design and deliver workshops with support from the wider Coram team. These workshops give attendees the chance to hear directly from us, understand our experiences, and learn what better support looks like from a young person’s perspective.

We offer workshops to:

Teachers - how to prevent school exclusion and support young people through the exclusion process.
Solicitors - how to work with young people to ensure they feel informed and supported during the process.
12 - 16 year olds - Supporting peers who are struggling at school to understand their options and rights around exclusion.

If you’re interested in booking in a workshop, please contact Crystal, our Youth Engagement and Co-production Officer, at: [email protected].

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Excluded but not Unheard

A Coram Voices in Action Zine from creatives who have been excluded from school but have never lost their voice.

READ THE ZINE

“Exclusion isn’t the end. For many of us, it was the start of a different journey, the path that led us to each other.
That’s what the Coram Ambassadors are: we rise, we fight. We’re not here to beg for a seat at the table. We’re building our own.
Hope is resistance. It’s turning pain into power. It’s choosing to rewrite the story for those coming after us.
We are the proof. The voice that says: you can get through it, you can find your people, and you are so much more than a label.
The next chapter is yours to write.”

Santina, Coram Young Ambassador

“Exclusion isn’t the end. For many of us, it was the start of a different journey, the path that led us to each other.
That’s what the Coram Ambassadors are: we rise, we fight. We’re not here to beg for a seat at the table. We’re building our own.
Hope is resistance. It’s turning pain into power. It’s choosing to rewrite the story for those coming after us.
We are the proof. The voice that says: you can get through it, you can find your people, and you are so much more than a label.
The next chapter is yours to write.”

Santina, Coram Young Ambassador

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