Your Life More Life CIC

I founded and led Your Life More Life CIC, a grassroots community organisation in Newham, East London, dedicated to centring youth voice and lived experience to shape local change. Through this work, I designed and delivered programmes that empowered young people to lead, advocate, and engage with their communities, even during the challenges of Covid-19, reaching young people across London.

I facilitated community meetings with residents, councillors, and the Mayor of Newham, creating spaces for dialogue, collaboration, and local impact. I also built partnerships with grassroots groups, local institutions, and community stakeholders to expand support and access resources.

In addition to programme delivery, I led the recruitment of employees, volunteers, and a board of community-rooted advisors, while overseeing the organisation’s finances, governance, and reporting. I successfully secured multiple grants to grow the organisation’s operations and sustain its programmes, always centring care, inclusion, and youth-led decision making in every part of the organisation.

‘‘Your Life More Life was founded on love and a desire to see better systems of care and support for the local community of Newham, London. ‘‘

- Shanea

Highlights & impact

  • Worked with 100+ young people and community members

  • Designed and facilitated a series of youth development and community programmes

  • Founded and led organisational strategy, governance, and programme design

  • Contributed to the development of council accountability boards

  • Led community-owned research

  • Built and sustained cross-sector partnerships with grassroots groups, local authorities, and community stakeholders

  • Secured funding and managed budgets, reporting, and organisational sustainability

  • Held responsibility for end-to-end programme delivery, including design, facilitation, evaluation, and reflection

  • Embedded trauma-informed, safeguarding, and care-centred practices

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