These pages provide details about the variety of youth councils and forums across the four local authorities of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton.

The Youth Council and Forum Directory aims to collate in one place a list of youth councils and forums which young people and people who work with young people, practitioners and strategic managers can use to find out where local groups exist.

The directory can be used by:

• young people moving into the area and wanting to join a group;
• practitioners to signpost a young person to a local group and to identify groups they can consult with on relevant issues; or
• strategic managers to identify groups they can discuss relevant issues with.