Youth at the Kids (Y@K) is the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Youth Advisory Council. Y@K is a group of young people aged between 11 and 25 who aim to make the RCH a better place. Y@K provides a voice for children and young people receiving health care at the RCH.

Y@K provides a voice for children and young people receiving healthcare at the RCH, consult with patients and act as a channel for experiences and issues to be shared across the hospital more widely.
Initiated in 2008, Y@K works with RCH Executive; and is co-facilitated by the RCH Education Institute and Centre for Adolescent Health (CAH). Since its inception, Y@K has actively provided advice regarding a range of issues such as programs and services available to patients, the use of information technology to increase connectedness, and staff characteristics most valued by young people. The RCH is in the process of implementing key suggestions made by this group of dedicated young people. In the coming months Y@K will launch its new website which will provide regular updates on its progress.
For further information about the Y@K, please contact Loretta Bellato or Hannah Burns (co-facilitators) at youthatthekids@rch.org.au