Introducing Maxable Young Voices
What does the world look like through a child’s eyes? And what would they want us to see?
These questions inspired Maxable Young Voices, an initiative by Maxable Global that brings children together to explore their experiences, understand emotions, discover different ways of expressing themselves and share their perspectives in their own words.
Their experiences. Their perspectives. Their words.
Childhood is filled with discoveries, friendships, emotions, questions and everyday challenges. Each child experiences these differently and has their own way of making sense of the world.
Maxable Young Voices was created to bring these experiences into creative activities and conversations, giving children opportunities to explore what they think, how they feel and what they want to communicate.
At its heart is a prevention-first approach to mental wellbeing — introducing children to emotional vocabulary, different ways of communicating and practical strategies for navigating everyday challenges.
What Happens at Maxable Young Voices?
Maxable Young Voices brings children together through interactive group sessions held at different points throughout the year. These are creative, facilitated gatherings rather than formal classes.
Drama, role play, storytelling, drawing, painting and guided conversations provide different ways to explore emotions, friendships, relationships and everyday experiences.
A role play might spark a discussion about handling disagreements. A drawing might help describe a feeling. A story might open a conversation about disappointment, belonging or asking for support.
Through these activities, children are encouraged to recognise and name emotions, practise expressing their needs, consider different perspectives and explore practical ways of coping with everyday situations.
Stories, fictional characters and imagined situations allow children to explore these subjects without having to share personal experiences.
Some enjoy speaking. Others prefer writing, creating or taking time to reflect.
There is no single way to have a voice.
Rather than treating mental wellbeing as a subject reserved for difficult moments, Maxable Young Voices brings it into everyday learning, creativity and connection. This reflects Maxable Global’s wider commitment to strengthening wellbeing and resilience before difficulties escalate.
Our Annual Child-Led Event
Alongside the group sessions, Maxable Young Voices hosts an annual child-led event that brings children, families, professionals and invited guests together for conversations about mental health and wellbeing.
Here, the children take centre stage.
They share what mental health means to them, their thoughts on emotions and everyday experiences, and what they would like adults to understand about their world.
Through speeches, creative presentations and children’s own perspectives and creative contributions they help shape the event, choosing the subjects they want to explore and the messages they wish to share.
It is an opportunity for children’s perspectives to become part of wider conversations about mental health and wellbeing, with adults invited to listen, reflect and engage.
The children lead the conversation. Adults listen.
Looking Ahead
The vision is to bring Maxable Young Voices into more schools, communities and shared spaces, creating further opportunities for children to explore emotions, practise everyday communication and coping skills, and express themselves creatively.
Collaborations with families, educators, professionals and organisations will help extend the initiative through shared expertise, resources and opportunities for participation.
As Maxable Young Voices develops, children’s ideas and contributions will remain central to the activities, projects and conversations it creates.
Children Speak. Adults Listen. Change Begins.
Want the full picture? The Maxable Young Voices presentation is below.
