Voyage was established up in 1998 by the Metropolitan Black Police Association to address issues of racial disproportionality following the MacPherson report, which was prompted by Stephen Lawrence’s racially motivated death.

Our name - Voyage - stands for Voice Of Youth And Genuine Empowerment.

We want to empower marginalised young black and minority ethnic people and provide them with the self-awareness and motivation to transform themselves and their communities. We aim to enable them to sustain successful partnerships and meaningful relationships and to:

• Reduce crime in at-risk boroughs by challenging the need to join gangs.
• Improve the community's trust and confidence in the police.
• Augment participation in community structures and stimulate positive representation of black and minority communities across localised participation structures.
• Raise educational attainment levels in secondary schools; particularly for black and minority ethnic communities.

We give young people the opportunity to speak and be heard within their communities.  Our work seeks to challenge injustice and structural inequality.