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Pitch or letter to a decision-maker (youth advocacy)

Help a young person draft a persuasive pitch or letter to someone in power.

When to use

When a young person wants to influence a decision — a letter, email or short pitch to a decision-maker.

Prompt template

Help me, a young person, write a {FORMAT} (e.g. letter, email, 2-minute pitch) to {DECISION_MAKER} about {ISSUE}. What I want to happen is {ASK}. Help me: open in a way that gets attention; make 2–3 clear points backed by why it matters to young people like me; make a specific, reasonable ask; and end politely but firmly. Keep it in my own honest voice — not corporate. Suggest one true, personal reason this matters to me that I could include if I want to. Don't invent facts or statistics.

Replace each highlighted placeholder with real context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to help a young person draft a persuasive pitch or letter to someone in power. It's designed for Young person, Youth worker. Typically used within Advocacy work.

How to use it
  1. 1

    Gather your inputs

    Have your local context, audience and goal to hand.
  2. 2

    Fill in the highlighted placeholders

    Copy the template above and replace every highlighted placeholder with real, local context.
  3. 3

    Run it in your AI tool

    Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone.
  4. 4

    Work through the checklist

    Tick every item before you send, publish or act on the output.
Why this prompt works

Structures a persuasive case while keeping the young person's authentic voice and avoiding invented facts.

What good output looks like

A persuasive, personal draft with a clear ask — in the young person's own voice.

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