Young Innovators Council (YIC) is the voice of young people at Northern Gas Networks. It’s aim is to provide young people’s perspectives and help ensure young people’s thoughts and opinions are put at the heart of our decision making through meaningful and relevant engagement with our future customers.
We wanted to use this session to explore what fairness means in the context of current and future generations. We wanted to understand how young people view benefits and burdens inherited from previous generations. We looked at the same future challenges considered by the Adult Customer Panel, and were interested in whether further information changes young people’s preference
Intergenerational Fairness
You said:
Don’t leave future generations with an unfair share.
Sharing costs doesn’t always mean splitting them equally.
Protect people who may struggle to afford higher bills.
Keep decisions flexible.
Be open about choices.
So we are…