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Time to get informed...get involved...and get active!
Find out here all the ways you can get involved with BYC!
Want to campaign? Get active and get involved in Our Parliament, Our Vision campaign. Our General Election Manifesto is youth-led, calling for Parliament to make five priority actions a reality for young people across the UK.
You can also get involved in issues such as tackling age discrimination against young people, campaigning against negative stereotypes in the media and calling for a fairer Minimum Wage by checking out our Campaign Coalitions work.
Want to volunteer? Join us as a vTalent year volunteer, Trustee or online as part of our Online Action Network, find out more information here. These are all ways to gain new skills, raise awareness and inspire change.
You can also find the latest opportunities - from youth competitions to funding for youth projects and links to other cool organisations all in one place on our Links & Opportunities page.
For regular updates on everything we do you can sign up to our fortnightly newsletter: the BYC Project
Want to take a global view of life? Check out our international work that get the voices of young people in the UK heard at an international level.
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News
- National Citizen Service launched for 16 year olds
Is the vote next? BYC calls for youth input into scheme... A new Government scheme for 16 year olds, the National Citizen Service, was anno...
- Young voices really are stronger together
Youth councils make a real difference and improve services according to a new report from the British Youth Council (BYC). In the repo...
- BYC scoops Positive Images award
The young filmmaking team who produced the BYC film, ‘Some Truth About Youth’ have been recognised with an award for their efforts.
- The first of five BYC Conventions hits Belfast!
On Wednesday 30th June the British Youth Council kicked off its annual Convention season with its first devolved event in Belfast.
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BYC Minipoll
On June 22nd the Chancellor's, George Osborne, outlined how the Coalition Government would be handling its finances in an emergency budget. The budget outlined how 6 billion pounds of spending cuts would be made to deal with the Government debt, including cuts on money going towards certain public services. Would you like to be involved in decisions on how cuts affecting public services are made?

