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Read more +17 November 2023 By Rhammel Afflick in News, Press, UK Youth Parliament

UK Youth Parliament to focus on finance and funding for free school meals 

UK Youth Parliament has chosen to focus on finance and funding of free school mealsfor the remainder of its ‘Food for Learning’ campaign. The topic has been declared following the UK Youth Parliament’s twelfth sitting in the House of Commons Chamber on Friday 17th November 2023.  The sessions were chaired by Speaker of the House

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Read more +21 November 2023 By Curtis Yip in Blogs, Youth Voice, Youth Voice Advisory Group

Young people feed back on government environment plan

During the summer, the British Youth Council brought together a wide range of young people from various organisations to discuss, in depth, the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) with ministers from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The roundtable discussion invited plentiful views and contributions. Most notably I think, was this common

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Liam Preston

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“The British Youth Council radically changed my career and life path. I had no idea what I wanted to do. But by volunteering with the charity, and seeing how it shapes young people's lives I now know I want to have my own career doing something similar”.
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