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 August 14, 2022

Category: Blogs

Game and Raise for Youth Voice

Wednesday, 27 July 2022 by Rosie Milsom

This International Youth Day, we’re asking our game-loving supporters to play and raise for youth voice. On Friday 12th August (or over that weekend) we’d love for as many people as possible to take on sponsored gaming marathons, in support of our work ensuring young voices are heard on issues like mental health, jobs, housing

  • Published in Blogs, Challenge Events, Fundraising
Tagged under: fundraiser, Fundraising, gaming, young people, youth voice

Transforming health – visiting the NHS ConfedExpo

Monday, 04 July 2022 by Muhammad Amin

The NHS Youth Forum delivered a presentation at the NHS ConfedExpo on June 15th in Liverpool. This is a flagship event for the NHS where the NHS Confederation, NHS England and NHS Improvement unite healthcare leaders and their teams at one of the most significant events in 2022.  Muhammed delivered a presentation at the NHS ConfedExpo

  • Published in Blogs, NHS Youth Forum
Tagged under: young people, youth voice

Looking back at the 2022 Commonwealth Youth Forum

Monday, 04 July 2022 by William Awomoyi

Last week Elif and I attended and contributed to the 12th Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in Kigali, Rwanda (admittedly, it was our first-time meeting in person!). The Youth Forum was one of the four significant forums (Women’s, Business and People) that preceded the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The Youth Forum consisted of 3

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors
Tagged under: commonwealth, Commonwealth Youth Council, commonwealth youth forum, uk young ambassdors, young people, youth, youth voice

Reflections of the new Europe & the Americas Representative on the Commonwealth Youth Council

Thursday, 30 June 2022 by Namir Chowdhury

Where do I start! Over a year of hard work, intense campaigning and support from some truly incredible people has culminated in the first-ever young person from Europe being elected onto the Commonwealth Youth Council Executive Committee, a body of 10 executives who represent 1.4 billion young people. And I want to reflect on the

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors
Tagged under: commonwealth, Commonwealth Youth Council, commonwealth youth forum, uk young ambassdors, young people, youth voice

An insight into the latest trustee conversations

Wednesday, 29 June 2022 by Osaro Otobo

The British Youth Council is a charity and therefore has a Board of Trustees. Trustees act as lead representatives of the charity and we have a legal responsibility to act in the best interest of the charity and guide the strategic direction. We talk about a whole range of different topics that all feed into

  • Published in Blogs, Members Area
Tagged under: Board of Trustees, environment, membership, recruit, recruitment, Trustee, young people, youth voice

UK Young Ambassadors: Why the UK needs UN Youth Delegates

Thursday, 23 June 2022 by Maurizio Cuttin

As many of you might be aware, in early 2022, the UK Young Ambassadors began exploring the possibility of a UN Youth Delegate Campaign. For those that don’t know what this is, the campaign idea focused on re-establishing a UK-UN Youth Delegate program, thus allowing young people across the UK to once again have their

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors
Tagged under: commonwealth, delegate, European Youth Forum, international, uk young ambassdors, UN, UNYD, young people, youth, youth voice

Lobbying for votes at 16 at Parliament

Thursday, 23 June 2022 by Kaden Pradhan

Political freedom, parity, and equality are fundamental concepts that underpin a true democracy. This means giving every citizen of a nation the unqualified right to cast a vote on who they believe should be representing them on a local, regional, and national scale. In many cases, however, the youth are treated as an exception to

  • Published in APPG on Votes at 16, Blogs, UK Youth Parliament, Votes at 16
Tagged under: campaigning, lobbying, UK Parliament, Votes at 16, Votes at 16 Coalition, young people, youth, youth voice

Creating policy on the important issues facing young Europeans

Tuesday, 14 June 2022 by Maurizio Cuttin

Last month, from 13th May to 14th May, I joined my fellow European Youth Forum delegates virtually for my first ever Council of Members Meeting (COMEM). While I would have loved to join the rest of my colleagues in Brussels and attend in person, I was unable to do due to having tested positive for

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors
Tagged under: Council of Europe, europe, european union, European Youth Forum, uk young ambassdors, Ukraine, young people, youth voice

Looking ahead to the 2022 Commonwealth Youth Forum

Monday, 30 May 2022 by William Awomoyi

Next month marks the 2022 edition of the biennial Commonwealth Youth Forum, taking place in Kigali, Rwanda. The forum is the centrepiece of the Commonwealth’s youth engagement strategy and is the highest decision-making forum for young people in the Commonwealth. It brings young people together to build international youth networks, exchange ideas and contribute to

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors
Tagged under: commonwealth, commonwealth youth forum, global, uk young ambassdors, young people, youth voice

Co-founder takes on challenge to celebrate 21 years of UK Youth Parliament

Thursday, 19 May 2022 by Rosie Milsom

UK Youth Parliament turns 21 this year! Since 2001, UK Youth Parliament has given voice to over 10,000 young people as Members and Deputy Members of Youth Parliament. It enabled those from ALL backgrounds to experience representative democracy and campaigning on the issues they care about. For many, it has opened up career paths into

  • Published in Blogs, Challenge Events, Fundraising
Tagged under: UK Youth Parliament, young people, youth voice
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