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 June 30, 2022

Category: UK Young Ambassadors

Representing young people in Amiens, France

Monday, 13 January 2020 by Tom Matthew

In November Lucia and I travelled to Amiens in France to represent the British Youth Council at the Council of Members Extraordinary Meeting (COMEM). It was an opportunity to come together with all the members of the European Youth Forum to discuss policy and campaigns. On Thursday evening, Lucia went to the announcement of the

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Tagged under: european union, European Youth Forum, uk young ambassdors, youth voice

Attending the EU Youth Conference in Helsinki, Finland

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 by Rhys Pinder

The 2nd EU youth conference of the trio presidency of Romania, Finland and Croatia was held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland over the course of the 1st– 3rd of July. Hosted jointly between the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the theme of the conference was how we can create opportunities for youth and

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Tagged under: EU Youth Conference, Finland, Helsinki, Youth Select Committee, youth voice

Should I vote on May the 23rd?

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

You might have heard that on May the 23rd that the UK will be voting for Members of the European Parliament, but aren’t we leaving the European Union? Why should I bother voting when it won’t matter anyway? Isn’t it just a waste of time? Europe and the EU have always been controversial topics within

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Tagged under: eu elections, uk young ambassdors

Young Ambassadors visit Romania for the EU Youth Dialogue

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 by Huw Sherrard

Eddie O’Sullivan, Megan Doherty and I, three of the four UK Young Ambassadors to the EU Youth Dialogue (the successor to the EU Structured Dialogue) have returned from the first European Union Youth Conference in Bucharest, Romania. The conference was focused on the Romanian Presidency’s key priority for young people: the future of work. Our

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Call for UK Young Ambassadors launched

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 by Jo Hobbs

The British Youth Council has launched a new call for young people to put themselves forward to be the next cohort of UK Young Ambassadors for the European Structured Dialogue.  Through this programme young people from across the four nations of the UK can represent the views of their peers to UK and European youth

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Tagged under: international, recruitment, volunteer

Education is not meeting the needs of young people, new report concludes

Monday, 03 December 2018 by Rhammel Afflick

Research carried out by the British Youth Council’s UK Young Ambassadors has concluded that young people are dissatisfied with the way education is structured and have offered viewpoints on how it can be improved to reflect the needs of young people. The new report, which launched on Monday 3rd December 2018, also concludes young people

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What’s new on Brexit and Young People?

Monday, 25 June 2018 by Somerset Bellinger

With EU funding, Erasmus+, the situations in Hungary and Syria, sustainable development, and Brexit on the agenda, it was of little surprise that the recent General Assembly meeting of the European Youth Forum ran over into the night. However, a very late dinner even by Italian standards was a sacrifice worth making to obtain something

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BICC Meeting in Utrecht, Amsterdam

Thursday, 14 June 2018 by Lucia Jones

From the 6-8th April, Ewan and I were in Utrecht to attend the BICC meeting (Benelux, Islands, Central Cooperation) which held the theme of refugees. Arriving in Utrecht, we were ready to meet the other National Youth Councils and begin the sessions. Led expertly by Coco Peet and Max van de Braggen, with help from

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Commonwealth Youth Forum 2018 and what’s next?

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 by Somerset Bellinger

Commonwealth Youth Forum 2018   After tireless months of planning, late nights and sheer hard work, the Commonwealth Forums and subsequent Heads of Government Meeting is complete! It has been an incredible summit and it’s a shame it’s already over, but now the real work begins: continuing the legacy of CYF 2018. Before we get

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Facilitating international youth impact!

Friday, 18 May 2018 by Ellen Gamble

  This was my second internship working in international relations, but my first time working in the youth sector. Growing up I wasn’t very engaged in youth politics, so now having worked for the British Youth Council (BYC) it has showed me how accomplished the young people are that we work with and the amazing

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