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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UK Youth Parliament to debate universal free school meals in the Commons chamber
On Friday 17th November, UK Youth Parliament will debate universal free school meals and food security for young people as part of their campaign, ‘Food for Learning’. More than 200 Members of Youth Parliament from across the UK will participate in the House of Commons debate, which forms part of their proposed solutions to extending
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UK Youth Parliament redoubles efforts for universal free school meals
Members of Youth Parliament from across the UK gathered in Leeds to refine its campaign for universal free school meals. Over the weekend, members decided holiday hunger, quality of food, standardisation, financing and funding and additional pricing would be centered in the ‘Food for Learning’ Bill which will be drafted over the summer. The new
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Food for Learning: Northern Ireland Spills the Tea on Free School Meals
Members of Youth Parliament from Northern Ireland met with MPs, MLAs, Councillors and the Lord Mayor of Belfast as part of the ‘Spill The Tea With Your MP’ event, where they discussed the devastating impact that poverty can have on the education and welfare of young people and explained our ‘Food For Learning’ campaign. This comes
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Member of UK Youth Parliament attends National Education Union rally for free school meals
Featured image by Rehan Jamil On Thursday 29th June 2023, I had the opportunity to rally outside 10 Downing Street along with MPs, Healthcare professionals, Headteachers, Teachers, Religious leaders, other young people and many others who have seen different aspects to what child hunger leads to. The diverse group of campaigners handed in a letter
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Food for Learning: Universal Free School Meals are a human right
The conversation around universal free school meals may not be new but this author can’t understand why it is still something up for debate. Myself and many other young people know and feel the importance of this topic and I would like to present a case contributing to the aim of settling this debate and
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Food for Learning: Why I believe in Universal Free School Meals
Free school meals. Over a fifth of school-age children in the UK are eligible for them, and this number is up from previous years. They help relieve pressure on families to pay for food, especially if there are multiple children in the household; this is even more relevant during this Cost of Living crisis we
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Food for Learning: the Campaign for Universal Free School Meals
UK Youth Parliament and the Child Poverty Action Group are calling for all young people aged 18 and under to receive free school meals. Over 40 years, progress has been hard won to improve and extend the Free School Meals entitlement. Free School Meals have superpowers: the evidence shows that access to a hot, nutritious
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Education Roundtable with Baroness Diana Barran MBE: A Member of Youth Parliament’s summary
As members of the UK Youth Parliament, it is our job to listen to our constituents and give them a shouting voice in decisions that affect them. The Education Roundtable, which happened in late February, was a very good opportunity to help fulfil this role. 12 Members of Youth Parliament eagerly put an array of
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British Youth Council welcomes investment in young people’s voices
The British Youth Council is delighted to welcome the continued funding of UK Youth Parliament and the charity’s youth voice activities which amplify young people’s efforts to bring about social change. The partnership between the charity and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport forms part of the UK Government’s renewed efforts for ensuring young
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