Young people set to question panel of experts on the cost of living crisis and its impact on young people’s health
Members of the British Youth Council Youth Select Committee will be joined by key figures from organisations including Disability UK and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to hear evidence as part of their inquiry into the cost of living and its impact on young people’s health. Almost half a million young people declared health and wellbeing
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Youth Select Committee opens investigation into impact of rising cost of living on young people
Members of the British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee launch their call for written evidence as part of their inquiry into the rising cost of living and its impact on young people’s health and wellbeing. The written inquiry provides young people with the opportunity to hear from a diverse range of players on the subject,
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Youth Select Committee to investigate cost of living crisis
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee will question experts and politicians about the cost of living’s impact on their peer’s health and wellbeing. The new committee of twelve young people aged between 13 and 18, will embark on the eigh-month inquiry in the summer of 2023. Almost half a million young people declared health
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Youth Select Committee disappointed by government’s punitive approach to knife crime
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee has expressed disappointment at the government’s continued punitive approach to knife crime. In response to the Youth Select Committee’s knife crime report, the government have laid out their plans to combat the knife crime epidemic. Responding to the report, the government stated it was ‘determined to tackle the
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Young people call for a body confident future
In 2017 the Youth Select Committee held an inquiry on tackling negative body image amongst children and young people. I submitted written evidence to the inquiry as the leader of the Young Persons Network (YPN) in Herefordshire, a network I created to give 11-18 year-olds a voice. Once the committee had received my written evidence,
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Knife crime epidemic fueled by cuts to vital services, Youth Select Committee concludes
On Wednesday 12th February, the Youth Select Committee launched its report investigating the knife crime ‘epidemic’ in the UK. The Committee has ruled cuts to important and arguably life-saving services for vulnerable young people have caused a rise in knife crime. The report, titled ‘Our Generation’s Epidemic: Knife Crime’ is being launched by members of
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Youth Select Committee to question the experts on knife crime
Ministers and Members of Parliament, alongside leading figures from the world of policing, crime and policy are among those giving evidence to the British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee on 5th and 12th July as part of an inquiry into knife crime. The inquiry comes as a result of a UK-wide ballot of 1.1 million
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Youth Select Committee begin investigation into UK’s knife crime epidemic
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee formally begins a new inquiry into the UK’s knife crime epidemic. The pioneering Committee is calling for evidence from a wide range of contributors, including young people, charities, and businesses. The announcement comes following a UK-wide ballot of young people 1.1 million aged 11 to 18 in which
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Youth Select Committee to investigate knife crime epidemic
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee will examine different aspects of the reported knife crime epidemic in its next inquiry. The new committee of eleven young people, which is yet to be appointed, will embark on the inquiry in the Spring of 2019. Over 1.1 million young people declared knife crime their biggest concern in
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Youth Select Committee call on Government to take action on ‘unequal’ work experience opportunities
On Wednesday 14th November, the Youth Select Committee launched its report investigating the barriers faced by young people across the country in accessing quality work experience. The report, titled ‘Realising the Potential of Work Experience’ is being launched in advance of a government response, and forms part of the UK Parliament Week festival. Work experience
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