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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Democratic engagement for youth: a way forward
On the crisp morning of Wednesday, 11th October, I was honoured to have been part of an important conversation about the role of democratic engagement among young people. The roundtable brought together diverse perspectives in a bid to address a pressing issue in the UK’s political framework. In attendance were the Youth Voice Advocacy Group,
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The significant role of young people in government decision making
Recently, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and the British Youth Council launched Involved. Involved is a social media tool on Instagram that allows young people to become a part of the decision-making process. I have been lucky enough to witness the Involved’s journey from an idea to a fully functional tool for
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UK Government must collaborate with young people to tackle climate change emergency
The government have been urged by the British Youth Council’s Youth Steering Group to collaborate with young people to tackle the climate change emergency. The group have stated a youth engagement strategy, designed in collaboration with a diverse range of young people and organisations, should be established if the government want to tackle climate change
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A new tool to involve young people in policymaking
Young people from across the country will be invited to share their views on key issues with the government using a new digital platform launched today (2 July). The ‘Involved’ Instagram page will be a major step in engaging young people aged 13-25 around decisions made at the heart of government, by asking questions through
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Involved: a new platform connecting young people with decision makers inside government
On a cold Saturday morning in March 2019, the group met for the first time. Our challenge: to create a digital solution that would allow young people to engage in government policy, without having to wade through pages and pages of information, or navigate the gov.uk website. We started off by learning about the policy-making
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The journey with Youth Voice is life changing
Hear from the British Youth Voice Star awardee and volunteering champion, Jess Griffiths, on her life-changing journey through Youth Voice, her award and where the role has led her to now…. Hi, my name is Jess Griffiths and I won the British Youth Voice Star Award for personal development. Youth Voice has played a massive
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Young people’s voices taken to the heart of government with new funding
The British Youth Council will take young people’s voices to the heart of government with new funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The year-long pilot is set to give young people aged 10-25 the opportunity to shape Government policy. The new funding, will enable the charity to support the creation of
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