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 May 19, 2022

Tag: Save Our Youth Services

Stockton-On-Tees’ youth champion campaigning in local Government

Friday, 01 November 2019 by Kameron Spence

The winners of the British Youth Council’s Youth Voice Star Awards, Bright Minds Big Futures, lead the way in making sure the voices of local youth are heard! Read about how they’ve crafted their way into Stockton-On-Tees’ council and are set to make waves with their ‘Big Plan’ campaign. Kameron Spence of Bright Minds Big

  • Published in Blogs
Tagged under: Big Plan, Policy, Politics, Save Our Youth Services, social action, youth-led

British Youth Council praise new Labour plans for statutory youth services

Tuesday, 08 October 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

The British Youth Council have praised the UK Labour Party for publishing comprehensive plans for statutory youth services. The youth-led charity also called on other political parties to set out their proposals for services that meet the needs of young people growing up in the UK. The new plans, which were published as part of

  • Published in News, Press, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: Save Our Youth Services, UK Youth Parliament, young people, youth services, youth voice

British Youth Council welcomes new funding for youth services

Tuesday, 01 October 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

The British Youth Council welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to increase funding for youth services, following repeated calls for change from young people across the country.   Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed Government plans to introduce a new Youth Investment Fund. The new funding is set to help build new youth centres, refurbish exciting

  • Published in News
Tagged under: Save Our Youth Services, young people, youth services, youth voice, youth workers

Leading youth charities welcome spending commitment to youth services

Wednesday, 04 September 2019 by Jo Hobbs

Leading youth sector organisations, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of young people they support and represent, are welcoming the Chancellor’s announcement of a new youth investment fund. This announcement is the first step in offering young people across the country safe spaces and high-quality youth opportunities in their communities. Young people are facing

  • Published in News, Press
Tagged under: Save Our Youth Services

If young people cared they would vote

Tuesday, 06 June 2017 by Yasmin Greenaway

I hear this so often from people, in regards to what many view as young people’s political disengagement. Not only is this stance is overly-simplistic and lacking in nuance, it’s fatalistic. It takes no accountability for encouraging further political engagement via traditional, more visible and measurable channels. If this argument were the case one would

  • Published in Blogs, Series: General Election 2017, Votes at 16
Tagged under: general election, PSHE, Save Our Youth Services, Votes at 16, youth voice

Young people and the dark side of social media

Friday, 02 June 2017 by Natalie Smith

Young people live and breathe social media, from snapchatting their friends to updating their status on Facebook. Most of the interactions are harmless, friends sharing good times, but knowing what hides behind the scenes of social media interactions is essential.   In this ever evolving technological world we need to understand exactly what young people are

  • Published in Blogs, Series: General Election 2017
Tagged under: general election, Save Our Youth Services, youth voice

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