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 June 29, 2022

Tag: UK Youth Parliament

UK Youth Parliament launches largest consultation of young people

Friday, 30 October 2020 by Rhammel Afflick

Young people across the UK can now take part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot, the largest UK youth consultation of its kind. The month-long campaign, which launches as part of UK Parliament Week, will give young people the opportunity to declare the most important issues facing the country. Make Your Mark gives young

  • Published in News, Press, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: ballot, consultation, DCMS, Make Your Mark, survey, UK Parliament, UK Youth Parliament, young people, youth voice

The significant role of young people in government decision making

Monday, 10 August 2020 by Nathan Randles

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

  • Published in Blogs, Youth Steering Group
Tagged under: Involved, UK Government, UK Youth Parliament, young people, youth voice

UK Youth Parliament: an opportunity for change

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 by Faith Oliver

The last three years I have spent as a member of the UK Youth Parliament has proved to me that the chamber is where young people’s voices belong. It has shown me that young people are a driving force behind change and will create a better, brighter future for our world. UK Youth Parliament is

  • Published in Blogs, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: UK Youth Parliament

Members of Youth Parliament nominated for the National Diversity Awards

Thursday, 23 April 2020 by Rhammel Afflick

Dmitrijs Meiksans and Faith Oliver have been nominated for the National Diversity Awards 2020 for their work as Members of Youth Parliament and advocates within their communities. The National Diversity Awards celebrate the excellent achievements of grass-root communities that tackle the issues in today’s society. Dmitrijs, aged 14, was nominated for the Positive Role Model

  • Published in News, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: awards, Members of Youth Parliament, National Diversity Awards, UK Youth Parliament, young people, youth voice

Protect the Future

Monday, 16 March 2020 by Nikki Hall

About the Campaign Our National Campaign for 2020 – ‘Protect the Future’ We will be campaigning to tackle the impact and continuation of climate change between February and October 2020. In 2019, young people across the UK voted to prioritise climate change as the UK campaign issue. Following the ballot, Members of Youth Parliament voted

  • Published in UK Youth Parliament Campaigns
Tagged under: protect the future, UK Youth Parliament

A Curriculum for the Climate Crisis

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 by Becca Moore

We are excited to announce the British Youth Council’s support for Teach the Future, a campaign to reform the education system to reflect the severity of the climate crisis and ecological emergency. For a number of years, the British Youth Council have worked to convince the Government to introduce statutory and compulsory high-quality citizenship education

  • Published in Blogs
Tagged under: climate change, climate emergency, education, Teach the Future, UK Government, UK Youth Parliament

UK Youth Parliament launch campaigns to address knife crime and climate change

Monday, 27 January 2020 by Rhammel Afflick

UK Youth Parliament have launched their national campaigns, ‘Protect Our Future’, which demands action to halt the climate emergency and ‘Youth Action on Knife Crime’ which calls on the UK Government to address knife crime as a public health issue. Young people declared climate change a top concern with knife crime also becoming a priority

  • Published in News, Press, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: climate change, climate emergency, knife crime, UK Youth Parliament, youth voice

UK Youth Parliament to campaign on knife crime and climate change

Monday, 16 December 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

UK Youth Parliament have chosen to focus on the climate emergency and knife crime in 2020. The new campaigns have been declared following the UK Youth Parliament’s debate within the House of Commons chamber on Friday 8th November 2019. Climate change was declared a top concern in the UK Youth Parliament’s Make Your Mark ballot

  • Published in News, Press, UK Youth Parliament
Tagged under: climate change, climate emergency, House of Commons, knife crime, Make Your Mark, UK Youth Parliament, young people

#YOUMADEITHAPPEN in 2019

Friday, 11 October 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

A lot has happened at the British Youth Council this year. From reaching 1.1 million young people in Make Your Mark, the largest youth consultation in the country, to celebrating our 70th anniversary and using this as an opportunity to engage with new Alumni networks. We also secured funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery to follow

  • Published in Fundraising, News
Tagged under: House of Commons, UK Youth Parliament, Votes at 16, YouMadeItHappen, young people, youth voice

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
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