Last Friday, 200 children met at Leeds Metropolitan University to share their views on the social and environmental issues that most concerned them. The event was the culmination of Go-Givers Make a Difference Challenge in Leeds, and too place in the university’s Continue reading
What is global citizenship? What makes a good global citizen? Can young people make a difference? These were some of the exciting issues explored at The Global Citizenship Forum 2013 last week. The event was organised by Development in Action, Continue reading
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) recently persuaded a small group of parliamentarians to review why young people appear to be increasingly reticent to give to charities. We know a lot about this, so we told them our thoughts. The case Continue reading
March was a busy month for us in the Mock Trials Team. We spent the first three Saturdays travelling around the country observing the local heats of the Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition – I personally attended heats in Reading, Birmingham and Manchester. And Continue reading
Young people. Who are they? What do they do? And what influences them to be the way they are? The press, the government, think-tanks and research centres are concerned about young people in the UK… they are unemployed, they have Continue reading
The journey from launching Giving Nation to our year 8 students, way back last year, to arriving back at Heathrow airport has been inspiring and fulfilling on so many levels. As a teacher, the Giving Nation Challenge has been so Continue reading
Tomorrow sees the launch of the Youth Budget 2013. It’s the result of work by 1,400 14-18 year-olds across the UK, as part of our Paying for It programme of economic awareness education, supported by Aviva. These young people are Continue reading
Trainee solicitor Tamara Vasiljeva, co-ordinated volunteers and took part in the Lawyers in Schools programme for McDermott Will & Emery this year. They are partnered with London Nautical School in Lambeth. Tamara tells us why she enjoyed volunteering her time Continue reading
Yesterday morning we all left fieldbase, it was a very emotional moment and we all definitely wanted to stay a lot longer. We drove to Chamundi Hill and walked 400 steps, a third of the way up. It was beautiful, Continue reading
There has been much said and written over the past few days about the jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, ex-wife of former Lib Dem Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne, charged with perverting the course of justice. The jury has Continue reading