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Nov192025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNews, 19th November – Feature Edition

Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence. This week: Feature length report on Lundy conference from Edinburgh - spotlight on Scottish Youth Parlt | #iwill week - What do You Stand For? | Curriculum for Life - at last, another former BYC/UKYP campaign success | New Resources & Training - Gamifying Democracy from the Politics Project & New Peer Research Toolkit - Centre4YouthVoice | plus the usual Opportunities for young people and supporters | Resources| YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. (more…)

Nov112025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNews: UK Youth Parliament Sitting, 6th Nov 25 | Report and Reaction

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"Through meaningful debate and campaigning, you champion the causes that matter the most to young people and help drive positive change in our society" The Prime Minister to members of the Youth Parliament, House of Commons, 6th November 2025 | Report and Reaction.. The Prime Minister's message was read out by Esther-Grace McClean (MYP for South Antrim/pictured) to over 240 members of the UK Youth Parliament who had gathered in the House of Commons chamber to debate five key issues chosen from their latest Manifesto, by their Programme Committee: housing, health, employment, crime, and sustainability. They also made speeches of tribute and remembrance marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, and members representing the overseas territories and crown dependencies spoke to issues voted on by 5000…

Nov52025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNews | 5th Nov

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Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence. This week: National recognition for Stockport's L!sten initiative |new Youth Council UK fees reduced/latest | Media spokespeople needed | New Votes@16 recommendations |NI Youth Assembly update | plus the usual Opportunities for young people and supporters | & Resources| YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. (more…)

Oct292025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNews – 29th October

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Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence. This week: #iwill fund for #youthvoice| Govt Youth Strategy latest | Young Voices Heard in Parliament | New Resources x 2 | Votesat16 x 2 free webinars | plus the usual Opportunities - Training and Events | YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. (more…)

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#YouthVoiceNews, 23rd October

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Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence. This week: Editorial Feature "From BYC to Youth Council UK - Membership Open| UKYP inquiry into PSHE | UKYP Govt evaluation | Votesat16 Watch | Opportunities - Training and Events | Opportunities - YouthVoice | YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. YOUTHVOICE HEARD - NEWS ⚡From BYC to Youth Council UK - membership open The National Youth Agency's "Youth Council Implementation Team" is inviting organisations to apply for membership of the new Youth Council UK. They can be a: national or local youth organisation; youth wings of political parties; any committee, network or body where young people have decision-making or…

Oct202025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceHeard | Dan Lawes on NextGen 2025

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Dan Lawes, at the age of 24, was appointed co-CEO of MyLifeMySay with responsibility for Growth and Partnerships. In the first of a new series for #YouthVoiceNews - #Profile&Platform, Dan shares his vision of hope with those attending the Next Gen Conference 25, at the Ministry of Sound, 18th Oct 2025. 'Profile' by James Cathcart and 'Platform' is Dan's opening speech in full, reproduced with permission. Profile I first met Dan when he was 16 when he invited me to attend a youth-led democratic engagement conference in Manchester in 2017, and Young Voices Heard has been offering support ever since. Whilst still at school he launched Youth Politics UK, a not for profit youth-led company promoting political education and voter registration, reaching 14,000 young people through 40 schools and colleges in…

Oct172025 by EditorNo Comments

From British Youth Council to Youth Council UK – Part 2 “What will the future hold?”

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This is the second of two articles about the transition from the British Youth Council's to the launch of Youth Council UK (YCUK) in the new year. The first was 'The Journey so Far. In this follow up my aim is to explore some of the recommendations of the National Youth Association's (NYA) consultation report 'What the Future Holds' (WTFH). The aim of these articles is to stimulate debate on new membership categories, governance and management arrangements, as we await the publication of the Government's response (Youth Strategy) to its own #youthvoice consultation. 'What the Future Holds': Recommendations reviewed The 18 recommendations are clustered around nine topic headings and summarised below on the NYA website. which is what I've used below for brevity, but you can read the full text…

Oct172025 by EditorNo Comments

From British Youth Council to Youth Council UK – Part 1 “the journey so far”

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The Journey So Far | 17:10:2025 The NYA's 'Youth Council UK' (YCUK) team is about to circulate proposals for membership, elections and governance arrangements in preparation for a January 2026 relaunch of the national youth (voice) council for the UK. The Government is also about to publish its co-production youth consultation report 'Todays Youth Tomorrows Nation' and its response by way of a 10-year Youth Strategy. In the first of two articles, James Cathcart, founder of Young Voices Heard and former CEO of the British Youth Council 2008-2016, reflects on "The Journey So Far". The second article - "What will the future hold?" explores next steps, referencing and reviewing the NYA consultation report 'What the Future Holds' (WTFH) and its recommendations. (more…)

Oct172025 by EditorNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNews,17th October

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Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence. This week: Editorial Feature "From BYC to Youth Council UK - Feature | Votesat16Watch - Webinar! Academics submit evidence/recs to Govt |Diana Award nominations | plus YouthVoice Opportunities. | YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. YOUTHVOICE HEARD - NEWS ⚡ "From a British Youth Council to a Youth Voice Council" Last week, 'Youth Voice News' posted NYAs timeline (below) to take forward the implementation of recommendations from the National Youth Agency's consultation report 'National Youth Council UK - What the Future Holds'. This revealed that youth council membership would open in October, elections to go live in November, hustings in…

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#YouthVoiceNews, 9th Oct | Scottish Youth Parlt – latest | Youth Council UK timeline | Free Training

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Welcome to #YouthVoice News and Opportunities - a regular roundup from the world of youthvoice, participation, and influence This week: SPOTLIGHT on the Scottish Youth Parliament, National Sitting, New Manifesto | Youth Council UK - latest timeline | Centre4YouthVoice new free training/events | Lundy Network conference - book now | Votesat16Watch | and YouthVoice Opportunities. YouthVoice News is produced by Young Voices Heard CIC as a non-profit venture, and edited by a volunteer. YOUTHVOICE HEARD - NEWS ⚡Scottish Youth Parliament - update: New board, New Manifesto Read the Scottish Youth Parliament's latest newsletter here: Scotland's Young People - October 2025 . SYP is an excellent example of a totally youth-governed and led organisation, and has just published its new Manifesto 25-31 "Dear Scotland's Future" and announced the results of…