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Feb272025 by EditorNo Comments

UK Youth Parliament House of Commons 28/2: New Manifesto & Votes

Kings ‘Youth’ Birthday Honours 2025 – Congratulations!

Editors Pick, News and Blogs Archive, Recognition

The #Campaign4YouthRecognition's YVH Youth Honours 2012-2025 has three new names bringing the running total to 73. This campaign identifies and celebrates young changemakers (aged up to 30 in the UK, 2012-2025 - see below) who exceptional role models in an effort to inspire more nominations for national recognition across five awards. The King's Honours, Diana Awards, Pride of Britain, and the British Youth Citizen Awards. Our resources section includes links and tips. The full Kings Birthday Honours list of all ages will include others excelling in sport, arts and business but this list only includes those whose citation also references some sort of social action/campaigning/community benefit. Nominate now for next year! Congratulations to: Carmela Chillery-Watson MBE (11) , who at just 11 years old has become the youngest ever person to…

Dec222024 by Editor6 Comments

Dear Prime Minister, Embed #youthvoice & #participation in democracy with these reforms in 2025

2024, Editors Pick, News and Blogs Archive

New Year Call to action....Votes at 16 isn't going to be enough to focus the nation of listening to young people too. We need a wider range of 'YouthVoice' reforms to embed the principles of listening, working with and investing in young leadership, by Government and society. That means between elections and for a broader age range. If the framework of Government/Parliament/Democracy is to meaningfully engage young peoples on their terms, it will need to change how it listens and respond (#YouthListen). In this blog, James Cathcart updates his manifesto calls for reform for the year ahead in an open letter to the PM and Government. (more…)

Jun22021 by EditorNo Comments

Top Tips on Starting Up #YouthVoice

2021, Editors Pick, News and Blogs Archive, Young Voices Heard

2nd June 2021 To mark the Power of Youth Day 2nd June 2021, Young Voices Heard put together these #youthvoice tips and advice to young people who want to be heard. It's a collection of quotes from a series of Power of Youth interviews with young leaders when asked was: "What advice would you give to other young people starting their #youthvoice journey?" The full interviews can be found in our archives and include several #iwill ambassadors. You can find more tips, standards and youthled examples in our Resources pages (more…)

Aug192020 by Editor1 Comment

#YouthVoice in organisations: 10 steps to good practice

2020, Editors Pick, News and Blogs Archive, Topical, Young Voices Heard

Meaningful Youth Participation - self assessment Ten minimum standards for organisations looking to promote youth voice, participation and leadership. As part of our 'Power of Youth' research between 2018-2021, Young Voices Heard has been making space for young people to inform and influence good practice with their advice on planning or improving the way in which organisations embrace youth voice and participation. In this article, we have collected the views and priorities of young people into a set of ten minimum standards, and ordered them into a series of steps. We asked for feedback - resulting in an extra one - no 11! What would you add? What other resources would you recommend? Please send us your suggestions through the link at the end of the article. Where to start…