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Jul132020 by James CathcartNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNow: Interview with Gabrielle Mathews, NHS advisor, # iwill ambassador and Diana Award winner

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Gabrielle Mathews aged 22, from Coventry, is a long-term champion of #YouthVoice and has just graduated with her first degree (Intercalated Global Health BSc) and is continuing her studies in Medicine at Imperial College London. She is now the youngest member of the NHS Assembly, one of the first Youth Expert Advisors at NHS England and Improvement, having volunteered for the NHS Youth Forum. She is the former chair of the Young Persons’ Advisory Group at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and in 2018 was selected as a #iwill ambassador for health at Step-Up-To-Serve. Earlier this year, Gabrielle was appointed to the oversight board at the Research and Economic Analysis for the Long term Centre at The Health Foundation. She has also worked as a young technical advisor to the World Health…

Jun222020 by James Cathcart1 Comment

#YouthVoiceNow: Interview with Katrina Lambert (19) #iwill ambassador, trustee at ‘Volunteering Matters’, and member of ‘Youth for Change’

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Katrina Lambert, 19 years old and originally from Edinburgh, is an activist campaigning on gender equality, human rights and youth voice. She is an #iwill ambassador, a trustee at Volunteering Matters, member of youth-led network Youth For Change and has been recognised by the Prime Minister for her work with a Points of Light award. Katrina has been active in promoting youth voice in Scotland (volunteering with organisations such as Young Scot and ProjectScotland) and is now based in London where she is studying Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics. Continuing our series of interviews with youth voice champions, 'YoungVoicesHeard' heard about her journey and hopes for the future. We also asked what advice she would give to young people starting out and to older people…

Jun102020 by James CathcartNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNow interview – with Dan Lawes (19) activist, #iwill ambassador and founding CEO of YouthPoliticsUK

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Daniel Lawes is a 19 year-old activist from Manchester, currently studying History and International Relations at the London School of Economics. He is an #iwill ambassador, Diana Award recipient, and in 2016, he founded the non-profit organisation YouthPolitics UK with the aim of engaging young people with the democratic process. He was one of the youngest CEOs in the UK at 17. Continuing our series of interviews with youthvoice champions, 'YoungVoicesHeard' heard about his journey and hopes for the future. We also asked what advice he would give to young people starting out and to older people listening. (more…)

Feb172020 by James CathcartNo Comments

Young Trustee Movement

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Straplines: 'We’re a movement of young people and charity leaders mobilising for better charity boards' 'Less than 3% of charity trustees are under 30 - we're changing that' (target is double numbers on charity boards). Target - to double number by 2024. Website: www.YoungTrusteesMovement.org.uk Launched Oct 2019 Mission: 'Double the number of trustees aged 30 and under on charity boards by 2024. (while the spotlight is on the age factor, our movement is part of a wider call for diversity on boards Create a norm of Boards embarking on a journey of change and realising that this also benefits all board members Changing the image of what a trustee looks like, by shining a light on the impact made by young trustees. Define what conditions allow…

Feb62020 by James CathcartNo Comments

My Life My Say

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Strapline and Mission "My Life My Say" is a youth led, non-partisan charity, on a mission to empower young people to participate in democracy" "To empower young people to participate in democracy, by creating spaces for dialogue across communities and generations, and by providing young and socially excluded citizens with the tools to lead change within society." (more…)

Feb62020 by James CathcartNo Comments

Shout out UK

Changemakers and Champions Gallery, Gallery, Organisations, Youth Voice in Democracy, Youth-led Start Ups

Strapline and Mission: "Shout out UK" provides #PoliticalLiteracy to the next generation and a platform to incite positive change". "To help schools implement Political Literacy in the easiest and most cost-effective way possible, whilst providing young people with a platform to share information, debate and discuss issues they are passionate about." (more…)

Feb62020 by James CathcartNo Comments

The Politics Project

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Strapline and Mission: "The Politics Project - starting powerful conversations" "So here at The Politics Project we specialise in providing people with outstanding democratic education, because we believe that everyone should be able to use their voice". "We support teachers, students and politicians to deliver outstanding political education." Website: The Politics Project (more…)

Feb62020 by James CathcartNo Comments

Voting Counts

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Straplines and Mission: "Voting Counts is a simple, unbiased political resource that helps you make informed decisions when voting." Website: https://votingcounts.org.uk/ (more…)

Feb62020 by James CathcartNo Comments

YouthPoliticsUK

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Mission and Strapline: Youth Politics UK mission aims 'to mobilise a generation of young adults to become more politically active' ; 'a non-partisan political group that works to have young voices heard and debates started in Parliament" To Engage - through the vast use of social media; To Educate - by means of our website and events; To Debate - through meetings, workshops and talks from experts; To Campaign - equipped with the skills to bring about social change. Website www.YouthPoliticsUK.org.uk [caption id="attachment_2421" align="alignright" width="129"] Dan Lawes[/caption] Youth-led Start-Up Founded in 2016 by Dan Lawes aged 17, who recruited a team of his peers in Manchester as a steering/advisory. Registered as a non-project company in 2017. Activities Include: Conference (2017), training, workshops, debates and public speaking/advisor roles by Dan Lawes;…

Nov282019 by James CathcartNo Comments

#YouthVoiceNow: Interview with Anna McGovern (18) #iwill Ambassador and Chair of Medway Youth Council

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by James Cathcart, 20th November 2019 Anna is an #iwill Ambassador - one of a group of young activists successfully nominated in recognition of their outstanding volunteering work. She is now a role model and ambassador for the national ‘Step Up To Serve’ campaign - which aims to increase youth ‘social action’ and celebrate the role of young people as active citizens. Anna has campaigned on safeguarding for children/on-line safety and better mental health, with NSPCC and Childline, and has been recognised with awards included the Prime Ministers Point of Light Award for her work. As part of national #iwillweek2019 I met Anna, in her role as Chair when she was hosting the Medway Youth Council’s annual conference on climate change. It was held at Mid Kent College in Chatham…