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Challenge for #iwill Ambassadors & Champions: #LetterTo2030 2019 has been a year in which Youth Voice has been catapulted into the spotlight. Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets in the School Strikes for Climate. A snap general election at the end of the year gave thousands their first taste of the vote. As a new decade begins, we cannot allow the voices of young people to fade away. We want you to write a message to the future. What do you want to see change in the next ten years? By 2030 you [...]

The political is personal - why the vulnerable must be given a voice. On December the 12th I'll have my first chance to vote. I've been waiting for this moment since I first learned about the heroic and inspiring fight of the suffragettes over 100 years ago. I’m a full-time volunteer at Volunteering Matters, focused on the youth-led education project WASSUP (Women Against Sexual Exploitation and Violence Speak Up). In my work for WASSUP, I often think about the impact of politics, both personally as well as systemic change in society. If young women can [...]

Hi Ambassadors! Thanks for clicking on the link! Two Government Departments have been in touch - Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and DCMS (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport). They'd like to ask you questions to share on their social media for Youth Social Action Day on June 5th. This is open to everyone - so have a go at recording your answers on your phone or tablet! Please answer each question in separate videos so we can share with the different departments who've asked for them! Questions: What do you love most about your social action/volunteering? [...]