Youth climate change committee aims to connect younger generation with...
New organisation will increase dialogue as research shows that the vast majority of young people believe climate change is an urgent issue
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A new enterprise helps cash-strapped students ‘bedroom swap’ to save money
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‘Changing negative belief systems can stop gang violence’
Former gang member Simeon Moore took control of his own life, before helping set up peace talks between Birmingham gangs. Now working to help young people, he tells Laura Smith about his vision for...
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Majority of UK children are ‘happy’, finds study
Nine out of ten children in the UK are happy, according to a new report, with an overwhelming number of teenagers being completely content with their friends
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Young social entrepreneurs to be nurtured by new London scheme
The Hub Youth Academy will help young people establish careers in socially-minded businesses by providing them with training, mentoring and access to a network of leading social entrepreneurs across...
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App helps teenagers seek advice from school nurses
A smartphone app, credited with encouraging more boys to seek help and easing the pressure on school nurses, has won a wider roll-out after a trial in Leicestershire
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New reforms for children in care ‘most significant in a generation’
Children in care are to be allowed to stay with foster families until they are 21 years old, the government has announced
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Government recognises South Wales anti-extremism project
Think Project boasts a 90-95% success rate in changing racist views in young people
View ArticleTeenage pregnancy rates at all-time low
Labour’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy credited with drop in teenage conceptions
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Crying for empathy
In thousands of schools around the world, children between the ages of five and 12 take lessons from a newborn baby. The result? Increased emotional intelligence, understanding and empathy towards...
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Students call for shakeup of economics teaching
Mainstream economics teaching fails to address 21st century issues, say students from 41 protest groups around the world
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Catalysing change
Catalyst is a leading five-day residential course for young people aged 18-25, hosted at Embercombe, a educational centre for sustainable living in Devon. Catalyst alumni Jasmine Irving reflects on her...
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‘I want a network of young people creating a different economy’
With young people trapped between unemployment and underemployment, the political response is too paternalistic, says new organisation AltGen. Launching an award for new co-operative enterprises, it is...
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Chilean students closer to free education
Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet has proposed plans to provide free tertiary education to 1.2 million students
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The fair trade generation
Young Britons who have grown up in the era of a flourishing fair trade market are highly sensitive to global issues and want to see businesses acting to end inequality and climate change – according to...
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Five entrepreneurs changing African lives for the better
Five innovative programmes are aiming to diffuse the “ticking time bomb” of Africa’s youth employment crisis
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Programme boosts African entrepreneurship
Lacklustre and uninspiring educational facilities in Africa are being given a jump-start to improve literacy and support the change-makers of tomorrow
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Can self-compassion improve wellbeing in teenagers?
New research suggests that treating oneself with kindness and mindfulness is more effective than improving self-esteem when facing the challenges of teenage years
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Young people are changing face of mental health in Lebanon
Tradition, corruption and political negligence continue to stigmatise mental illness, but the new generation is transforming old taboos
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A sustainable solution to fast food obsession
Shift Design aims to make positive changes to people’s behaviour through meaningful action and social enterprise. One project, Box Chicken, aims to revolutionise the way young people in London view...
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