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- not for some years judging by the current dreary options to choose from, but you can live in hope :-)
- Totally agree that the discussion about engagement should be about getting politicians to engage with the people they represent not the other way round - I think falling numbers of voters are going...
- ah well if you're making a case for voting at much younger ages too ie. we're all citizens I'm interested in that albeit obviously all sorts of implications but I can agree that the...
- I wouldn't say that it is a ground up campaign (from young people) but I don't think that makes the case for it invalid. I also don't think voting reduces young people's childhood....
- it doesn't make sense, but then neither does it if 16 year olds can't have other adult responsibilities too, so do you also lower the age at which people can buy cigarettes, buy alcohol, be...
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Thinking about this weekends upcoming event UKYouthOnline has got me thinking again about OnTheUp. OnTheUp was the idea that came out of ‘Personal Development Reports‘ that I originally submitted to the Social Innovation Camp earlier in the year. I haven’t yet man
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9 months ago
I know V is very interested in the link beteween volunteering and employability, so it might be useful to speak to them about this?
9 months ago
For example for our course evaluations I've always said that feedback that says "I'm more confident" isn't necessarily good feedback - confident to do what? - confident to do certain teambuilding activities or confident to deal with issues back home?
I'm a bit bemused that you wouldn't want to use citizenship to create good 'citizens' - isn't that the point?!
I don't see volunteering as a route to employment - while I accept that it often can be, I think there needs to be much more consideration given to the idea of people volunteering simply because they want to - however in terms of youth provision, providing a programme without concern for helping participants to develop useful skills seems like a wasted opportunity to me.