Young Citizens

Job Vacancy: Partnerships Executive

Part time, permanent Salary: £19,000 to £21,000 (pro rata) Closing date: 20th August 2018 Young Citizens is recruiting for a Partnerships Executive, supporting the delivery of our work with our external partners, including: corporates, professional bodies, funders, individual donors and volunteers. Read more
Job vacancy: Programmes Coordinator

Full time, permanent Salary: £21,000 to £23,000 Closing date: 16th August 2018 Young Citizens’ Programmes Coordinators are central to the organisation as they deliver our programmes. They play a major part in helping us to meet our target of working with half of UK schools, 10,000 intermediaries, and impacting 200,000 young people each year; and in helping us achieve our financial targets. Read more
Magistrates' Court Mock Trial Competition National Final 2017/18

Constance Littlehailes reports from the 24th annual final of the Magistrates Court Mock Trials competition in Birmingham Read more
Democracy Ambassadors

Democracy Ambassadors is an opportunity for young people (aged 13 to 16) to engage with and champion democratic participation. Read how... Read more

Britain's future depends on empowering the next generation to become active citizens

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Mock Trials

The Mock Trials are an effective and fun way of helping young people understand how the judicial system works. Learn how you can get involved...

Go-Givers - our SMSC programme

Schools measure children by their academic achievement. However, we need to remember that qualities such as empathy, compassion and fair-mindedness are just as important.

We have mobilised more than 300,000 young people to take social action.

We've helped 80% of secondary schools nurture active citizens.

Law

We are the UK's leader in the field of public legal information (PLE) for young people. PLE gives young people the knowledge, skills and confidence to tackle everyday problems.

We believe it is vital young people get to grips with key financial terms during their school life. Our programmes and conferences enable finance professionals from the most reputable companies to help bring this education to life.

Fundraise for us

Help us fight for the role of citizenship education in educating and preparing young people for life beyond the school gates. Fundraise for us and help us champion a society with greater equality and social cohesion.

Blog

Citizenship Education: The View from Europe

Young Citizens played a key role in the development of the Council of Europe's pack on teaching controversial issues. Lead author Ted Huddleston is presenting the pack in Copenhagen today, but here are four themes - that in his words - might be said to characterise the way many of our European counterparts see citizenship education. Read more
I’ve just got my money back via a ‘Small Claims Court’. Would young people know they can do that?

Our CEO tells of his own recent experience of using the law to protect his rights, and explains why basic legal understanding is vitally important for all young people, if they're to be confident young citizens. Read more