Our People

Young Citizens benefits from a loyal and passionate team of staff, trustees and ambassadors.

We are also grateful for a dedicated legion of over 2,000 volunteers. Without these skilled professionals we would not be able to run our nationwide programmes with such depth of impact and success.

Our Trustees

Our Board of Trustees is formed of nine professionals. They have a range of employment backgrounds and a wealth of varied expertise that helps to ensure Young Citizens continued growth and success.Read more

Latest

8 Ways to Improve Social Action in Your Primary School

In this blog Ruth Le Breton will give you ideas and inspiration to develop your social action and community involvement further. Read more...
Ten year vision for Public Legal Education launched at Parliament

Young Citizens has joined forces with the Solicitor General's Office and many other organisations to lay out a new ten year vision for a legally literate population, where people understand both their rights and responsibilities.
Education for effective citizens: has it ever been more important?

With increased uncertainty around our place in Europe and continued economic instability, Citizenship as a secondary school subject has never been so important.
New Campaign Free to Speak Safe to Learn to launch

Ted Huddleston gives us a heads-up on a new Council of Europe initiative kicking off in November 2018. Read more...

British values

In a press release on 27 November 2014, the Department for Education told all schools to promote 'British values' and produced advice for doing so through SMSC. Here, we explain what that means for schools.
What is citizenship education?

Citizenship education is about enabling people to make their own decisions and to take responsibility for their own lives and communities. And in many countries it's becoming increasing important.
Key Stage 2 (ks2) PSHE & SMSC curriculum primary school resources

Powered by Young Citizens, Go-Givers has over 150 cross-curricular lessons to support the teaching of key stage 2(ks2) PSHE and Citizenship and develop children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) learning, including their understanding of fundamental British Values. Go-Givers also includes an extensive range features to assist primary schools in teaching PSHE, SMSC and citizenship that could be used in a scheme of work.
7. The importance of citizenship education
Go-Givers - PSHE SMSC primary school resources for key stage 1 and key stage 2

Powered by Young Citizens, Go-Givers has over 150 cross-curricular lessons to support the teaching of PSHE and Citizenship and develop children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) learning, including their understanding of fundamental British Values. Go-Givers also includes an extensive range features to assist primary schools in teaching PSHE, SMSC and citizenship that could be used in a scheme of work.
What is citizenship?

Citizens are members of a state or a nation. Citizenship is the process of being such a member. It is how we make society work, together.
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...
British values resources for Key Stage 2

Powered by Young Citizens, Go-Givers has over 150 cross-curricular lessons to support the teaching of PSHE and Citizenship and develop children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) learning, including their understanding of fundamental British Values. Go-Givers also includes an extensive range features to assist primary schools in teaching PSHE, SMSC and citizenship that could be used in a scheme of work.
Lowering the voting age to 16

Here, we give teachers a little support for debating the topic in class with students. Do young people of this age know enough about politics yet? And if they could vote, can they be trusted to do it sensibly?
Key Stage 1 PSHE & SMSC Resources

Powered by Young Citizens, Go-Givers has over 150 cross-curricular lessons to support the teaching of PSHE and Citizenship and develop children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) learning, including their understanding of fundamental British Values. Go-Givers also includes an extensive range features to assist primary schools in teaching PSHE, SMSC and citizenship that could be used in a scheme of work.

Citizenship resource writers (voluntary)

These are voluntary roles, ideally suited to former teachers with experience of teaching citizenship or related subjects. The roles entail helping Young Citizens to research, write, and check lesson plans, assembly kits and other resources for both primary and secondary schools. 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