Young Citizens is delighted to have appointed Ashley Hodges as its fifth CEO. Ms. Hodges has a background in politics and community action and is excited to lead the charity through its next phase of growth. Read more... Read more
Young Citizens is delighted to announce that The Rt Hon Baroness D’Souza CMG, former Lord Speaker, has been appointed as our new President. Read more
Young Citizens resources to help teachers to handle controversial issues have been translated into 23 European languages. Read more... Read more
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Are you passionate about helping to engage, educate and empower children and young people to be active citizens? Do you have top-notch organisational skills and a knack for problem solving? Maybe you are an event-planning wizard…. If so, we’d love to hear from you. Closing date: 12pm on Thursday 5th August, Interviews 12th August. Read more
We are seeking up to three people to join our Board of Trustees, with one of the places reserved for a young person currently aged 18-25. Read more about the attributes, skills and experiences we're looking for. Closing date: 17th May 2021. These are volunteer roles. Read more
Young Citizens is sad to announce the departure of our Chief Executive, Tom Franklin, who leaves us soon having overseen a five year process of strategic renewal. Read more
Re-watch the event here - On 11th February 2021 our President, Baroness D'Souza, chaired a virtual panel discussion with young people, academics and our CEO Tom Franklin. Read more
Young Citizens receives Co-op Foundation grant to extend our work empowering young people to improve community spaces Read more
We've just published our Annual Report and Accounts for the year up to the end of March 2020. In the year, we increased the number of schools we work with and the number of young people we supported. Read (or watch) more... Read more
With young people of 16 and 17 having the lowest rates of electoral registration of any group, Young Citizens has joined a campaign for the government to establish automatic enrollment. Read more
Young Citizens has joined with 23 other political education and democracy organisations expressing concern about new government guidance, which could limit informed debate and discourage political thinking amongst young people. Read more
The Big Legal Lesson will take part in Justice Week 2020, and involves hundreds of schools pledging to develop their students' knowledge of the Rule of Law and their legal rights. Read more... Read more
Thanks to generous funding from the Co-op Foundation #iwill fund we are supporting primary schools to improve their local community spaces. Read more... Read more
Young Citizens is celebrating our 30th Birthday this year and, to add to the celebration, we have recruited our first young Ambassador . Meet Jack Felvus... Read more
We are delighted to announce our inaugural Charity of the Year partnership with Constructive Space. Running throughout 2020, we will be supporting with community and fundraising events. Find out more... Read more
On 13th October a team of fundraisers tackled the Wimbledon Half Marathon. Read more about the event and how the athletes exceeded their expectations. Read more
Young Citizens is celebrating our 30th Birthday this year and our first young Trustee adds to this celebration. This is part of the Board of Trustees' efforts to ensure young people's voices are heard. Meet Finn Judge... Read more
After more than a decade the Giving Nation website closed today having mobilised a generation of young people to be active, concerned citizens. Read more about the impact it had. Read more
We're excited to have been shortlisted for the coveted Charity of the Year Award, run by Charity Times. Read more. Read more
Democracy Ambassadors gives young people an opportunity to learn how our democracy works so they can inform their peers. Find out more. Read more
We're excited to announce our new Chair of Trustees here at Young Citizens - Dr. Edge Watchorn. Click here to read more. Read more
On the 8th March, we were honoured to help the Diversity and Community Relations Judiciary to hold their inaugural Youth Q&A. Read more
Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, joins lawyers from the Government Legal Department (GLD) at Legal Experts in Schools session. Read more
We’ve recently been awarded funding to expand the number of schools taking part in our Make a Difference Challenge social action project. Find out how you can benefit... Read more