We're excited to announce our new Chair of Trustees here at Young Citizens - Dr. Edge Watchorn. Click here to read more. 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
Read our Annual Report and Accounts to discover how our work has benefited 240,000 children and young people over the past year. Read more
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. Read more
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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
Young Citizens is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Maclay to its team of Ambassadors. Michael is an old friend of the charity, having been on the Trustee Board of the Citizenship Foundation (from which Young Citizens evolved) for twenty years – twelve of them as Chair. Read more
Ted Huddleston gives us a heads-up on a new Council of Europe initiative kicking off in November 2018. Read more... Read more
Rushanara Ali MP has been appointed as an Ambassador to education charity Young Citizens. She hopes to help inspire and motivate children and young people to be active citizens. Read more
Young Citizens is one of just six organisations to be awarded the prestigious Impact Partner status for its youth social action work. Read more
Young Citizens is delighted to welcome three 'talented and committed' trustees to the board Read more
The Government has published its response to the House of Lords Committee's report into Citizenship and Civic Engagement - and despite the response expressing support for the importance of citizenship education, we're underwhelmed by the lack of concrete action. Read more... Read more
Pro Bono Economics (PBE) and Young Citizens are publishing a report from PBE on how to better measure the effectiveness of our different citizenship programmes. Read more
Young Citizens welcomes the hard-hitting report, which describes the state of citizenship education as 'parlous', and calls on Government to re-prioritise the subject in schools Read more
Young Citizens is delighted to announce the appointment of its first ever Ambassadors. Three eminent members of the legal profession will play a crucial role in spreading the word about the charity’s vital mission to help educate, inspire and motivate the active citizens of tomorrow. Read more
Congratulations to Wilmslow High School for winning our national Bar Mock Trials Competition - which helps young people understand the legal justice system Read more
Young Citizens has signed up in support of online voting trials in Scotland - a move which we believe could help boost youth involvement in elections. Read more
We've appointed three new trustees to strengthen our board and add significant new expertise in education, youth engagement, social action and campaigning. Find out more... Read more
Young Citizens has joined forces with 43 other organisations to call on the government to halt its 'Voter ID' pilots - fearing that they could put people off voting. Read more
The Citizenship Foundation, the charity which supports teachers and schools to provide citizenship education and experiences for all students, today launches Young Citizens. This is a new brand to help inspire children and young people to take part in society as active, engaged and motivated citizens – and thus to build a better future for us all Read more
Citizenship as a subject in the national curriculum is withering on the vine. It's been starved of funding, support has been taken away, and increasing numbers of schools no longer teach it as a discrete subject. Young Citizens is campaigning for Citizenship to be restored as a subject in all schools - both primary and secondary. Find out more... Read more
Educating young people about the legal system helps them understand the importance of law in safeguarding citizens' rights. It also means they can recognise when they have a legal problem, and deal with it. Young Citizens campaigns for every young person to have legal education as part of learning to be active citizens. Find out more... Read more
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is likely to lead to the most profound change to our system of politics and democracy in a generation. Young Citizens is working to help empower young people to make their voice heard. And we're campaigning to get those in power to involve young people in the debate. Find out more... Read more
Young Citizens has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Global Education Network, CAPA, for our amazing internship experiences. Read more