The Joys of College Work

Well, I have been sitting in the Citizenship Foundation Office banging out my College assignments!

Wow, it is a lot of work, I am pretty sure I have written more words today than I have in my whole life! (Maybe a slight over exaggeration) But I am enjoying it and I have to say it is pretty satisfying busting out a couple of thousand words, so all is good. Thing is, no college next week for Easter, and I am away in Slovakia the next week (so excited), which is the deadline. So I gotta get it all done!

Yo,

I'm Josh and I have recently started my apprenticeship with the youth of today, this is actually my first ever blog, so, I will try and make it as interesting as possible! This is a brief overview of what I have been getting up to…

Anyways, I have started going college on Friday afternoons doing and NVQ in Youth Work, my tutor Jeni is a bit of a ledge! We get to play a lot of games, and get involved in role play, as you can imagine it is pretty jokes! So, it is quite a ‘hands on’ active course, I highly recommend it!

They are finally ready ! Woohoo!

We are thrilled to announce as of February 2010 the launch of the free Citizenship resources for The Youth of Today . 

Hey!

It's Christiee & Sharna!

Today we went to the Kerrang! offices in Birmingham to shadow the people working at the radio station.

I, Christiee, shadowed Jo Godfrey, who is the producer of the adverts. She also makes all the sponsorship and promotions audio for their amazing giveaways!

I had an immense time with Jo, and even recorded my own advert about chlamydia testing! I learnt so much about how adverts are made, and even sat in on a voiceover recording.

Normal 0

You may be interested to know that the report on the Speakers conference on Parliamentary representation was released last week, which The Youth of Today partner the Citizenship Foundation contributed to. 

National charity Mentor UK is looking for a group of 12-15 year-olds from across London to volunteer as Youth Advisers on how to prevent drug and alcohol abuse, to bring a youth perspective to the issues and to help develop policy and services for young Londoners.

- Are you passionate about getting young people heard?
- Do you have strong views about drugs and alcohol that you think decision-makers should hear?
- Do you believe in helping young people to be healthy?

Last night, I along with 19 million others tuned in to watch Joe McElderry beat Olly in the X Factor final. I am unashamedly obsessed with the x factor and was glued to the series for the last 3 months obsessing over cheryl's latest outfit and Jedwards craziest performances, not to mention Louis' rule book.

The Youth of Today Teachers' Zone is thrilled to announce the launch of the Spotlight on Success award , which celebrates schools & colleges with a passion for youth leadership.

Does your school have an interest or passion in student voice and youth leadership? Why don’t you apply for the Spotlight on Success award to celebrate your schools commitment to youth leadership as well as win you and your students support, prizes and national press coverage of your school.

So, the streamers are up, the cakes are out and the office is buzzing like a group of anxious children awaiting their birthday. Today is the Citizenship Foundation's 20th anniversary and like any other birthday we are celebrating with a good party this evening at the Law Society.