Rachel Wilkinson's blog

Today marks the end of The Youth of Today project. The Youth of Today, which has focused on promoting leadership opportunities for young people, has had a positive impact on individuals, young people and organisations.

In this final blog post, the partner organisations highlight some of their work to date and summarise future work and possibilities.

British Youth Council (BYC)

Project highlights

Hello! My name is Hafsa, I am 19 years old and currently at college studying Business hoping to head off to university this summer.

I chose to do an internship with The Youth of Today, based at Changemakers, as I felt I needed practical experience as well as theoretical to pursue the career that I want; I am hoping to go into Events Management. Though this internship is primarily events based, I have also assisted in other areas and this has built my confidence greatly in a working environment.

Fellows were offered £1,000 prize money to allocate towards their projects, and the Youth Scrutiny Group were asked to decide which projects they thought should receive the funding. We had £500 for first prize and two runners up of £250. 

The money is to be used to support fellows projects.  We looked for projects that are sustainable and we asked what they had done so far, what their future plans are, how they will continue it, what the impact will be and who will benefit.

Changemakers is currently recruiting for 5 voluntary internship positions in its London office.

Who are Changemakers?

Changemakers unlocks the leadership potential of young people.

Whilst there are over 10 million 18-30 year olds in the UK, they are woefully under-represented in positions of power and influence. We think that many of our country’s biggest social and economic challenges could be overcome if we effectively harnessed the leadership potential of young people.

With Christmas fast approaching, we wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a lucky new year!

2010 has been a busy year for The Youth of Today with lots going on. If you were a part of it, we hope you had a great time. If you missed any of it, you can read about a snapshot of it here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Publicity Stunt on 20/12 for London 2012 – Don’t be ‘Chicken’

On Monday 20th December 2010 (20/12) Inspower will be launching a youth-led publicity stunt to raise awareness of the proposal they intend to send to LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) and the Time-Life Alliance to propose ideas to enhance the time giving and volunteer experience.

The Youth of Today has 2 exciting volunteer internship roles which we are recruiting for right now!

A volunteer internship can provide you with:

• an insight into both The Youth of Today (TYOT) and working in the charity sector
• a chance a make a real difference to TYOT and the consortium organisation
• a hands on experience
• workplace skills
• an opportunity to develop both personally and professionally

In addition, we can offer TYOT volunteer interns:

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