Campaigns
NCVYS is involved in a number of high profile campaigns to support collaborative approaches in the sector.
Coalition for Young People
The Coalition for Young People brings together leading national organisations that work with or represent young people. The Coalition will create a positive agenda for the empowerment, entitlement and equality of all young people. To promote its goals and set out its demands, the Coalition has produced a policy manifesto (PDF). NCVYS is a co-founder of the Coalition for Young People. To find out more about and to join the coalition, contact Faiza Chaudary, Director of Policy and Communications at NCVYS, on T: 020 7278 1041.
The Youth of Today - youth leadershipThe Youth of Today offers leadership roles, training and networking opportunities to young people. It is funded and supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and Communities and Local Government. It is managed by a range of leading organisations. They are: The National Youth Agency, Changemakers, The Young Foundation, UK Youth Parliament, British Youth Council, the Prince’s Trust and the Citizenship Foundation. NCVYS supports The Youth of Today by raising awareness of opportunities within its membership and working, through partners, to deliver opportunities for young people. Change4LifeNCVYS is a full partner of Change4Life campaign run by the Department of Health. Change4Life is a nationwide movement designed to help people make changes to their lifestyles, so that they can eat well, move more and live longer. End Child PovertyEnd Child Poverty aims to ensure that Government meets its promise to halve child poverty by 2010 and eridicate it by 2020. Over 150 children’s charities, child welfare organisations, social justice groups, faith groups, trade unions and others are working together as the Campaign to End Child Poverty to ensure that the unacceptably high levels of child poverty in the UK are reduced. Faiza Chaudary, Head of Policy and Communications at NCVYS, is a Trustee at End Child Poverty. Young EqualsNCVYS is a member of the steering group for Young Equals, campaigning to get protection from age discrimination for children and young people. It is supported by many charities and individual children and young people. Young Equals is coordinated by the Children's Rights Alliance for England. Backing Young BritainNCVYS supports the Backing Young Britain campaign which is bringing businesses and public and voluntary sectors together to ensure that the valuable skills and experience of our young people aren't being wasted. It is encouraging organisations to support young people by offering initiatives such as providing work experience placements or internships and supplying apprenticeships. The Global Learning CharterNCVYS has signed up to the Global Learning Charter with the belief that learning can tackle big issues such as intolerance, poverty and climate change. The Global Learning Charter is coordinated by the Development Education Association (DEA). The Fear Factory coalitionNCVYS has become a member of The Fear Factory, this campaign highlights the disparity between public perception and actual rates of youth crime, and the role of the media in encouraging tough youth justice policies. The website is formed by a coalition of voluntary and community youth organisations calling for an end to the ‘arms race' and ‘policies driven by short term political gain’. The Better Banking CampaignThe Better Banking Campaign has brought together nearly 200 organisations to call for fundamental reform of the banking system. They are calling for the introduction of four measures which will help ensure financial institutions serve the interests of all people, businesses and third sector organisations equally. UK Youth Parliament General Election micro- site NCVYS supports UK Youth Parliament’s micro-site which is aimed at first time voters, it contains details of why young people should vote, how to register to vote, and statements from the leaders of each of the political parties. The leaders have not only explained their party lines on important youth issues but also emphasised the real importance of young people’s votes.
Save the Children’s campaign for a £3,000 Pupil Premium in England
Education should be a route out of poverty for disadvantaged children but at every stage in school the poorest pupils do worse and make less progress than their better-off classmates. The result is these pupils leave school without the necessary qualifications to move forward into university, training or well paid jobs and the cycle of poverty continues again. The money could pay for extra tuition, school trips, books and after school activities so each child gets the best opportunities to achieve better exam results and a chance to escape a life of poverty. Visit the Save the Children’s campaign for a £3,000 Pupil Premium in England.
Race Online 2012 NCVYS supports Race Online 2012, their ambition is to make the UK the first nation in the world where everyone can use the web. The UK has 40 million adult internet users, with 30 million people using the web every day. However, there are 10 million adults in the UK who have never used the internet – the combined size of the entire population of our five biggest cities. Four million of those are among the most disadvantaged. They are calling for urgent action to inspire, encourage and support millions more people online by the end of the Olympic year 2012 through partnership with government, industry, charities and individuals.
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