By Fay Pretty | PeaceJam UK Coordinator & Youth Team Leader
With the support of our GlobalGiving donors, our current UK Youth Team have nearly completed another year of mentorship. Developing their leadership skills and taking action in their local communities and further afield.
This includes taking part in national opportunities and outreach. In July PeaceJam UK ran an online youth panel composed of our Youth Team and inspirational changemakers, for approximately 250 Year 10 students at Smithills School in Bolton. Students were able to take part in an extensive Q&A, which included discussions around the impact of youth taking action and various issue areas including nuclear disarmament, hidden disabilities, and reducing barriers to education. Participants were then inspired to plan social action projects, which included a campaign to change the timings of the school day and a plan to organise a fundraising football match. Students are excited to return in September and turn their ideas into action.
Continuing to increase youth engagement and outreach through online platforms, PeaceJam UK will be hosting an Online Conference on 20 November. To ensure that this event is “for youth, by youth”, we have launched an Online Conference Youth Action Group of 14-18 year old students from across the UK, who have partnered with our Youth Team to plan the event. Applying the skills they have learnt this year, our Youth Team have been chairing and organising weekly Youth Action Group meetings and mentoring the summer participants to develop vital life skills, such as leadership, problem solving and creative thinking. This peer-to-peer experience has created a safe space for youth to share their social action experiences and learn from each other as they build an event to inspire other young people to take action across the UK.
This would not be possible without your support, thank you for supporting young leaders to implement sustainable action.
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