The APPG on Youth Affairs is back! 👋 It was great to reconvene the APPG on Youth Affairs yesterday and elect @NDIrons as the Chair. We look forward to bringing the APPG together to discuss the issues most important to young people during the next year. #youthappg

There’s 2 weeks left to apply to be a trustee at RECLAIM. We’d *love* some applications from working-class young people and people with charity finance backgrounds. reclaim.org.uk/vacancies

1 in 20 libraries have closed since 2016. The most deprived areas are 4x more likely to lose a library - even though they offer tech access to those in digital poverty, company to the alone, and education for families. Please support your local library. Our communities need them.

This one hits differently as it happened on the road I grew up on. Love, condolences, sympathy and prayers to the families and communities of Plumstead impacted💔 Invest in youth services Invest in children Invest in family support Invest in safeguarding Invest in education

#GiveAnHour is back for UCAS 2024! rebrand.ly/GiveAnHour-2425 It's one of my favourite projects, unlocking hundreds of mentoring hours each year directly helping young people. St John Ambulance England staff and volunteers, including SJA Student Volunteering, always blow me away with their support 💚

Calling all young people! 🗣️ Youth Leads UK, led by young individuals, seeks input from young individuals. Join our Youth Advisory Board to share your thoughts, shaping our focus on important matters. 🌟 Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/3znkkWZ #YouthLed

Over 150 hours of support have already been pledged in the week since I tweeted, with several same-day matches immediately made. Best feeling in the world to see this kindness and care 💚

One of the most shocking opening paragraphs I have ever read about British governance. #Grenfell 🎩 James B London Review of Books

Paid training and work opportunities for young people interested in getting involved in research and policy at The Centre for Education and Youth! Please share this with young people you know - we're especially keen to hear from folk who face barriers to this kind of work🙂 cfey.org/news-and-event…

I had a brilliant weekend supporting my two Members of Youth Parliament to engage with the sessions, make connections with others, and grow more confident in expressing their views - and not getting time to tweet, as you can tell! #UKYP24

Tonight St John Ambulance England's youth participation team, we've had: - 2 Cadets sat on national interview panels - a Regional Youth Forum meeting - mock interviews organised via #GiveAnHour - & preparations for our new Young Trustee ...all in 1 day! So proud of everyone involved 🙌

Tune into BBC Breakfast around 8 where I’ll be on the sofa talking about rising homelessness amongst young people leaving care

Applications are open to be a Youth Voice Ambassador! Do you know a young person who wants to... 📢 Champion youth voice in Parliament 📔 Work on exciting creative projects 🗣️ Represent Youth Futures Foundation at important events Apply here ➡️ youthfuturesfoundation.org/vacancy/youth-…

I’m looking forward to taking part in this panel discussion on what youth work means to us, to Oxfordshire, and for the future. A good use of your young trustees (and Oxfordshire Youth has plenty!)

Jess, sorry to disappoint but Somalians living in London isn’t the reason we have the current Social Housing crisis we are faced with. It’s the fact consecutive governments failed to invest in council house building which coincided with them selling off the little council

Seeking Northern young people (aged 18-25 years) for a new leadership development programme. - All free. - Stipend included. - Travel and accommodation covered. - High level coaching/mentoring. We need a new generation of powerful committed Northern voices. Pls share ☺️

It’s finally here! The first StJohn International Global Leadership Development Programme has begun, bringing together volunteers and employees from across the 44 different St John bodies around the world. Here we go!

❌ Food banks shouldn't need to exist. ✔️ We should all be able to afford the essentials we need to survive and live with dignity. Repost if you agree!

- we should be kind / While there is still time.

This report has, for the first time, got some of this data! Some of this is shocking: 20% of all kids in secure settings come from only SIX SCHOOLS! And 5% come from THE SAME SCHOOL!