Youth Citizenship Commission::Are young people allergic to politics?
The latest HeadsUp forum is open now and will run from from Monday 17 November to Friday 5 December. The Youth Citizenship Commission was set up by Gordon Brown to look at ways of developing young people’s understanding of citizenship and increase participation in politics. There are 13 Commissioners including young people, academics, teachers and journalists.
The Commission will report to the Prime Minister in spring 2009 after HeadsUp users have had their chance to give their feedback on the report through the HeadsUp forum (23 February - 3 March).
The Commission has been given the task of finding out:
- What citizenship means to young people
- What they think of citizenship education
- How young people are involved in their communities
- How they would like politicians to communicate with them
- Whether they think votes at 16 is a good idea
If you know any young people who want to have their say on these issues ask them to register at
www.headsup.org.uk/content/studentregistration