Newsome Academy are Democracy Friendly
We’re thrilled that Newsome Academy are our very first high school to become Democracy Friendly. Find out about their pioneering journey, led by young citizens.
We’re thrilled that Newsome Academy are our very first high school to become Democracy Friendly. Find out about their pioneering journey, led by young citizens.
Our Democracy Friendly Schools programme is helping children and young people to learn about – and take part in – local democracy. We made amazing progress together in 2022. Watch our video to find out more.
Dozens of local projects have already run successful crowdfunding campaigns through our Growing Great Places programme. Together they have raised over £380,000 in pledges, helping to get some great ideas off the ground in local places. Take part in a free online workshop to find out how to join them.
Over 30 local projects have already run successful crowdfunding campaigns through the Growing Great Places programme, raising a whopping £217,657 in pledges. Take part in a free online workshop to find out how to join them.
We’ve created everyday democracy resources for schools in Kirklees to make sure that our young citizens can have a voice in the things that affect their everyday lives.
Kirklees Youth Council made this video to share some of the great things they have been doing in 2020, the first year of our Democracy Friendly Schools programme.
Got a great idea for making your local place even better? Want to connect with others who can help make it happen and raise funds to get your idea off the ground? Come along to one of our drop-in sessions in March to find out how to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Do you feel able to make your local place better? Please come to our online workshops to share your experiences, listen to other people’s stories and make new connections. Together we’ll improve our understanding of how we can measure people’s confidence in their own ability to change things in our local places – to have influence as active citizens.
In our final activity for Local Democracy Week 2020, we talked with young people aged 15 to 17 about life during lockdown and beyond, about things they’d like to change in their local place, getting to know our councillors and planning social action.
We’re offering a safe and flexible one hour session that will help children and young people to learn what local councillors do, share how they feel about life in their local place right now, and explore opportunities to work together with councillors on community projects.