Speaking to The Youth Association today after his visit last week, Ed Balls said, “It’s great to see young people having their say in the political process. I met with lots of young people during the campaign who were concerned about jobs and training as well as the environment and feeling safe when they’re out … Continue reading Ed Balls endorses Youth Association's work!
Ed Balls endorses Youth Association’s work!
Speaking to The Youth Association today after his visit last week, Ed Balls said, “It’s great to see young people having their say in the political process. I met with lots of young people during the campaign who were concerned about jobs and training as well as the environment and feeling safe when they’re out … Continue reading Ed Balls endorses Youth Association’s work!
Call for better information on parties & their policies
Our ‘Have Your Say’ cards generated a lot of interesting political conversations across the region, particularly about the BNP where opinions seemed polarised. Although many young people picked the BNP as the party they would vote for, youth workers have reported that political discussions soon revealed young people felt they didn’t know enough about politics … Continue reading Call for better information on parties & their policies
Call for better information on parties & their policies
Our ‘Have Your Say’ cards generated a lot of interesting political conversations across the region, particularly about the BNP where opinions seemed polarised. Although many young people picked the BNP as the party they would vote for, youth workers have reported that political discussions soon revealed young people felt they didn’t know enough about politics … Continue reading Call for better information on parties & their policies
Youth Vote: The Results!
Results are in from the Youth Association poll of young people across West & South Yorkshire. They show Labour on 24% and BNP on 23%. The results in full are: 24% Labour 23% BNP 23% Lib Dem 12% None of the above 10% Conservative 8% Green Young people were asked for the top issue they … Continue reading Youth Vote: The Results!
Election day – Ed Balls Gets On in Morley
Ed Balls visited one of our mobile buses on election day to meet some of the young people of Morley. Ed engaged in some good natured banter with the group of young people on the bus, discussing further education, career options, Education Maintenance Allowance, helped to promote healthy eating, wore a Uth Association pin badge with pride and………… signed a … Continue reading Election day – Ed Balls Gets On in Morley
Question Time @ Parklands Girls School
Parklands Girl School pupils were keen to register their opinions and participate in our Youth Vote today. Conservative candidate; councillor Barry Anderson joined us on the bus and received questions from a number of sixth form pupils. Topics covered during the one and a half hour ‘Question Time’ included education, immigration, aspiration building, benefits, drugs and … Continue reading Question Time @ Parklands Girls School
Candidates take notice
Since its launch on Monday, interest is growing in our Youth Vote initiative and 5,000 ballot papers have been taken out to young people in West and South Yorkshire. It’s not just young people who are keen to get involved in the Youth Vote, because several local candidates in the parliamentary elections have contacted us … Continue reading Candidates take notice
Have your say!
We are launching an exciting initiative to let young people in Yorkshire have a chance to tell local politicians what they think are the issues that matter the most for them. From Monday 26th April through to General Election day on May 6th, we will be talking to young people about their views on politics and … Continue reading Have your say!
A good way to find out who to vote for?
Television debates, a couple of forests worth of marketing billboards, airbushing and gleaming teeth and people telling me they’re just like me (which is funny, as I wouldn’t want to be running a country, but they do, meaning that really, they’re not like me at all)… must be election time. If, like me, you care … Continue reading A good way to find out who to vote for?