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 <title>Our Say Our Way Launches Youth Engagement Toolkit </title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Our Say Our Way is a project led by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.peabody.org.uk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Peabody&lt;/a&gt;, and funded by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Big Lottery&lt;/a&gt; w&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Young people needed to join the National Scrutiny Group</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.byc.org.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Youth Council&lt;/a&gt; (BYC) are looking for young people to join the first &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <title>Children’s services chiefs urged to involve children in their work </title>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Young people’s views on child custody plans published</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/yjb/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Youth Justice Board&lt;/a&gt; (YJB) has published the results of its consultation with young people on its strategy for the secure estat&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/young-people%E2%80%99s-views-child-custody-plans-published&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Young people debate on House of Commons film set</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Over 100 young people from across the UK took part in a lively debate about the role of women in politics on the House of Commons movie set as featured in this year&#039;s Oscar-winning film The Iron La&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/young-people-debate-house-of-commons-film-set&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>School exclusions system does not respect children’s participation rights</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Children&amp;rsquo;s Commissioner&amp;rsquo;s inquiry into school exclusions has shown that the system is in breach of children&amp;rsquo;s participation rights under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/school-exclusions-system-does-not-respect-children%E2%80%99s-participation-rights&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>BYC ask for greater youth participation in strengthening communities</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://riotspanel.independent.gov.uk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Riots, Communities and Victims Panel&lt;/a&gt; has published its final report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/byc-ask-for-greater-youth-participation-in-strengthening-communities&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Campaigners aged 16 to 19 from Participation Works partners the &lt;a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/young-people-visit-transport-minister-to-launch-new-guides&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Local authorities are finding new ways to maintain projects that give young people the opportunity to inspect and report on the quality of services that affect their lives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/young-inspectors-report-the-quality-of-services-affect-their-lives&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Engage workshop on Measuring Impact</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Two heads are better than one, and 30 people from 14 different organisations sharing expertise and ideas made the Measuring Impact workshop a truly enlightening event on February 23, 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/engage-workshop-measuring-impact&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Speak to the World: children’s views on engaging in international decision-making</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.crae.org.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Children&#039;s Rights Alliance for England&lt;/a&gt; (CRAE) have led a project which supports  the development of a European society based on &lt;a / rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/speak-to-the-world-children%E2%80%99s-views-engaging-in-international-decision-making&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>NCVYS interfaith seminar in Birmingham</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/ncvys-interfaith-seminar-in-birmingham&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;60 youth organisations, representing&amp;nbsp; hundreds of thousands of children and young people&amp;nbsp; believe reforms must be made to the Editors Code and Press Complaints Commission (PCC) in a bid f&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/youth-organisations-call-for-reforms-to-press&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Youth unemployment continues to increase</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.byc.org.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;British Youth Council&lt;/a&gt; (BYC) have carried out a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/youth-unemployment-continues-to-increase&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Health and Social Care Bill entered its final stages in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201212/ldhansrd/text/120208-0001.htm#12020840000846&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;House of Lor&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.participationworks.org.uk/news/children-and-young-people-must-have-voice-health-services&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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