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Aug 8, 2022 · From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, youth-led movements are gathering momentum through digital means and result in large-scale transnational protests. One notable example saw children...
- Megan Carnegie
- Bella Lack, 16
- Amika George, 19
- 3 & 4. Amy and Ella Meek, 15 and 13
- Ellen Jones, 20
Twitter: @BellaLack Instagram: @BellaLack “I can’t enforce people to take action,” Bella Lack toldclimate protesters at the Zero Hour march on July 21, 2018. “But I can tell them that if in 30 years time we haven’t acted on this [climate] issue, we will look back to today and — as we stand on a ruined and uninhabitable planet — we will wish that we...
Twitter: @AmikaGeorge Instagram: @AmikaGeorge @FreePeriods Sometimes it feels like the only thing schools teach us about periods is how to hide a tampon up your sleeve. Perhaps that’s why so many people aren’t aware that 1 in 10 girls can’t afford menstrual products in the UK. Period poverty is a pressing issue impacting educational access — indeed...
Twitter: @BePlasticClever @KidsVPlastic Instagram: @KidsAgainstPlastic I think we can all agree that plastic pollution is bad, right? But how many of us have gone and founded an award-winning charity to stop it? Sisters Amy and Ella Meek from Nottingham have done just that. Inspired in 2016 by Bye Bye Plastic Bags, a youth movement in Bali that aim...
Twitter: @Ellen__Jones Instagram: @Ellen__Jones YouTube: Ellen Jones OK, so she’s not technically a teenager anymore, but 20-year-old Ellen Jonesfrom London — an award winning campaigner, speaker, and writer on LGBTQ+, feminist, autism, and mental health issues — more than deserves a place on this list. Jones, who has also recently been diagnosed w...
Aug 12, 2021 · Now, for Generation Z, COVID-19 has caused school shutdowns, worsening unemployment, and mass protests. Young people are right to be deeply concerned and angry, seeing these challenges as a betrayal of their future. But we can’t let these converging crises stifle us.
- Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
Jan 12, 2021 · Welcome to Youth Rising by NCS! The podcast for young people, made by young people. We have an amazing roster of guests this week starting with the inimitable creator, author and body positive activist Megan Jayne Crabbe.
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Aug 20, 2021 · The Global Shapers Community is a network of young people under the age of 30 who are working together to drive dialogue, action and change to address local, regional and global challenges. The community spans more than 8,000 young people in 165 countries and territories.
Mar 22, 2022 · Youth Rising is made by young people from all over England speaking about youth driven stories. In our sixth episode we lift the lid on Knife Crime. Amani Simpson, social entrepreneur and founder of AVIARD Inspires shares his story.
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The podcast for young people, made by young people. It’s the final episode in Season 2 but never fear, we’re not leaving you alone. We’re wrapping up the season with three brilliant guests from the world of social media, reality TV and relationships, sharing their experiences on finding your people.
