I have just got back for UK Youth's annual conference at Avon Tyrell. It was an opportunity for me to meet my fellow Youth Employment UK Ambassadors and other inspiring young people, from across the UK.
During the weekend, I did some adventure activities (whooh zip wire) and I also took part in numerous workshops. My favourite was about democracy. It was a good opportunity to gain an understanding of why young people don't vote and why we should vote. The main reasons revolved around lack of information,to make an informed voting decision, and apathy towards politicians.
I also learnt about the StepUptoServe Campaign, which is a new campaign to get 50% of young people doing something to help their community. As a group of young people, we already thought we were doing this but this needs to be recognised more in the media. This campaign hopes to ingrain volunteering into our culture through instilling volunteering in primary schools.
To find out more about UK Youth: http://www.ukyouth.org/
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