Youth
Summer camp helps teenagers with HIV
20 Jan 2012
A summer camp for teenagers living with HIV has been making an encouraging impact in the heart of the Derbyshire countryside
20 Dec 2011
An accredited practical skills course has been launched in Gloucestershire as an alternative to sixth form education
Young environmental reporters praised in Wales
07 Dec 2011
Secondary school pupils in Wales have have claimed awards for reporting on local environmental issues. Welsh minister for the environment and sustainable development, John Griffiths, presented school pupils with certificates on 19July, at the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells. The children had been nominated as the national and international winners of the Young Reporters
02 Dec 2011
Red-nosed performers are bringing laughter, joy and theatrical mayhem to children living in refugee camps, orphanages and conflict zones
UK / Positive Perspective, Youth
01 Dec 2011
Reflecting on his own life journey from criminal to charity founder, Caspar Walsh emphasises the importance of rites of passage in moving towards stronger community and democracy
01 Dec 2011
Caspar Walsh takes us through a transformative weekend of writing and wilderness with five young prisoners
UK / Arts, Community, Culture, Positive People, Youth
02 Nov 2011
DJ and hip-hop teacher KMT is using music and sustainable living to unite young people
14 Oct 2011
A volunteering charity is recruiting and training young people to co-ordinate social change projects
UK / Education, Sustainable Development, Youth
03 Oct 2011
Inspired by a pioneering ecovillage in the Scottish county of Moray, children in 46 local primary and secondary schools are using specially designed eco-kits to learn about low-carbon living in a practical way
22 Sep 2011
As part of their new Ethical Operating Plan, the Co-operative Group is investing £30m in opportunities for young people
16 Aug 2011
An 18-year-old has published a new book featuring interviews with 20 acclaimed entrepreneurs under 35
09 Aug 2011
Unemployed young people in East London are being encouraged to join a new green jobs training programme, which could benefit both them and their community
UK / Positive People, Social Enterprise, Youth
09 Aug 2011
Carly Ward, founder of a network for young entrepreneurs, is helping other young people develop personal skills
03 Aug 2011
Achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions is central to a prosperous future, say a new movement of young New Zealanders
UK / Economics & Innovation, Youth
06 Jul 2011
Three young people from the UK have been nominated for a global award recognising their achievements creating positive social change
24 Jun 2011
Nature reserves are hosting their local school children and MPs on Friday 24 June in response to teacher’s demands for more opportunities for children to learn outdoors and have contact with nature
11 Jun 2011
Girl Stars, a multimedia project in India, has created inspiring icons out of 15 ordinary young women in an effort to encourage others to pursue education.
08 Jun 2011
Sarah Outen, 26, will spend two-and-a-half years travelling 20,000 miles around the globe using only a rowing boat, kayak and a bike
08 Jun 2011
A global movement is building that is inspiring girls to take control over their minds, bodies, hearts and actions.
15 Mar 2011
When Katie Stagliano, from South Carolina, was just nine years old, she planted a cabbage seedling that grew to change her life. In fact, when it weighed an astounding two-and-a-half stone, she knew it was destined for greater things than her own kitchen.