Wednesday, 31 March 2010

CHAMP Awards - lots of dosh up for grabs!

Mentor UK's CHAMP Awards give cash prizes of £10,000 (yes, you read it right!) for projects that help children develop healthy attitudes towards alcohol, and is open to projects all over England, Wales and Scotland.

With the deadline of 21st April fast approaching, there's less than 1 MONTH LEFT for you to apply.

So if you run, help with or know of a project, be it a school, a youth club or youth-led initiative and want to know how you can get in on the action, check out the CHAMP website here.

Tell everyone you know and good luck to anyone applying!

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Dawn Butler MP meets young people from Calderdale

A group of young people are today meeting with Dawn Butler MP, Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement, highlighting the government's commitment to involving young people in their work and getting young voices heard.

The five young people, from the Youth Inspectors programme, will get the chance to discuss with Dawn the issues they find important to them.

Read the full story here and tell us what you think!