PURPOSE Our Cultural Olympiad puts Culture at the heart of the Games – encouraging participation and celebrating the cultures that make up the UK.  The Cultural Olympiad values include ‘inspiring and involving young people to unlock their creativity’.  Guided by this value there is regional...

The Regional Youth Work Unit is delivering FREE participation training to health professionals and to young people. The purpose of the training is to: Enhance the knowledge and skills of health professionals to enable their effective engagement with young people in health service planning, delivery,...

The North East has a rich history of innovative, effective youth participation and leadership where young people have made a significant contribution to decision making at a local, regional and national level. Young People are currently involved in a wide range of projects and initiatives across the...

Raising and Realising Aspirations Seminar Series presents Professor Sugata Mitra in a discussion of ‘How do Children Aspire?’ Newcastle City Library, 15th Janauary 2010, 9:15am – 1:00pm. In 1999, Sugata Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi,...