A growing wave of tech startups is boosting the UK co-op movement
An increasing number of digital and creative companies are setting up as co-operatives, boosting the UK co-ops scene
‘Nature deserves better than resignation and negativity’
Mary Colwell is the driving force behind a petition to urge the government to develop a GCSE in natural history. She explains why she believes the qualification could address conservation apathy
Bridging the digital divide: Hack the Hood
A not-for-profit organisation in California is helping prepare young people of colour for careers in technology. We go behind the scenes at Hack the Hood
Poles apart: journeying into the Arctic
Eleanor Ross discovers there is far more to the Canadian Arctic than conventionally thought or reported
Benin children freed from captivity
Hundreds of children in Benin have been freed in a significant victory against the damaging voodoo ‘convents’ in the country.
Listening beyond London post-Brexit
Working-class young people living outside of London have been overlooked in Brexit conversations. Empowering them could help shape the ‘new’ Britain, says youth charity worker Roxy Legane
The sky’s the limit for South African space project girls
South African schoolgirls are helping to create Africa’s first privately-funded satellite in an effort to reset the gender balance in maths and technology
For Jerusalem’s young men, parkour is freedom
In a city where violence is commonplace and local people – young Arab men in particular – are viewed with suspicion by the authorities, Genevieve Belmaker finds one group using parkour to not [...]
The network helping young people start co-ops
AltGen, the co-operative that supports 18 to 29-year-olds to set up their own co-ops, has launched a network of young entrepreneurs
New chance for young mothers
More than 3,000 young mothers and pregnant girls have registered for UNICEF's back-to-school programme
Five stories to make back to school bearable
With the majority of UK schools now back after the summer break, we round up our favourite stories highlighting some of the positive changes being made in education
Five inspiring stories for International Youth Day
Today is the fifteenth International Youth Day – a United Nations initiative to raise awareness of youth issues worldwide. To mark the day we've rounded up five of our favourite stories about [...]
A sustainable solution to fast food obsession
Shift Design aims to make positive changes to people’s behaviour through meaningful action and social enterprise. One project, Box Chicken, aims to revolutionise the way young people in London [...]
Young people are changing face of mental health in Lebanon
Tradition, corruption and political negligence continue to stigmatise mental illness, but the new generation is transforming old taboos
Can self-compassion improve wellbeing in teenagers?
New research suggests that treating oneself with kindness and mindfulness is more effective than improving self-esteem when facing the challenges of teenage years
Programme boosts African entrepreneurship
Lacklustre and uninspiring educational facilities in Africa are being given a jump-start to improve literacy and support the change-makers of tomorrow
Five entrepreneurs changing African lives for the better
Five innovative programmes are aiming to diffuse the “ticking time bomb” of Africa’s youth employment crisis
The fair trade generation
Young Britons who have grown up in the era of a flourishing fair trade market are highly sensitive to global issues and want to see businesses acting to end inequality and climate change – [...]
Chilean students closer to free education
Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet has proposed plans to provide free tertiary education to 1.2 million students
‘I want a network of young people creating a different economy’
With young people trapped between unemployment and underemployment, the political response is too paternalistic, says new organisation AltGen. Launching an award for new co-operative enterprises, [...]
