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What does expressing your unique identity look like in practice for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)? Well, it probably looks very different almost 11 months into a year-long intensive development programme than it did last September when we first started working with this year’s group of Teenviners — and here are […]
Read MoreWhen Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to ban access to social media for under 16s last week, he stated the government was taking decisive action to give children their childhoods back. Our Coventry Youth Activists (CYA) strongly disagree. They don’t believe they will be getting anything back — rather, a vital lifeline to the […]
Read MoreDistrust, disconnection, disillusionment… not where any of us wants to be. But in a fractured Britain, hope is growing (and essential) for a different kind of politics — one which shares power with communities already working hard for people in their own patch, one that backs this local leadership and believes strong communities build foundations […]
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