The British Youth Council (BYC) promotes the active citizenship of young people, working with them to develop their skills and abilities to participate in decision-making and controlling recourses, encouraging them to work together to take collective action.
BYC represents and involves a unique coalition of young people through their involvement as individuals or through their youth organisations. They have over 180 youth organisations in their membership and a network of over 400 Local Youth Councils.
BYC is about the voice of young people - representing themselves through activities such as our Young People in Parliament Events, having their voices heard by politicians and policy makers.
BYC champions positive images of young people's actions and views through our media volunteers, trained to promote the work of young people and BYC, and through initiatives that celebrate young people's achivements such as the Royal Society of Arts Young Leader Awards.
BYC provides a wide range of training courses to meet the needs of young people; enabling them to make a difference.
British Youth Council (BYC) is the national youth council in the UK
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BYC Official Website
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BYC campaigns on a wide range of youth issues, and responds to government policy as it affects young people.
BYC organises a range of participative events and programmes bringing together young people and decision-maker, and providing young people with the skills to participate fully in the democratic process.
BYC offers advice and support to organisations and individuals including Setting up and developing Local YouthCouncils, Consulting young people, Young people's participation, Information about the status of young people in the UK, and Peer education.
BYC seeks to promote the active citizenship of young people and helps them to develop the skills and abilities to participate fully within decision-making organisations, the communities in which they live and society as a whole.
BYC represents and involves a unique coalition of young people through their involvement as individuals or through their youth organisations.
BritishYouthCouncil (BYC) is the national youthcouncil in the UK it is a member of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which brings together National YouthCouncils and Organisations from around Europe
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