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NEWS FLASH:
Kids Count are pleased to announce that the nominations are now open for the 2012 Inspiration Awards.
On New Years Day 2012, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict both made passionate speeches about the apparent futility for young people in todays society. Archbishop Rowan Williams said "We have to ask, what kind of society is it that lets down so many young people? That doesn't provide enough good role models and drives youngsters further into unhappiness and anxiety by only showing them suspicion and negativity?"
The Inspiration Awards gives an opportunity to recognise the many unsung heroes- from mentors to young people themselves- doing great work in the community.
Nominating is simple- just take time to fill in a short nominationform and reward their hard work. Please just click on the image above to visit our Awards page where you can download our nomination forms.
We look forward to receiving your nominations,
Natalie & the Kids Count Youth Board
Saving lives campaign: Drive safely because i-Count
Every year far too many young lives are lost or seriously blighted by road accidents.
Please visit our website and pledge support for the 'Saving lives campaign Drive Safely because i-Count'. The campaign seeks to influence, educate and change the behaviours of young people to make the right choices using social media and positive peer pressure. We are creating a movement of young people and a collaborationof organisations to help drive the campaign forward. Our vision is shared, so whether you are a young person, a youth organisation or a company, it makes no difference. Please visit our website and either pledge support or see how you can get involved inthe the Saving lives campaign. Sign up and join the growing numbers whol have already done so
For more information, visit www.kidscount.org.uk/savinglives/ or click on the imge above
Life Saving Campaign
Kids Count is very pleased to support the British Heart Foundations 'Life Saving' campaign. British Heart Foundation are currently campaigning for Emergeny Life Support (ELS) skills to be taught to every child in the UK. We want these skills taught to all children before they leave school. ELS includes learning what to do when someone's having a heart attack, has serious bleeding, choking, or is unconcious. Knowing what to do to help keep them alive until professional help arrives shoud be as important as learning how to read and write.
Kids Count youth board chairman Jinal said "We are pleased to add Kids Counts voice and become a partner in such an important campaign.
5by25 aims to help people learn to cook at least 5 dishes by the age of 25. It also helps young people to find recipes, pick up cooking skills and inform people how you can get involved and get cooking!
Basic cooking skills are an important like skill. Unfortuantely, many young people are leaving home today in their early 20s without these skills and the choice to cook.
5by25 is a campaign aimed at motivating and equipping the nation's youth to be able to prepare at least 5 meals from scratch by the age of 25.
Please click on the image for more information.
Kids Count 2011 Conferences
The Party conference season is nearly here and Kids Count youth are again working hard preparing for the events they will be hosting. Kids Count has a long history of tackling hard hitting issues which affect young people by "Bringing the Voice of the Street" to the people who can effect change.
This year’s focus is drink, drugs and young people’s safety.
For further details please click here.
Washington exchange trip 2011 update!!
Each year Kids Count takes part in an educational exchange to America. Members of the youth board complete research and produce a series of reports based on their visit. Some of the Youth Board have just returned from the trip, armed with research for each of the projects they are about to produce! A fantastic time was had by all, and we will keep you updated with what we got up to and the reports we are producing!
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Kids Count youth board take part in the BUPA 10K run
Some of the Kids Count youth board successfully took part in the London BUPA 10K run raising money for Kids Count.
Please click on the image on the left for more information
FastForward Campaign
We’ve started our Fast Forward Campaign with a whisper, not a shout, and already we’ve gotten 1000 signatures! This is a brilliant beginning, so now we need YOU to help get it known. Every single person on this list knows exactly what a difference a good wheelchair service can make, so you know how important this is! Please, use this knowledge and experience to tell people about our petition. Email your friends, family, people you work with, everyone you know, and put it on your Facebook/Twitter page. Make sure we get the message out there, and demonstrate there’s a real appetite for change. And of course, don’t forget to sign it yourself! You can log on using our website here and sign the petition. Please then forward this link - http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fastforward to everyone you know and ask them to sign it too. There are lots of other things that you could do to help the campaign. Please click here to email Iris or call her on 0207 7986102.
Giving Voice Campaign!
Kids Count is very pleased to join the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists "Giving Voice" campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of the excellent job Speech and Language Therapists do throughout the UK.
Kids Count youth travelled to Europe to work with our partners to find soluntions to young peoples issues
For the report please click on the image.
ABOUT US
Kids Count is a grass-roots think tank aiming to find practical solutions to the broad spectrum of issues that affect children and young people in urban and rural communities. Kids Count was founded in response to the growing problems faced by children and young people, along with the failure of existing organisations to find suitable solutions to these issues.
Kids Count is a National organisation looking to bridge the gap between intellectual and practical solutions. Our objective is to be the foremost authority on successful local projects that provide national solutions to a wide range of problem issues for children and young people. We will achieve this goal, not by following any particular ideology, but by networking, searching out existing, successful, practical solutions, all over the country and refining them where necessary (with the help of experts in the relevant fields) and sharing of good practice. Once the solutions have been found, we will promote them in a national forum and lobby parliament for their use across the country.
Kids Count is not affiliated to any political party or charitable bodies, but has links with various organisations and works with all sections of society.
Kids Count believes that young people should be involved in the solution finding process. Therefore, as part of our organisational structure we have a Youth Board made up of young people drawn from all walks of life, many of whom have been recommended to us by our network of contacts & organisations. We will also work with these networks to reach as many young people as possible. One of our aims is to have a website that is attractive to, and can be accessed by, young people all over the country.
Kids Count is very pleased to support the British Heart Foundations 'Life Saving' campaign. British Heart Foundation are currently campaigning for Emergeny Life Support (ELS) skills to be taught
