British Youth Council {Annual Review 2011} BYC - Vision, Mission and Our Values
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british youth council {annual review 2011} BYC - vision, mission and our values {Our Vision} {Strategy} “A world where all young people are respected and able to The British Youth Council aims to achieve its aims and influence and inform decisions that affect their lives or on mission through its three year strategy 2010-2013. This which they have strong opinions.” prioritises the running of a secure and sustainable charity which is visible and credible to decision makers and {Our Mission} young people alike. We do this on behalf of our members, The British Youth Council, as the national youth council of through our Board, and working with others who share our the UK, aims to connect with our member organisations vision, to enable us to reach into local communities and and networks of local youth councils, to empower young across the world. This results in day to day activity which people aged 25 and under, wherever they are from, to have is about empowering and inspiring young people through a say and be heard. We aim to help them to participate a programme of activities and support to giving them in decisions that affect them; have a voice and campaign confidence, experience, skills, and the opportunities to on issues they believe in, inspire them to have a positive use them, to get involved, and affect change in their local, impact, and gain recognition for their positive contribution national and international communities. to communities, society and the world. Aims: • To provide a voice for young people; • To promote equality for young people; • To help young people be more involved in decisions that affect their lives; • To advance young people’s participation in society and civil life. {Our Values} Participation and Empowerment: We believe all young people have the right to participate in decisions affecting their lives and issues they believe in, locally, nationally and internationally. Equality: We value and promote equality among young people, and all young people in our membership are valued equally. contents Diversity: We recognise that young people are diverse, with Membership 4 different needs and opinions, and we believe that this is to be recognised and celebrated. Empowering young people to participate 8 Recognition: We believe that young people should be Statistics 16 recognised for their positive contribution to society and their Thank you 19 place as citizens, now and in the future. 2 Chair’s Introduction {Times of Change} our campaign messages Welcome to Annual Review 2011, mostly covering our across, as well as respond to work in the last financial year, but also bringing you up to consultations. We continue date with what we can offer. More details can be found in to raise our profile overseas our Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 on the Charity and have started to generate Commission website but we hope that this summary gives significant income from you a flavour of reach and impact during another year of training and consultancy change and uncertainty. to provide an alternative to It started with a change of Government which we had public sector income. I have lobbied with our Election Manifesto, followed by our busiest also started what I hope will ever UK wide convention season and record breaking be a new trend, by going on Annual Council in Manchester. However it was clear public the road to meet members sector cutbacks would not only be hitting our membership, and partners in Scotland, especially those relying on local authority support, but Northern Ireland, Wales and ourselves when we faced the prospect of 80% cuts by the at the English Conventions. Spring. But BYC had anticipated this and the second half So it is with pride that I’d of the year was about reaping the harvest of the previous like to pay tribute to the years planning, saving and fundraising to ensure our future contribution of the membership, the staff team, volunteers, sustainability as a charity when others were closing or supporters, and indeed my fellow directors, who have all merging. worked together and made me proud to be the Chair of this A platform for young people is needed now more than unique and fantastic organisation. ever - to give a voice to young people’s concerns about Despite the challenges we have not only turned adversity youth unemployment, rising student debt, loss of EMA, and into opportunity by prudent management and hard work, youth service cuts, or to make the case that involving young but we have also remained focused on the bigger goal of people will produce better services, and that encouraging promoting the views of young people – marching, rallying, meaningful participation and representation in society will lobbying, speaking - to put ourselves into a position of result in a better and safer world and future for us all. credibility so that we can be even more influential on behalf So I’m delighted that the charity ended the year on a high of our membership and young people in general, to achieve – setting a budget for 11/12 that is higher than last year, our vision of a world where young people are respected and and sees our range of work expand to now include the where they are informing and influencing the decisions that UK Youth Parliament and the Young Mayors Network. In affect their lives. parallel to this we have seen another 23% growth to our Liam Preston core membership to over 160 organisations. At the same BYC Chair 2010-11 time we established a working relationship with the new Government, organising its first Youth Summit with Nick Clegg, and working across a range of departments to get 3 Membership 2011 There are two categories of active membership: V20 (the volunteering charity) Woodcraft Folk 1. Full – national or local, for youth organisations that are YMCA predominately youth-led or have young views at the Youthbank UK forefront of decision making and policy. These members YWCA have voting rights to elect our Board, determine our policies and prioritise our campaigns. Local Members 2. Associate – for organisations with a link or interest in Aberdeen City Youth Council youth and who support our aims. Alford & Spilsby Youth Council {List of Members*} Amesbury Youth Council (AYC) National Members Banwell Youth Council A National Voice (Care) Barking and Dagenham Youth Forum (BDYF) Black Boys National Youth Council Belfast City Youth Forum Black and Minority Ethnic Young People’s Project Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young People Boys’ Brigade Bexley Youth Council Church of England Youth Council (CEYC) Billericay Youth Town Council Fury (Fellowship of United Reformed Youth) Bobby Panel Girlguiding UK Breckland Youth Council Global Forum 40 Brighton and Hove Youth Council Hillingdon Youth Council (HYC) Bristol Youth Select Committee and UKYP LGBT Youth Council - Scotland Bromley Youth Council Liberal Youth Burnham and Highbridge Youth Town Council National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (Envoy) Caerphilly Youth Forum National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs Chelmsford Youth Council National Union of Students (NUS) Clackmannanshire Youth Council Northern Ireland Youth Forum Colchester Youth Council Peacemaker Community Youth Project Prince’s Trust (Young Ambassadors) Cornwall Youth Forum Roundhouse Crawley Young Persons Council Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) Croydon Youth Council St John’s Doncaster Youth Council Student Christian Movement Dudley Youth Council The Scout Association East Hampshire Youth Council (EHYC) Unicef UK East Riding Youth Assembly UNISON Eastleigh Borough Youth Council (EBYC) Unite The Union Epping Forest Youth Council United Nations Association of the UK Gateshead Youth Council Guildford Youth Council 4 BYC Voice 5 Hackney Youth Parliament South Gloucestershire Youth Board Hampshire County Youth Council (HCC) South Norfolk Youth Action Haringey Youth Council South Tyneside Youth Parliament Harpenden Youth Town Council St Albans Youth Council Havant Borough Youth Council Stevenage Youth Council Hertfordshire Young Carers Project (HYPC) Stroud Youth Council Hull Youth Council (HYC) T3 (Darlington Youth Assembly) Human Rights and Equalities Charnwood Thanet Youth Council Huntingdon Youth Town Council (HYTC) The Daneford Trust Kent Marine Cadet Force The Word (Redcar and Cleveland) Kent Youth County Council (KYCC) Tros Gynnal Knowsley Youth Parliament Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs Lambeth Youth Council Welwyn Hatfield Youth Council (WHYC) LB of Kensington & Chelsea Youth Service Weston Super Mare Youth Council (WSMYC) Lincolnshire Youth Cabinet Wiltshire Assembly of Youth Maghull and District Youth Council Woking Youth Council Medway Youth Parliament Wolverhampton City Youth Council (WYF) Mencap Worthing Youth Council Merton Youth Parliament Youth Action Kouncil Milton Keynes Youth Service Youth for Fair Trade Monmouthshire Youth Service Youth Move Youth Opinions Neath Port Talbot Youth of Winchester -Winchester District Youth Council Newham Youth Council Newhaven Young People’s Forum (NYPF) Associate Members Next Step Youth Council Blackpool Carers Centre North Ayrshire Youth Council Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament North Lanarkshire Youth Council Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council North Yorkshire Youth Council Electoral Reform Society Northumberland Youth Service (NYS) National Youth Agency Oadby and Wigston Young People’s Council Stockton District Advice and Information Service Oldham Youth Council (OCVYS) Stonewall Pontypool Youth Council The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - London Region Redditch Student Council Voluntary Action Leicester Reigate and Banstead Youth Council Wirral Youth Service/Forums Saint Ives Youth Town Council Sevenoaks Youth Town Council Sheffield Youth Council Silsden Youth Council Solihull Youth Council South East Wales Racial Equalty Council *Note: correct at 31st March 2011. 6 Membership BYC Research The British Youth Council is the national council of the UK of 160 member organisations who support a common vision for young people. As a charity it aims to benefit all young people. Each Council member provides a named representative who co-ordinates their delegations attendance at our Annual Council Meeting and other events.