Democratic Life has sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, asking that, as his department reviews the National Curriculum, he will consider the positive gains citizenship has made in secondary schools in England, as well as the role citizenship can play in supporting the Big Society. The full letter […]

Sec Ed’s front page today features a story about Democratic Life, and the need for our campaign, entitled ‘Battle is on to save citizenship from the axe’. With quotes from Democratic Life members (the Citizenship Foundation, Amnesty International and ACT) and from passionate citizenship teachers, it’s a fantastic introduction to Democratic Life’s aims and what […]

The United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNA-UK), having just joined Democratic Life last week, is already active championing citizenship education to policy-makers. In a letter sent yesterday to the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, UNA-UK’s chair Lord Hannay writes: ‘UNA-UK strongly supports the continued inclusion of citizenship as […]

Yesterday Democratic Life sent a briefing to all MPs and Peers entitled ‘Setting the record straight: an introduction to citizenship education’. We hope all Parliamentarians will read our briefing and join Democratic Life in championing the benefits citizenship education brings to young people, schools and communities. To support our outreach to Parliamentarians you can contact […]

The British Youth Council is running a consultation for children and young people to have their say on the Big Society and the National Citizenship Service. The deadline to contribute to the survey is Sunday, 17 October, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/bycbiglisten to take part. The results of this survey will be sent to the Prime Minister […]