British Youth Council: five factors behind demise of youth voice stalwart
Fiona Simpson
Monday, April 29, 2024
The British Youth Council had been at the forefront of the youth movement for 75 years, but in recent times was unable to weather a perfect storm of internal and external pressures that led to it becoming unsustainable.
![Staff say cuts in government funding to run the UK Youth Parliament over the past decade piled pressure on the BYC. Picture: Andy Bailey/UK Youth Parliament](/media/249475/uk-parliament_andy-bailey_38729-scaled.jpg?&width=780&quality=60)
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