A joint report by the Behavioural Insights Team, the NCS Trust and University College London’s School of Public Policy have published a new report following a four-year research project into the impact of service learning on young people’s political participation.
It finds that “service learning, through programmes like the NCS, is a solution to a lack of political engagement in young people”.
“In the UK and across the globe, political participation - voting, contacting politicians, petitioning and protesting - is lower in young people than any other age group. This has a negative impact both on democracy and young people themselves,” it states.
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