The report makes recommendations for politicians, Government, The Electoral Commission and the media. These include giving young people direct access to MPs at local youth events as well as visiting schools and youth groups between election campaign periods and encouraging the selection of younger candidates to better represent the diversity of young people.
The full report and executive summary can be downloaded from the website: www.electoralcommission.gov.uk
Also during Local Democracy Week, The National Youth Agency, in partnership with the Local Government Association, launched a revised and updated version of Hear by Right, its standards framework for organisations to assess and improve practice and policy on the active involvement of children and young people. The document, which comes with a CD and poster, enables organisations to measure themselves against seven standards - shared values, strategy, structures, systems, staff, skills and styles of leadership - assess whether they are at emerging, established or advanced level and how to continue to develop.
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