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My Life: Faduma Abdi, 15, Leicester

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  • Monday, April 28, 2014
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I know it sounds like a cliche, but the reason I stood for election was because I wanted to represent my area of Leicester - Belgrave and Rushey Mead.

My Life: Robyn Dooley, 16, Knowsley

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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I am the member of the Youth Parliament for Knowsley and work with young people on a community, regional and national level. This is a massive privilege and has given me the chance to talk with lots of different people, who I would never have met otherwise.

My Life: Aileen Loftus, 15, Leeds

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2014
    • | CYP Now
The Big Deal Competition, run by education charity Brightside and The Excellence Hub for Yorkshire and Humber, is a 10-week programme in which we had to create a business team, come up with a new product, write a business plan and, to finish it off, pitch it all to nine intimidating businessmen and women.

Starbucks Youth Action

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2014
    • | CYP Now
What is it? Starbucks Youth Action is a global funding initiative from the coffee shop company designed to promote local youth activities and volunteering. Its UK fund is being run in partnership with UK Youth. The fund supports young people to bring to life projects that mean something to them, as well as offering training to young people on managing a budget, working with volunteers and project management. Now in its fourth year, the fund has supported more than 100 youth-led projects in 10 cities in the UK and Ireland.

Good Idea: Homeless youth create forum to engage MPs

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  • Tuesday, February 4, 2014
    • | CYP Now
This 100-strong forum is helping young people who are, or have experience of, being homeless raise the profile of youth homelessness by meeting ministers and MPs to explain about the problem and directly lobby for policy changes that will improve support.

My Life: Yusuf Nuur, 15, Manchester

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  • Tuesday, February 4, 2014
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I'm deaf and use British Sign Language to communicate. I am a member of the National Deaf Children's Society's Young People's Advisory Board - a group of 17 deaf young people from across the UK.

My Life: Julia Peters, 19, Leicestershire

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
    • | CYP Now
Being a Brownie leader is a great way of making new friends, developing skills and volunteering to help girls have the confidence, skills and information to make informed decisions - and most of all have fun.

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