Citizenship

Friday 16th December

Saturday 10th December
An excited group of young active citizens from Tower Hamlets and Newham met at Heathrow airport to travel to Bangladesh to take part in an exchange trip with The Hunger Project. The 12 young delegates are made up of young leaders from across East London. We set off for Bangladesh and will get there via Dubai.
Sunday 11th December

Members of the Youth Action Group, and other young people who have been involved in the work of the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council were amongst the guests at a reception to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Commonwealth hosted by the Queen inside Buckingham Palace yesterday.

The event included a performance of the Commonwealth Cantata, and young people from CYEC had the chance to share their stories with the Queen and with guest from many Commonwealth Countries.

We, the delegates of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Forum, representing 47 Commonwealth member countries and territories, are pleased to report that we have held fruitful discussions under the theme of ‘Breaking Barriers: Unleashing Young People’s Potential for evelopment’. We thank our Ugandan hosts for this opportunity. We have committed ourselves to achieving substantial outcomes before young Commonwealth representatives meet again in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009 and ask you for your help in realising these. Young people make up more than half of the Commonwealth’s population. We must continue invest in young people as their involvement can ensure advancements for generations to come.