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The British Youth Council, known informally as BYC, was a UK charity that worked to empower young people and promote their interests.The national charity, ran by young people, existed to represent the views of young people to government and decision-makers at a local, national, European and international level; and to promote the increased participation of young people in society and public life.
In 2017 and 2018, about 33% of British 16-24-year-olds showed signs of anxiety or depression, up from 26% a year prior. [11] [12] According to the British charity Mental Health Foundation, half of all mental health issues begin by age 14, with a further three-fourths of all mental health problems starting by age 24. [13]
British Youth Opera was started by British MP Denis Coe in 1987, to give high-standard performance opportunities to singers straight out of music college. Coe was a member of the board of the National Youth Theatre and had seen that the practical experience participants were receiving was greatly enhancing their opportunity for entering the profession.
Teddy boys playing music at the Queens Hotel, 1977 Teddy boys walking on a busy street, 1977. The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain ...
The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of democratically elected members aged between 11 and 18. [ 4 ] Formed in 2000, the parliament has 395 members, who are elected to represent the views of young people in their area to government and service providers.
UK Youth is a membership organisation that has national partners, regional members and associate members together covering the whole of the United Kingdom. They support over 5,500 organisations from within their network. UK Youth has four national partners: Youth Cymru, Youth Scotland, Youth Action Northern Ireland and Youth Work Ireland. [9]
British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT), formerly Youth Music Theatre UK, is a UK-based national performing arts organisation founded in December 2003.BYMT provides music theatre training to young people aged 11–21 and a stepping stone to drama school or conservatoire.
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