Political education programme and mass-scale election for under-18s across England and Wales. Formed by a coalition of youth-focused organisations
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Never let anyone tell you that young people are not interested in Politics and in having their say in who runs our country...
#OurGenerationOurVote #YouthVote
ALT A colourful graphic featuring wording to say that 22,889 young people voted in a recent 'mock' election faciltated by Our Generation Our Vote. Results can be found on Sky Kids FYI channel.
🎉🗳️ It's Results Day 🗳️🎉
Thousands of young people have cast their ballot in Our Generation, Our Vote’s mass-scale election for children across England and Wales – and this is how they voted...
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Children cited education (22%) as the policy area that influenced their vote the most, followed by health (18%) and climate change (18%). 16% said cost of living, 12% safety and another 8% named immigration and refugees.
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You can read a breakdown of the results here: bit.ly/4cvgYiu
Thank you to everyone who took part and made their voices heard! 📢 #YouthVote #OurGenerationOurVote🌟🚀
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We were delighted to host content creator and teacher @shabazsays at a school in Newham to teach a political literacy lesson and engage with students on the voting process🙌🎓
Stay tuned as later today we announce the official results of the mass election for under 18s across England and Wales.
#OurGenerationOurVote #PoliticalLiteracy
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🚨 Do you know who your #GeneralElection2024 candidates are and what they stand for?
The democracyclassroom.com website has resources to help support young people understand who they could vote for, including:
🗳️ The votes are in and being announced June 28th! 🗳️
We visited Newham Youth Empowerment Service (@lbnYES) to see how the young people taking part felt about voting and getting their voices heard in the mass election for under 18s across England and Wales.
🏴 “Mae’n bwysig iawn i wrando ar leisiau plant”
Rhai o aelodau Senedd Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Abercynon sy’n egluro wrth @NewyddionS4C pam ei bod yn bwysig i wleidyddion wrando ar ei lleisiau nhw ar faterion pwysig fel newid hinsawdd a chostau byw.
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🏴 "It's very important to listen to children's voices"
Some of the members of the Abercynon Gymraeg Primary School Senedd explain to @NewyddionS4C why it is important for politicians to listen to their voices on important issues such as climate change and the cost of living.
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We took part in a vote that children in our school & all across the country are carrying out with @OurGenOurVote to decide who we would like to represent us as an MP in parliament ahead of the general election. #HBJSBritishvalues (5/6)
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The votes have been counted and verified @OurGenOurVote!
Years 3-6 have spoken - and our votes have now been submitted.
Watch this space - for our results as well as the national results next week. @LHTrustLeics
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Yesterday was voting day at Godwin! Children participated in a parallel election, reflecting the British value of democracy. Let's see if their votes will mirror the adults' on 4th July. #GeneralElection #elections2024 #ourgenerationourvoice #RRSA @OurGenOurVote
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Students from Years 7 and 8 have been casting their votes today as part of
@OurGenOurVote
Student leaders have handed out ballots and counted the results as our electorate returns from the #STAR
Our Generation. Our Vote. retweeted
Students from Years 7, 8 and 9 have been casting their votes today as part of @OurGenOurVote
Student leaders have handed out ballots and counted the results as our electorate returns from the polling booth.Tomorrow, Y10 will have their say and we'll mop up any postal votes! #STAR
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And we’re off! Our Mock Election has started! Voting closes at midday for us to count up the votes! Who will young people vote for? @SeneddWales @OurGenOurVote #empoweringyoungpeople
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I hear you! Our @OurGenOurVote mock election 🗳️ today at school… exciting times!
#GE24
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We're so excited to be part of this and love seeing schools getting involved.
We can't wait for the results🗳️.
We love to see it! 💖
Schools all across England and Wales are setting up their ballot boxes ready to submit their votes 🗳
Voting closes on Friday - Tune in to @FYI_SkyTV on June 28th to see the results of the mass election for under-18s across England and Wales! 💪