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Young “Money Mentors” tackle fear of debt and learn to manage their money at university
On Tuesday 28th June, 150 school children, business leaders, university academics and community leaders assembled at the Livery Hall in the City of London to launch a groundbreaking peer-to-peer financial literacy scheme to help young people manage their money and prepare for university. The launch coincided with the long awaited publication of the government’s Higher...
Lotti is a London Leader!
Congratulations to Lotti Henley, founder and leader of our Greener Planet Action Team. Lotti has been selected as one of 15 London Leaders for 2011 by the London Sustainable Development Commission. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to progress Plan Zheroes as one of 15 high profile sustainability projects in London. Just imagine, Lotti and Boris...
CITIZENS UK response to Nick Clegg’s announcement ending the detention of children for immigration purposes
Today CITIZENS UK – the largest alliance of civil society organisations in the country – was recognised by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg at a special event where he announced the plans to end the detention of children for immigration purposes. Sixty-five leaders heard Nick Clegg say he was “deeply indebted” to the work...
CITIZENS for Sanctuary Away Day
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Dear all, On Saturday, CITIZENS for Sanctuary held an away day for leaders to help decide the priorities for the next 12 months and to start conversations about how CITIZENS for Sanctuary will function after the initial funding runs out at the end of 2011. It was a productive afternoon and we are grateful for...
TONIGHT:-’West London Citizens’ Greener Planet Action Team – Plan Zheroes Event June 21st
There are many people in London who are so poor they cannot afford to buy enough food for themselves and their families. In the same city, supermarkets, restaurants, and caterers are throwing away food every day which is perfectly safe to eat. Plan Zheroes, the latest project from the Greener Planet Action Team, is addressing...
Interview with Neil Jameson
in Regeneration and Renewal here. Snip: “In Britain, we teach people that they are powerless. This is evident in the regeneration sector, where professionals still identify groups of people as a problem and do things to them rather than with them. There is a clear distinction between having power over people and power with people,...
Citizens UK cited in Lords debate
by the Bishop of Leicester, at the beginning of a debate about the Big Society. A further example might be the citizen organising movement, of which London Citizens is the best known example. Much of the rhetoric of the big society refers to the need to train thousands more community organisers: as the Prime Minister...
Immigration minister to Citizens UK: no more detaining children 'within weeks'
Describing Citizens UK as “one of the most effective lobbying organisations ever”, the immigration minister, Damian Green, last night pledged that there would be no more children of families seeking sanctuary in immigration centres by the end of the summer, and certainly by Christmas. He said that “weeks, rather than months” after a government review...
PM thanks Citizens UK
A letter yesterday from the prime minister, David Cameron, to Neil Jameson, chief executive of Citizens UK, thanking him for the 3 May General Election assembly. Dear Neil, Thank you very much for welcoming me to speak at the Citizens UK / London Citizens general election event during the recent campaign. This was a great...
Boris announces new living wage rate
London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, today announced the new London Living Wage (LLW), adding 25p to the basic wage the capital’s citizens need to live a human existence. The LLW rate has been announced each year by London’s mayor since London Citizens, who created the LLW in 2001, persuaded Ken Livingstone to create a Living Wage...
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