📢 Schools and colleges can now register their interest for #DigitalDialogue: USA 🇺🇸🥳 For A-Level Politics students only, Digital Dialogue: USA provides an opportunity to have a virtual Q+A with two former Members of Congress. Register here 👉https://airtable.com/apptlY1jB84T9bFdD/shr5x8tNDaVogZU9x

📣Yesterday Team TPP were in City Hall for the launch of our #AtTheTable Toolkit, as part of #LVRW2025 with the Greater London Authority 📣 We couldn’t be prouder of the toolkit. Thanks to everyone who came along and tried out some of the activities for themselves 😁

🚨Launching: #AtTheTable 🚨 Specifically developed for youth practitioners and young people, #AtTheTable is a toolkit for starting conversations about democracy in informal youth settings with young people who feel less connected to democratic processes. @ldn_gov #LVRW2025

🚨We are looking for enthusiastic young people aged 14-20 to join our Youth Steering Group 🚨 It's a diverse group of young people from across the UK who support TPP in effectively engaging young people in politics and democracy 📣 🔗 Click here to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🗣️Key Recommendations at a Glance: Week 6 of 6 🗣️ We’ve now explored each of the 5 sections of the #RoadmaptoVotesat16. These are our collective recommendations to make lowering the voting age meaningful docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...

The new academic year has officially started 📚🥳 .... That calls for a Team TPP planning day! Yesterday we spent the day looking ahead to what is set to be an incredibly exciting term 😁 Stay tuned to find out what we've got coming up 👀

A lot of people are working on educating young people about this already. The good people of @politicsproject.bsky.social have been a huge help with their support and advice www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🗣️ Key Recommendations at a Glance: Week 5 of 6 🗣️ Welcome to the penultimate week of our breakdown of the #RoadmaptoVotesat16! Time to turn our attention to the 5th and final section of the report... 5️⃣ Support communications campaigns to encourage youth engagement.

📢 Key Recommendations at a Glance: Week 4 of 6 📢 This week, we’re exploring the recommendations in the fourth section of the #RoadmaptoVotesat16 4️⃣ Expand opportunities for young people to engage, lead and influence. Read the full Roadmap: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt... 🔗

📣 “Young people want politicians to talk to them in ways they understand, using language they understand, and using references they understand." We spoke to the @bigissue.com about why politicians are tapping into social media to connect with young people ⤵️ www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

📚 Key Recommendations at a Glance: Week 3 of 6 📚 This week, we’re exploring the recommendations in the third section of the Roadmap: 3️⃣ Modernise the curriculum 🔗 Click here to read the full Roadmap: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...

We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Hefin David, MS for Caerphilly. Hefin regularly took part in our Digital Dialogue: Wales sessions, and was always the first to invite learners to the Senedd. Please join us in sending our condolences to Hefin’s family and friends.

⭐ Good luck to everyone receiving their A-Level results today ⭐ And congratulations to all our schools and students for all your incredible work that’s brought you to this point 👏 🎉 #ALevel #ALevelResults #Education #ThePoliticsProject

We're #Hiring! 👉 Head of Education and Content £42-52K Support schools, sixth forms and further education colleges to prepare for the lowering of the voting age to 16. ➡️ For more information, and to apply, please see here: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/the-pol...

✌️Key Recommendations at a Glance: Week 2✌️ This week, we’re exploring the recommendations in the second section of the Roadmap: 2️⃣Support educators and youth practitioners to deliver excellent democratic education Click here to read the full Roadmap docsend.com/view/9nnhamt... 🔗

We're #Hiring! 👉 Programme Coordinator, Digital Dialogue: Wales, £25-28K Support the delivery and growth of Digital Dialogue: Wales during the 2026 Senedd and 2027 Local elections. ➡️ For more information, and to apply, please see here: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/the-pol...

🚨 Key Recommendations at a Glance🚨 We're kicking off our weekly breakdown of the #RoadmaptoVotesat16 ⭐️ 🔍 Over the next 6 weeks, we'll unpack a different section of the report. This week, we're diving into: 1️⃣ Establish a Minimum Entitlement to Democratic Education.

“We surely cannot go ahead with extending the right to vote unless we put in place a system that enables the young to understand the responsibility they carry.” We were so lucky to have Lord Blunkett speak at the Launch of the #RoadmaptoVotesat16 in Parliament 2 weeks ago 📣

We were lucky enough to be joined by two wonderful young people who came along for some work experience - right when we most needed all the help we could get😄 Thank you for your help launching the #RoadmaptoVotesat16 and good luck to both of you as you find your own paths 💪

Yesterday Team TPP had a lovely day out! Thank you @LaburnumBC for a veryyy exciting canal boat excursion, we saw lots of cute ducklings 🐥 Then we did a race across London which was so fun - and we came first!🏆 A summer day out isn't right without a little torrential rain 🌦️

🚨Launching: A Roadmap to Votes at 16 🚨 Today, Democracy Classroom are launching the #RoadmaptoVotesat16 in Parliament with the Democracy Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social 📣 👉 Read the full report here: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...

One year ago today it was the #GeneralElection 🤯 Swipe for an overview of some of the many things TPP were up to in the lead up to the election! We were so proud to work to help get young people engaged in the election ✊🗳

This week, Team TPP attended an Inter-Ministerial Democratic Engagement Roundtable in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ian and Mia spoke about TPP's #DigitalDialogue: Wales programme and how it has supported young people in schools to engage in democracy 🙌 @senedd.wales

We got a shoutout in the Senedd! Thank you Lynne Neagle MS, Wales' Cabinet Secretary for Education! 🎉 Cawsom grybwylliad yn y Senedd! Diolch Lynne Neagle AS, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg!🎉 #DigitalDialogue:Wales @senedd.wales @senedd.cymru

Recently, we hosted another wonderful #DigitalDialogue: Wales, this time connecting learners from St Alban's Catholic Primary School with Vaughan Gething MS 😊 Some of the topics covered included: 🚯 Littering 🗑️ Fly tipping 🔧 Steel works

Today marks 10 years since the Scottish Government passed a groundbreaking law that allowed 16 and 17 year olds to be able to vote 🗳️ 📸 Here's Maddy at an exhibition in the Scottish Parliament! Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

Thank you to everyone who joined for our first #BeACouncillor event last night ☺️ We hope everyone left feeling inspired 🤩 Young people need to be better represented in politics and you can be the ones to make the difference 📣 Join our next session: lu.ma/g3lg4uxl

Thank you to everyone who took part in our #AtTheTable Training sessions last week ☺️ We were joined by so many incredible London-based youth practitioners, and it was amazing to get to show it to the very people who can put the toolkit to use in their youth settings ❤️

Today was Taya's final day of her internship with us, and we're so sad to see her go 🥺 We're very excited to hear about all that you achieve going forwards, Taya. No doubt it will be very impressive! 👏

1 month on from the 2025 Local Elections, we've been looking at the turnout rates for the combined authority and council mayoral elections 🗳️ What do you think should be done to improve voter turnout in local elections? 🤔

It's just 8 days to go until our first #BeACouncillor event! Don't forget to register to attend 🫵 🔔 Thursday 12th June: lu.ma/66vbmepr 🔔 Tuesday 24th June: lu.ma/g3lg4uxl

Thank you to the year 6 students at St Fidelis Catholic Primary School & Councillor Zainab Asunramu for a great #DigitalDialogue session today🤗 The questions from the young people were excellent, and we had a great discussion on things they wanted to see improved in Thamesmead.

Have you thought about how social media can be used to make a difference in your community? 🤔📲 Check out Zoë Bread's TikTok campaign that helped her to challenge a parking fine, and even prompt Manchester City Council to make changes to the parking signages! 🤯

📣 Just one week to go 📣 Calling all London-based youth practitioners! We will be running two training sessions for our newest programme, #AtTheTable🔔 🔗Sign up here: Tuesday 3rd June, online: lu.ma/wniexeh1 Thursday 5th June, in-person: lu.ma/bvs4y244

It's been a whole year since the 2024 General Election was called, and we're still catching our breath! 😮‍💨 ➡️ Enjoy these screenshots from our reactions in real time, and swipe to see Team TPP's nervous whispers in the lead up to the announcement 🤣 #ThrowbackThursday

Great day at Making Change: Girls and Leadership, hosted by @electheruk.bsky.social and Oxford Brookes University! We discussed how to can provide opportunities for girls to develop the experience and knowledge to become future leaders 🙌

We’re live at our event on Teaching Citizenship and Democracy in Schools — exploring the next steps in the DfE’s Curriculum and Assessment Review with @politicsproject.bsky.social. Excited to be discussing the future of #CitizenshipEducation with experts and educators across the country.

‼️ #LocalElections 2025 results! 🗳️ The 2025 Local Elections were held in certain parts of England two weeks ago ➡️ Swipe to understand the results in graphs. #ThePoliticsProject #LocalElections #MayoralElections #UKPolitics #DemocraticEducation

Join us at 3pm for this important online event on the future of Citizenship in the national curriculum. Hear the latest updates and share your views with ACT & @politicsproject.bsky.social. Last chance to join! 🔗 ow.ly/9xeV50VR06B #CitizenshipEducation

📣 Attention London-Based Youth Practitioners 📣 We will be running two training sessions for our newest programme, #AtTheTable, in June 🔔 🔗Sign up here: Tuesday 3rd June, online: lu.ma/wniexeh1 Thursday 5th June, in-person: lu.ma/bvs4y244 @londongov.bsky.social

📣 Register to attend our upcoming online event! 📣 This session will explore the next steps in the DfE’s Curriculum and Assessment Review for Citizenship education in primary and secondary schools 📚 @acitizenshipt.bsky.social 🔗 Register here to join: www.teachingcitizenship.org.uk/event/teachi...

It's one year until the Senedd elections! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🗳️ From 2026, you’ll see some changes to the Senedd 👀 ➡️ Swipe to find out more! @senedd.wales

What’s next for Citizenship in the national curriculum? Join ACT & @politicsproject.bsky.social‬ on 13 May (3–4pm) to hear updates—and share your voice on the future of the subject. Book your free spot now: https://ow.ly/XmT150VMR2a #CitizenshipEducation #CurriculumandAssessmentReview

Say hello to our newest intern, Taya! 👋 Having just finished her degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, she is keen to channel her passion for politics and youth engagement into a professional environment 👩‍🎓👩‍💻

This week we held another meeting with our amazing Youth Steering Group 🙌 💭 They shared all their thoughts with us on how we can ensure that events we run in the future are youth-led, and what peer-to-peer education around Votes at 16 could actually look like 👀 Thank you YSG! ⭐️

Happy Local Elections Day! 🗳️ Polling stations will be open until 10pm tonight. Find your nearest polling station at wheredoivote.co.uk 🪪 Don't forget to bring your photo ID with you! Here's a photo of Mia voting this morning 🤳Are you voting today? Send us your polling station selfies! 🫵

📣 Attention all young people 📣 Could you see yourself in local government? If yes, don't forget to register to attend our #BeACouncillor events!🫵 We are running two events in June: 🔔 Thursday 12th June: lu.ma/66vbmepr 🔔 Tuesday 24th June: lu.ma/g3lg4uxl

📮⏰Don't forget to post your postal vote! The Local and Mayoral elections are taking place this Thursday, 1st May‼️ Your postal vote needs to have been received by the end of polling day. Head over to democracyclassroom.com to view our #ElectionCountdown Resources for more info🤗

Today is our amazing intern Jaden’s last day with us 🥲 We’ve loved having him along and we’re so grateful for all his excellent contributions, particularly to our #AtTheTable evaluation, #ElectionCountdown newsletter and the #DigitalDialogue: Wales Report! 🙌 All the best👋

🗳️ Only 1 week until the Local & Mayoral Elections in England! 📚 Explore our #ElectionCountdown 2025 materials over at www.democracyclassroom.com/resource-cat... for tons of free resources—from interactive quizzes to guides on researching local candidates and template emails for students.