We had the best time with our Youth Steering Group on Saturday 🎉 It was great to catch up with old faces and meet new ones too ☺️ We’re so grateful for all your amazing support, insight and ideas, and we can’t wait for the year ahead. #TeamTPP #ThePoliticsProject #YouthSteeringGroup

Excited to see our Director, Harriet Andrews, joining @conunitucl.bsky.social’s lineup of speakers for their upcoming panel event, Votes at 16: Is Citizenship Education up to Scratch? 📆 Thursday 20th November, 6.15pm – 7.30pm Book your place here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Digital Dialogue USA 2025 was a huge success 🎉🇺🇸 We connected A-Level students from Sixth Forms and Colleges around the UK with Former Members of Congress Mike Ross & Jeff Duncan. Thank you to all of the young people who joined for asking such excellent questions 👏

🗳️ Gydag Etholiad Seneddol 2026 ar y gorwel, mae TPP yn cynnig Rhaglen Cymorth Hystings yn rhad ac am ddim i helpu ysgolion a cholegau i ymgysylltu pobl ifanc â gwleidyddiaeth a democratiaeth - yn enwedig pleidleiswyr 16 a 17 oed sy’n pleidleisio am y tro cyntaf. Arwyddwch i fyny!

Host a Hustings Cymru 🗳️ In the lead up to the 2026 Senedd Election, TPP is offering a free Hustings Support Programme to help schools and colleges engage young people in politics and democracy - especially first time voters aged 16-17 Sign up now: thepoliticsproject.org.uk/programmes/h...

📣 Happy Youth Work Week 2025! We're celebrating the vital role youth workers play in helping young people feel seen, supported and empowered 💪 Some of our current youth work highlights: 🧩 #AtTheTable Toolkit 📆 Upcoming youth Practitioner Training sessions 🌟 YSG Meeting!

🚨 10 days left to apply! 🚨 We're #Hiring 2x new roles: 👉 Head of Communications and Networks £45-50K 👉 Partnerships Manager £35-45K ⏱️ Closing date: 11:30 pm, Sunday 9th November 2025 ➡️ For more information, and to apply, please see here: www.charityjob.co.uk/organisation...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Canlyniadau Is-Etholiad Caerffili 🗳️ Rydym wedi ehangu ein gwaith yng Nhgymru yn ddiweddar, er mwyn cefnogi mwy o ysgolion a cholegau nag erioed i helpu eu pobl ifanc i ymgysylltu â democratiaeth a gwleidyddiaeth 🙏 Ewch i thepoliticsproject.org.uk i ddarganfod mwy!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Caerphilly By-Election Results 🗳️ We’ve recently expanded our work in Wales to support more schools and colleges than ever before to help their young people engage with democracy and politics 🙏 Head to thepoliticsproject.org.uk to find out more!

Say hello to our new intern, Charlotte! 👋 Charlotte is a final year student at Royal Holloway, University of London, studying politics. We're so excited to have you along for the ride, Charlotte! 🌟

Say hello to Beti and Lucas, our new Wales Programme Coordinators 👋 We're so pleased to have you both onboard 💫 Dwedwch helo i Beti a Lucas, ein Cydlynwyr Rhaglen Cymru newydd 👋 Rydym ni mor falch i gael chi ar y tîm 💫 #ThePoliticsProject #MeetTheTeam #TeamTPP

🚨 We're #Hiring 2x new roles! 👉 Head of Communications and Networks £45-50K 👉 Partnerships Manager £35-45K ➡️ For more information, and to apply, please see here: www.charityjob.co.uk/organisation... #TeamTPP #Hiring #DemocraticEducation #UKPolitics

This weekend we joined our partners for the BAC Summit Event 🚀 Independent councillor Samer Bagaeen for Brighton and Hove joined us to give an expert insight into the reality of setting budgets 👉 Be A Councillor. Young people make the difference @electheruk.bsky.social

Huge news! The #RoadmaptoVotesat16 received a shoutout in the Canadian Senate 👏 Senator Marilou McPhedran delivered the introductory speech for her voting age legislation, the Vote16 Act, last week. 🔗 Read the full Roadmap here: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...

📣 Heddiw rydyn ni’n lansio Adroddiad Effaith 2023-2025 rhaglen Deialog Ddigidol: Cymru, gan rannu ein llwyddiannau a’r hyn ddysgon ni wrth ddarparu’r rhaglen rhwng mis Mawrth 2023 a mis Ebrill 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gallwch ddarllen yr Adroddiad Effaith yn llawn yma: thepoliticsproject.org.uk/impact/2023-...

📣 Today we publish the Digital Dialogue: Wales 2023–2025 Impact Report, sharing the success we achieved, and what we learnt, through delivering the programme between March 2023 and April 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Read it here: thepoliticsproject.org.uk/impact/2023-...

🚨PSA ... We have a new website! 🚨 Our new website is live 🥳 Redesigned to make it easier than ever to discover our programmes, our impact, and all the ways you can get involved! 🔗 Click here to explore! lnkd.in/eiWHYHi3 #ThePoliticsProject

It's been 2 weeks since we launched #AtTheTable Toolkit, full of games aimed at encouraging young people to discuss issues they care about, recognise their power and agency, and express their feelings towards politics and politicians 💫 🔗 Download the toolkit: docsend.com/view/ekebr2c...

Not long left to apply to join our Youth Steering Group ☺️ ⭐️ You have until 11.59pm this Sunday 🔗 Click here to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please share this opportunity widely!

📢 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