1.2 About The Politics Project
Who we are
The Politics Project supports young people to use their voice by providing them with outstanding non-partisan democratic education. Since 2015, we have been working with young people, teachers and politicians across the UK to help them to learn, teach and engage in politics. As a result, we are experts in supporting complex political dialogue.
As the convener of "Democracy Classroom", a network of over 100 non-partisan, democracy, education and youth organisations, we support teachers, youth workers and practitioners to engage young people in democracy and elections. The website provides hundreds of resources, training opportunities and events. All of the non-partisan resources are free, easy to view, download and access and have been designed to be ready to use. You can view the site here.
Our mission
At The Politics Project we specialise in supporting young people and politicians to have powerful conversations that build understanding, trust and relationships and lead to real change in communities.
It would be easy to think that young people have stopped caring about politics and that politics has stopped caring about them. With low youth turnout at elections and politicians finding it hard to engage young people, trust and understanding between these two groups can feel like it’s on a downward spiral.
But young people do care about having their voices heard, especially on issues that matter to them. Sometimes they just don’t feel able to join the conversation and engage with people in power. Young people may feel disillusioned and uninspired by the decision-making process. They may believe they don’t know enough or think that someone else knows better. They may feel that their voice doesn’t count.
This is a complex problem, but part of the solution is to bring young people and politicians together to have meaningful conversations about important issues, where they can share perspectives and learn from each other. At its best, this is an experience that goes beyond the usual limits of the classroom or town hall and engages young people in a personal way that makes politics matter.
The Politics Project specialises in making these conversations happen. We help teachers, politicians and students get the most out of each engagement and leave feeling informed, inspired, and empowered, because we believe that everyone should be able to use their voice.
