Event Reflections
Celebrating European Youth Week by Changing Mind-sets
1-7 May is European Youth Week, and the IARS International Institute, the leading UK youth-led social policy charity is pleased to disseminate the findings from the 5th IARS Annual International Conference: Youth-led Solutions to Unemployment, the Voices of young marginalised carers” which was held on the 27th April 2017. The Erasmus+ co-funded conference, hosted at the Honourable Society […]
Highlights from the 5th IARS Youth and Leadership Awards 2016
IARS intern, Kristina Harris, kindly put together a few highlights from December’s Youth Awards at the Roxy Bar & Screen. A big thanks again to everyone who made it out, our speakers, presenters and especially to all nominees and award winners! Same again this year?
International Question Time: Combating Hate Crime and Xenophobia through Restorative Justice: Reflections
Author: Gabriel Sanders, 99% Campaign team member and IARS Communications and Policy Intern On the evening of 13 April 2015, at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, some of the most accredited and acutely aware minds of United Kingdom academia gathered to discuss restorative justice and hate crimes, the issues closest […]
Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Warm Hearts vs. Cold Blood
Author: Gabriel Sanders, 99% Campaign team member and IARS Communications and Policy Intern Jet-lagged, hungry, and bedraggled, my first encounter with the London Metropolitan Police began when I sat down with several student companions at a Cromwell road restaurant for lunch. The officer had been standing at the bar with his partner, intermittently eyeing our […]
E-Democracy: Still a Distant Dream
The mighty click of a mouse these days can speak greater volumes than that of vehement chanting on the streets, placards in hand may just be one summary of the cultural shift of ordinary people voicing their disgust at government policy […]