February 10th, 2012
Our next event is at the University of Southampton. It’s a rally for equality, themed around the question of whether equality is achievable and, if so, what form of equality we should campaign for. Speakers: Keynote: Rt Hon John Denham MP – Will Cass, Compass Youth – Cllr David Goodall, Lib Dems – Chloe Green, [...]
January 19th, 2012
We’ve got another exciting event coming up at the University of Hertfordshire – a debate on the Financial Transaction Tax between the Robin Hood Tax campaign and the Tax Payers Alliance group. Speakers – Simon Chauffe – Spokesperson, Robin Hood Tax Campaign; Matthew Sinclair – Director, Tax Payers Alliance It will be at the Hatfield [...]
January 1st, 2012
by Compass Youth Chair, Will Cass. Dear Friend, It’s that time of year when we all start to think about New Year resolutions. Some of us will want to lose weight, drink less, or maybe find a new job. Be what it may, New Year resolutions are a symbol of acknowledgement, commitment, and a readiness [...]
December 28th, 2011
by the Compass Youth Committee. Compass Youth is deeply concerned at attempts by the coalition government to reform voter registration. The biggest change to voting since the introduction of universal franchise will hit the jilted generation hard. Already under-represented by electoral politics and suffering disproportionate cuts to our services and life chances, the jilted generation [...]
December 19th, 2011
Last week Compass Youth officially joined the Choose Youth alliance in defence of youth services. Compass Youth has chosen to work on the Choose Youth campaign because youth clubs, centres, and their staff, for many young people, offer a route to citizenship, community, and self exploration. So much of what comes to define us as conscious human beings is [...]
December 10th, 2011
Join us and a range of excellent speakers to discuss the current crisis that young people face, and how to get out of it with an economic Plan B. The panellists are Ann Hodgson (IOE), Toni Pearce (NUS), Will Cass (Compass Youth), Lisa Nandy MP, Martin Allen and the chair Dan Taubma. The event is [...]
December 4th, 2011
Politics & Law: What is the right balance in an age of media and cuts? As the Fortnum and Mason protestors go on trial and not that long after disproportionate sentences were handed down to the August rioters, Compass Youth asks a panel of experts: Are judges becoming politicians? Should access to justice be [...]
November 28th, 2011
by Ralph Scott, Media Officer The Frontline Club recently hosted the first of the Media Standards Trust’s annual series of Orwell Prize-oriented events with a debate on this summer’s riots. The panel’s focus was on ‘writing the riots’ – how the riots have been interpreted and understood, and how they should be analysed now [...]
November 18th, 2011
by Compass Youth Committee Chair, Will Cass. The news that one million 16-24 year olds are unemployed is sadly no surprise. You can look round the table at the pub knowing that one of the five of you has been trawling jobs pages and doing unpaid work for the last six months or more. The [...]
October 13th, 2011
by Compass Youth Committee Vice-Chair, Matthew Fulton Last week, splashed on the front page of the Telegraph during Tory party conference, were proposals from the low pay commission on cutting the minimum wage for under-21s, because they believe that it is harming youth employment. The same was said when the minimum wage was introduced, yet between its [...]
