The line-up of designers at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show suggests a blossoming youth policy. The hardy perennials are led by Alan Titchmarsh, 65, celebrating 50 years as a professional gardener with his From the Moors to the Sea. But an unprecedented three show gardens have been created by designers aged under 30. They include Vital Earth: The Night Sky Garden by Chelsea’s youngest designer David Rich, 23, and his brother Harry, 26. Their garden, which will be moved to Beechwood Autistic
The Poverty in Barnet networking conference on 1 May, that had been organised by CommUNITY Barnet (Read more) was a great opportunity to find out, how poverty affects us all and how organisations could work together to tackle it. TESYouth was among other organisations that came together to tackle the high level of poverty in the borough. In the conference, TESYouth showcased how helping young people into employment and out of poverty by leading and offering them hope and guidance
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has announced £31m of government funding to set up social impact bonds to help disadvantaged young people. Social impact bonds are financing mechanisms that seek non-government investment for social interventions. If the interventions are successful, the government commits to repaying and rewarding the investors. Clegg said yesterday that the government would provide the funding for new social impact bonds through two programmes aimed at helping 14 to 24-year-olds improve their employment prospects. The Youth
The UK now shares its position as the best represented country in an international league table of top young universities, amid warnings of increasing competition from Asia. There are 14 UK institutions in the 100 best universities under 50 years old, compared to 18 last year and 20 in 2012, a Times Higher Education (THE) magazine rankings has shown. The UK had the most universities in the league table last year, but it now shares this position with Australia. Only one UK
