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Join for an open discussion, facilitated by members of Standing Orders Committee, about what you’d like to see from our Remote Annual General Meeting taking place in Autumn. Everyone under the age of 21 are welcome, especially those who may not know how an AGM works; anything discussed will be taken into account in the planning of our AGM.

There will be a similar meeting taking place at a later date for people of all ages

Join us to go through the activity Face your Carbon Elephant together. We will be working out what makes up our carbon footprints and what we feel we could and couldn’t change to improve it. We will also discuss which things are you not prepared to live without? What do you think is an achievable footprint for you?

This activity was adapted from the Handbook for Action Against Climate Change from our partners at IFM-SEI. 

We are taking part in a new project called Your Digital Family – developed by Parentzone and Facebook – about all the brilliant and different things families and young people love doing online. And you can take part from your front room, dining table, or wherever your family can come together online.

Join us for an hour of questions, activities, fun, and family interaction to test your and your family’s knowledge and find out just how much you know about the digital world.

Do you take part in social action? Locally, nationally or internationally? Are there topics and causes that you are passionate about that you could take action on such as the climate emergency, peace, refugee and migrant issues or LGBTQIA+ rights?

Join us for a session looking at how we take part in social action and whether there are new or different ways that we can make our voices heard in society. Is marching the most effective way of making change? Or are there other ways of spreading messages to others and to governments who make the rules and systems and have the power to make bigger change? This will be an open discussion as well as a short presentation from Ros Ereira who works with Solidarity for Refugees and Amnesty International and has a wealth of experience in activism, social action and organising campaigns.

You brush your teeth every day to take care of them, but what do you do for your eyes? 

The number of people affected by sight loss is rising – but around 50% of cases can be prevented, if detected early enough. 

This free, interactive workshop from Eye Heroes trains children to become eye health champions and inform people about the importance of regular eye tests in preventing sight loss.

The Eye Heroes programme:

• shares essential information about eye care
• boosts child confidence
• includes games, videos, role play and more

In this workshop we will:

• learn about their eyes and how to take care of them 
• consider the impact of sight loss
• take up the challenge of sharing the Eye Heroes message safely with family and friends online

The workshops empower children to recognise their ability to learn – and to share their wisdom with others. 

And it really works. Over 40% of those who hear the Eye Heroes message decide to have an eye check – an amazing impact, thanks to the children who take up the Eye Heroes challenge.

We are taking part in a new project called Your Digital Family – developed by Parentzone and Facebook – about all the brilliant and different things families and young people love doing online. And you can take part from your front room, dining table, or wherever your family can come together online.

Join us for an hour of questions, activities, fun, and family interaction to test your knowledge and find out just how much you know about the digital world plus learn lots more during the session!

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight we are lucky to have a fun and accessible workshop delivered by Central England Cooperative. This session will help young people to navigate the complicated world of Fairtrade. Fairtrade is a worldwide movement which supports disadvantaged growers and farmers across the globe.

We’ll provide easy to remember tips and advice to enable our younger generation to make informed choices for their shopping and the worldwide impact their decisions can make.

1. Which products carry the fairtrade logo
2. What fairtrade means to farmers in other countries
3. How we can change the world by breakfast.

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight!  Come and make some easy fairtrade flapjacks! This session will be a cooking demonstration and all participants are encouraged to bake along and make some delicious flapjacks.

For the session you will need:

• Set of weighing scales
• Big spoon for mixing or hand blender
• Big bowl
• Shallow baking tin/tray (approx 30cmx20cm)
• 175g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
• 175g caster sugar, plus 15g for dusting (optional)
• 225g self raising flour
• 100g porridge oats
• 3 Fairtrade bananas
• 50g sultanas (or raisins or any dried fruit of choice)