This week the Government launched the National Citizenship Service at Number 10. Our CEO Gary was invited to attend the reception to represent the Young Advisor movement. You can see a couple of the pictures if you click here.

Young Advisors this week met with Greg Clark Minister of State (Decentralisation), Communities and Local Government to discuss the excellent work of Young Advisors and how teams will help to contribute to the Big Society Agenda. We'd would like to say a big thanks to the Department for giving us the opportunity and of course Stephanie from our Southwark Team and Nigel from our Haringey team for volunteering their time to share their great work. To find out more about how Young Advisors fits Big Society, click here.

Free for all Young Advisors and their Leads, this year's annual residential and AGM will be taking place between Friday 30th July and Sunday 1st August. Bookings are now open! For more information or to book your place click here. You can also get a sense of what to expect by checking out Gary's Welcome Video

Southwark Young Advisor Emmanuel makes a video to remind everyone about the 99% of young people who aren't involved in violent crime. Check out his video here. or find out more about the campaign by going to: 99percent.org.uk

Having put their heads together, Sean and Gary have suggested how they think Young Advisors can play a part in the Big Society. The real question is, what will you do? Check out our thoughts here!

The Southwark Young Advisors gear up for another star studed Spirit of London Awards to celebrate the amazing achievements of young people. You can see a video they recently filmed in Number 10 here, or, better still, why not nominate someone you know? Click to nominate!

Steven Cheung, Young Advisor from Waltham Forest and Trustee for our organisation along with six other Youth Ambassadors from across the British Isles has been selected by the Canadian government to attend MY SUMMIT 2010, an official youth summit being held alongside the G8 and G20 summit this June to represent Young people in the United Kingdom. Click here for more information

Count Me In As of today the Count Me In MOVEMENT is to be POWERED by the Young Advisors Charity. Coming together to stand behind the families of families utd these young positive people from some of the toughest inner city areas in the Country CAN AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. We have made a great start to the campaign. Now watch these future leaders of industry take it to the next level. Please stay involved as it gathers momentum and be part of something special! Click here for more information or join the campaign!

Calling all Young Advisor Teams who are looking to grow, consolidate or replenish, Summer School is taking bookings! It's the cheapest way to train new Young Advisors whilst developing the skills of existing ones. Interested and available between Sunday 15th August and Saturday 21st August? Click here for more information or to order your place.

The Improvement and Development Agency has cited Young Advisors as just one of the ways you can get young people involved in democracy. Check it out by Clicking here. Thank you Jen for thinking of us!

Here at Young Advisors we celebrate being a youth led organisation and having Sean, our Chair, appear in today's Guardian is just brilliant. Check it out by Clicking here. Well done Sean! Loving the picture!!

Young Advisors have been cited in the Government's recent Aiming High - Three Years on paper. Check it out by Clicking here. It's a real recognition of how much has been done.

Young Advisors have been cited in the Government's Safe and Confident Neighbourhoods Strategy. Check it out by Clicking here. If you'd like to learn more about how Young Advisors work to make their communities safe, why not check out our Case Studies Page.