Ruth Chrystie
Citizenship Foundation Alumni
Posts by Ruth
‘My Street’ is right up my street
Thursday 30 September 2010My first thought when I saw the ‘My Street’ proposal was that it is a fantastic new competition for schools that connects with citizenship teaching across the curriculum. It aims to teach young people what it means to be a citizen by encouraging them to think about community, diversity, and conflict, in a practical way.
The plan is that emerging film-makers will go [...]
…Continue reading ' ‘My Street’ is right up my street 'In at the deep end: planning an event at the Citizenship Foundation
Wednesday 28 July 2010At the beginning of July I joined the Citizenship Foundation as a Press and Events Intern in the Communications Team. I arrived to a whirlwind of planning, correspondence, and a mammoth ‘to-do’ list in preparation for an upcoming event at the House of Lords called ‘Young People Driving Change‘.
As a relative newcomer to the Citizenship [...]