campaigning
campaigning alongside
young people to
bring about change
Given the chance, young people have the creativity and vision to affect tremendous change, so we’re involving them in all of our campaigns and supporting their call to lower the voting age to 16
Votes at 16
Votes at 16 is inspiring young people to change their world through active citizenship, enabling them to help shape the decisions made today that will define their future. Lowering the voting age, combined with strong citizenship education, will energise young people to better engage with society, shift public policy from legislating ‘for’ to with’ young people and boost democratic and parliamentary renewal.
Read about Matt and why he believes the voting age should be lowered.
Three passionate young campaigners are to star in a new TV documentary backed by our campaign, exploring whether the voting age should be lowered.
Watch a trailer for ‘Britain’s Lost Ballot’.
background
The Co-operative has a strong heritage of campaigning - on issues ranging from human rights abuses to climate change. In recent years, we have stepped up our campaigning activity to unprecedented levels. We are currently working with our customers and members on campaigns that include addressing the decline of the honeybee and raising awareness of the destructive Canadian tar sands. Find out how you can take action and join our campaigns.