We all need a ‘Song for the Children’.. first performed at the Liverpool National NAYPIC Conference 1991.
1992 Skegness National NAYPIC Conference t-shirt
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WOT MORE OF US’
The Venue for the NAYPIC National Conference 1992 with
450 Young People In Care in attendance.
1993 Implementation of New NAYPIC / Youth Parliament. Expansion from young people in care to all children in the UK 12 million children, hence a Youth Parliament, led by victims and survivors in care. The day had 1100 young people in care attend at Stucley Street, Camden Town
Mandate for the first time for a Youth Parliament budget by law ring fenced for the young so that they no longer were at the mercy of adults in power to speak their truths. NAYPIC was then shut down.. however the message was set in stone and caught on like wild fire. Many Youth Parliaments spread across the world. To date however no Government, has pledged the pound mandate. A pound per child in every country in the world.
NN/YP simply set themselves up again without Government funding.
1999 NEW NAYPIC / Youth Parliament had premises in Camden again, in Bloomsbury London.
There are many elections going on in the local districts, nationally and globally.
What we need you all to do is to make sure that young people have a voice and that also means protected finance, so each local district, national country and outer space let me hear the world’s children, by… pledging the pound
Protected Finance.. For Young Voices.. Ring Fenced.. By Law… Pledge the Pound in your council and simply give it to the kids, every year, forever.. they can own, they can speak and they can protect each other and surely, isn’t it about time right? Let’s hear it for the kids!
We give permission (2026) for all to duplicate this song, no money needed for us, just ‘pledge the pound’!
This is the song.. but the words are faded out.. “They said that you were trouble, and you didn’t care, you were just an orphan child, that was getting nowhere, Mama was leaving, Papa was too, who was there to care about, ohhhwhat happened to you. Many broken hearts, led you to cry, the tears fell from your eyes as you said your goodbyes. Now that we’re all older, we’ve grown so strong, we can tell the world about our song, a song for the children.. (Then 350 of us sang, 25 on stage and the rest in our audience).. We all need, we all needheeeeed.. We all nee…eed, a song for the children. They said that you were trouble, and it wasn’t fair, why am I classed as a number, just because I’m in “CARE”. No one to trust, though they may seem kind, what they don’t realise, is we’ve still have a mind. Now your on your own with your messed up feelings, we will make them aware, when they hear us singing, we’re singing now baby..(Chorus 350 young people in ‘care’ NAYPIC 1991).. We all need, we all need, we all need, a song for the children… And now your minds not your own, but you had to carry on, and what they took from me, I can’t let them take my dignity, your face was so surprised, when you fell with tears in your eyes but now I’m back on feet and I can the world now, singing in every town, (guitar rift…) Everybody.. we all need, we all need, we all need, yeahhh a song for the children.. we all need, come on and sing it, we all need, come on and sing it now babe, we all need, a song for the children… We all need, sing, we all need, we all need, yeahhh, A SONG FOR THE CHILDREN, We all need, we all need, yea we all need, A SOOOOOONNNNNGGGG for the childrennnnn, (fade) we all need.. (re-entrance) a song for the, a song for the.. (children sing ”CHILDREN”) we all need, we all need, we all need, A SONG FOR THE CHILDREN (Abrupt End)
Our goal is to be an impactful youth movement led by members of the community of youth 25 and under internationally to have their own funded communication channels by right, to speak their truth to power. We are inspired by the belief that every day young people can shape and form a society where everyone can achieve their true potential.
Our Youth Movement
Youth Parliament was founded in the UK in 1993 by 1100 young people, at the sharper end of life experiences and knowledge having been in state care in the UK, the Youth Parliament movement gained momentum throughout the world. They voted in Youth Parliament.
It was such a good idea that some organisations and MP’s immediately tried to monitise it for themselves in the name of ’empowerment of youth’. Empowerment means ‘to give’ and this is not children’s ‘rights’.
Yet despite that, the fundamental idea of youth parliament’s began to be duplicated internationally, such was the concept envoked, and the demand for young people to be heard had now caught fire.
So, now we have many youth parliaments today in almost all countries. However, it is time we must demand to have a statutory budgets for that voice, by all governments, if they truly want to hear the children and young people, in an organised and monitised fashion.
It is not enough to say you have an organisation. It is not enough to set up a website.
It is not enough to set up a twitter handle. It is not enough to have elections with only a sample of the youth community. You must be constituted and elected by a membership.
Youth parliaments need commitment from government to provide money so that they can set up free, fair and proportional elections where all babies, children and young people’s voices count.
Examples of membership rates
So, we are going back to the start and asking ourselves, why the very thing, that the original group advocated for, ‘the parliamentary budget’ was so painfully left out of the youth parliament movement equation so that only tokenism could ever occur.
Here we are with our new website http://www.youthparliamentworld.com with the aim to be led by numerous, young, successful campaigners, who have or wish to produce real change, across their nations.
Through events, telethons, and online petitions organised by our dedicated members, we will work now together to hold leaders and decision-makers accountable for their actions when it comes to babies, children and young people, moving them to rethink what is possible and what is fundamenatally neccessary to protect a young generation going forward.
Youth Parliaments must be a collective voice with International views and opinions and rights going forward.
Our campaigns
We will work to ensure the community and local leaders have the knowledge from our members, the resources for our members and therefore the opportunities to make a real change in society. We see our campaigns as collective efforts and tools for connecting and building a stronger youth movement nationally and internationally.
Partnership
http://www.youthparliamentworld.com is aiming to build an environment of support and helpful resources to make sure that partnerships understand our priorities. We will be success driven by the hearts, minds, and souls of our community. Come and join us and become an adult advisor member by donating your free time/resources
Advocacy
Advocacy is an essential pillar of our youth movement. There is strength in numbers, and we work to inform and encourage others to take a stand for what they believe in. We want you to be in the memberhip, so that your voice is advocated for when and where it matters, so join today.
Youth Parliaments must be a collective voice with International views and opinions and rights going forward.
Get Involved
Promote the word.. These websites point to this one http://www.youthparliamentworld.com because we own them as we have been doing this a long time.. So make some noise and promote with t-shirts in your own countries..
Every individual has the ability to motivate others and inspire true change. By organising an event, you become a crucial part of our movement by making sure that our mission is heard and has a far-reaching, lasting impact.
Volunteering
Our work is never done, and we can use all the help we can get. One of the ways you can take part is by volunteering. Spread the word about all that http://www.youthparliament.world is doing, and help us gain the support we need.
Planning a fundraiser
Active participation is an essential part of our movement’s success. Planning a Fundraiser is a great way to connect with your local community and spread the importance of our mission. With different campaigns to achieve a ‘parliamentary budget, for youth parliaments by law’, you can find something that personally inspires you and find ways to get the message to others through that fundraiser.
Contact
Please use Twitter @Parliament2021 to discuss how to get your government to give you a parliamentary budget enshrined in law, so that they cannot take it away ever. Also, use the site to set up elections. Good luck.
Support Our Mission
Help Power the Youth Movement To make donations please contact us publically on our twitter page @Parliament2021.
If you would like to be a corporate sponsor or advertise within our youth movement let us know on twitter @Parliament2021.
If you would like to support our plan for a ‘Parliamentary Budget’ in all countries, lobby parliament for these new laws or put forward a private members bill for a ‘Parliamentary Budget for Youth Parliament’ in your own parliament, then also please let all our members know, on our twitter @Parliament2021
You can also help by campaigning in all countries for ‘Youth Parliament Budgets by Law’ at a £1 per head per child in your country, BY LAW.
Remember this is a campaign site only until all young people come to power and can afford to run safe channels of communication with each other and with their Governments in all countries, holding free, fair and proportional
Youth Parliament elections.
Volunteer for us. Are you currently in care and have a computer? Please apply to volunteer by emailing us at naypic@hotmail.com.
Youth Parliament World 