Debate Club 2024 FRIDAYS 5:30 - 9PM

Suitable for young people interested in Diplomacy, Arts, Human Rights, Business, UN and more.

Sofar 2024 has seen young people

Debate Club acts as a step towards a variety of Leadership possibilities for young people with a focus on developing a supportive leadership community across Greater Manchester and beyond.

In 2024 we will meet Fridays 5:30 -9pm in Person and Online. (Dinner Provided)

Also welcoming international participants from the Young Creative Leaders.

5:30 - 7 - Speaking and Critical Thinking Essential Learning, Model of United Nationals and Young Creative Leaders Opportunity FM.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding towards the highest level of international diplomacy, assuming the roles of world leaders and international decision makers.

7-9pm Peace Academy

We converge to produce a program that equipped youth leaders and organisation space to learn, design solutions and implement.

Covering: International Law, Peace Education, Youth Radicalisation, Gender Inclusivity and Religious Harmony Diplomatic & Creative leadership tool kits.

Participants will undergo different Stands including - Lectures, Design thinking, Implement and Present best Practice at HPWL in South Korea and Face Festival in the United Kingdom

Delivery Partners : IPYG France, HWPL, NAWIRI-CBO & Elevate Young Minds

7- 9PM

Black Youth Forum | Cotton Connections SIM

Background

(The Science and Industry Museum) is part of SMG (The Science Museum Group). SIM has collected objects and archives relatina to the Manchester reaion's textile industry since its founding in 1969. Highlights from this collection are featured in the museums permanent textiles Gallery.

The collection reflects the industrial and economic development of Manchester and Lancashire, which was fuelled by iTs cotton industry. Manchester grew into a global centre of textiles manufacturina and trade in the 19* century and maintained this status into the 20 century. The small market town became an industrial city, known as Cottonopolis

Participants will gain a deeper understanding towards the highest level of international diplomacy, assuming the roles of world leaders and international decision makers. Participants will be tasked with developing solutions for real world issues, considering the social, economic, and cultural barriers that underpin real world diplomatic problems.

From January - March participants will embrace a common learning space of youths, engaging with our Model of United Nations debate club in Hybrid sessions to prepare and engage in the Joy of debating to learn and practicing diplomatic leadership, making friends locally and internationally and becoming part of a global spirit of Youth Leaders. 

Participants will be selected from this online applications, previous participants, youth form GM System Changers organisations and Tackling Racial Injustice Network Partners.

Through this process we aim to inspire the next generation of Greater Manchester’s Diplomatically trained youth leaders and social entrepreneurs, supporting the ambitions of young people, developing their critical thinking ability and practical skills for research, presentation and conflict-resolution. 

Last years Debate Club Trained Participants also engaged at the European Parliament for European Youth Event in France Strazburg and an MUN at Sciences Po Lille International Model United Nation Lille, France, in Kenya debate Club participants engage in two occasion 1 for the African Youth Climate Forum and Diaspora Forum. We closed the year of at Face Festivals MUN, Youth Forum and Award Ceremony.

2024 has started with MUN training as part of our weekly training, which led to Engaging young people in University of Manchester MUN Conference Mar 1 - Mar 3, 2024. Young People then prepared for a visit to the CommonWealth Education Ministers Meeting in London. Recently returned from Morocco from du Forum International de la Jeunesse Africaine.

Learning about solutions to global issues. We now prepare for participants to engage at the World Trade Public Forum 2024 Happening Between 10-13th of September.