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Some of the campaigns and
projects currently undertaken by KYCC are:
Votes@16
At 16, we can choose a career and
pay taxes, leave home, join the armed forces, and make lots of
decisions about our future.
At 16, we've been taught how to
become citizens but we're denied the chance to put it into
practice.
At a time when people feel that
politics isn't relevant to them, young people need to be encouraged
to take part in democracy, not kept out from it.
It's time we gave young people the
basic right of any citizen - the right to vote.
National Children's Rights
Day
A national holiday to help children
understand their rights.
The Peer Leader System
Survey and discussion to address the
issues of the peer leader system.
National Roma Day
Propose the 8th April to become a
national holiday and give the same prominence to Gypsies that such
events as Black History Month give to other ethnic minorities. The
hope is that the day will help recognise the Gypsy and traveller
culture, and give them time to travel and tackle the problems of
bullying and racial discrimination that many Gypsies and travellers
face.
Transport
Improving the safety for young
people to travel on public transport and to make it free to travel
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