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John Smith Centre Giving Month comes to a close - thank you! YouTube video by John Smith Centre

Thank you to everyone who has supported us this #JSCGivingMonth! 🙏

Giving Month may be over, but you can donate to the John Smith Centre and help us get more young people from underrepresented backgrounds into politics and public life all year round at johnsmithcentre.com/donate ⭐️

We were delighted to welcome Terry Szuplat, author and former speechwriter to President Barack Obama, to @glasgow.ac.uk yesterday along with the Stevenson Trust 🤩

Thank you to Terry and to all who joined us for a fantastic evening!

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🌟 Today, we’re excited to welcome Terry Szuplat, former speech writer to President Barack Obama, to @glasgow.ac.uk

Thank you very much for joining us and for your inspiring, funny and insightful talk, Terry!

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Four people holding handheld microphones sat on chairs on a small stage at Anthropy26. Left to right: Iain Anderson, John Smith Centre chair; Dame Ellen MacArthur; Clara Govier, People's Postcode Lottery Managing Director; Kate Lee, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) CEO.

John Smith Centre chair Iain Anderson in front of a sign reading "Let's build a United Kingdom" at Anthropy26.

Anthropy26 pass for Iain Anderson, John Smith Centre.

John Smith Centre chair @andersoniain.bsky.social joined the People's Postcode Lottery panel at #Anthropy26 this week 🌟

A big thanks to @postcodelottery.bsky.social for supporting us – we're absolutely delighted to be working with you! 🙌

📣 Join us on 28 April for a FREE youth hustings with the @officialsyp.bsky.social at St Giles’ Cathedral.

Six young candidates, insights from the UK Youth Poll — and your chance to shape the conversation.

🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-h...

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Selfie of Joe Greenwood-Hau and John Smith Youth Poll Project students in a seminar room at the University of Glasgow.

That’s a wrap! 👏

The final lecture and seminars of the first ever John Smith Youth Poll Project are done and dusted. We couldn’t have hoped for a more fantastic group of students to set the agenda and write the questions for the #UKYouthPoll2026 📊

Look out for the report launch on 22 April! 👀

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As part of our Parliamentary Internship Programme, interns working with MPs often get the chance to work in Westminster 🌠

The programme relies on donations - please consider giving so we can continue providing opportunities for underrepresented students across Scotland: johnsmithcentre.com/donate

Our Parliamentary Internship Programme opened doors for Amy Fraser, who now sits on the John Smith Centre board 🚀

This #JSCGivingMonth, she's asking you to help do the same for other young people by giving at www.johnsmithcentre.com/donate 🤲

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UofG students analyse brand new data for UK Youth Poll 2026 – for young people, by young people 📊 Work on the #UKYouthPoll2026 is well underway, as students on our Youth Poll Project course at @UofGlasgow have been digging into new survey data this week 📊 Sign up to our newsletter to be the…

Work on the #UKYouthPoll2026 is well underway, as students on our Youth Poll Project course at @glasgow.ac.uk have been analysing new survey data this week 📊

Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to see the report next month!
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CREATING A POLITICALLY LIBERAL, POST-SECULAR SOCIETY: REALIZING A PEDAGOGICAL VISION - John Smith Centre Western societies are fracturing under the regression from political liberalism to that of comprehensive liberalism. The former envisions a society in which persons from different traditions are open…

🚨 New research blog alert!

In our latest blog, Dr Antony Luby explores the important role the classroom has to play in rebuilding a politically liberal society – and what some schools are already doing to develop intercultural dialogue 💬

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Thank you so much to everybody who has already supported us this #JSCGivingMonth! We are so grateful to each and everyone of you 🙏✨

If you still want to contribute to helping young people get involved in politics and public life, please consider supporting us here: www.johnsmithcentre.com/donate

📣 Join us on 28 April for a FREE youth hustings with the @officialsyp.bsky.social at St Giles’ Cathedral.

Six young candidates, insights from the UK Youth Poll — and your chance to shape the conversation.

🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-h...

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Today we would like to share a special #JSCGivingMonth message from our board member Ed Balls 🌟

Please give to support our mission to open doors to politics and public life for young people across the UK - visit johnsmithcentre.com/donate 🤝

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We are now a teaching organisation and we want to expand our activities to provide more young people with the #OpportunityToServe 🚀

🤲 Please give to support our vital work: www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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👐 Help us give more young people from underrepresented backgrounds the #OpportunityToServe – make a donation today at www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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We can only encourage young people to get involved in politics & public life if we understand their world – and that's just what the John Smith Centre's research aims to do 📊

🤲 Please give to support our vital research: www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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Today we have a special #JSCGivingMonth message from our Chair @andersoniain.bsky.social 🌟

Please give to support our mission to open doors to politics & public life for young people 🤝 www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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Our events at @glasgow.ac.uk and beyond provide a platform for free and open debate, inspiring young people to get involved in the public square 🎤

💪 Your donations allow us to deliver these events – please give at www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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We are working with schools in areas of multiple deprivation to encourage more young people to get involved in politics & public life 🏫

🤲 We need your help to expand our Schools Programme – please consider giving at www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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Our Parliamentary Internship Programme gives students from underrepresented backgrounds the #OpportunityToServe by providing paid placements with MSPs/MPs 🚀

🤝 The programme relies on your support – please donate at www.johnsmithcentre.com/support-us/

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We're excited to mark the beginning of #JSCGivingMonth today! ✨️

👀 Keep an eye on our social media channels this month, where we will be showcasing all of our brilliant programmes and activities opening doors to public life and politics for young people.

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A designed graphic with text reading: "Impact avenue. Showcase your research and insights. Proximity to power; trust in politics; health of democracy. In-depth analysis; opinion; current state of the research." The graphic also shows the John Smith Centre logo and a photo of a laptop displaying the Research and Insights section of the John Smith Centre website.

📢 Calling researchers and thought leaders — want to bring your work to life for a broader audience?

Our Research & Insights Platform is open for submissions on:
🔹 Proximity to power & public life
🔹 Trust in politics
🔹 Health of democracy

Find out more: www.johnsmithcentre.com/our-work/res...

TACKLING THE BIG ISSUES: JOHN SMITH CENTRE'S UK YOUTH POLL THEMES CHOSEN BY YOUNG PEOPLE - John Smith Centre Young people taking the John Smith Centre’s groundbreaking Youth Poll Project course have chosen the themes for this year’s high-profile UK Youth Poll. The UK Youth Poll, generously funded by Nationwi...

💡Keen to learn which themes our young people have chosen for this year's Youth Poll?

Find out right here, fresh off the press: www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...

The young people are interrogating some of the most pressing current issues and we're keen to see what the poll finds!

"IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE IT IN REAL LIFE": PUPILS FROM DEPRIVED AREAS VISIT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT - John Smith Centre Over the past couple of weeks, we have been busy delivering the second element of our brand-new schools programme, a bespoke visit to the Scottish Parliament. One hundred pupils across the three…

✨️ Over the past couple of weeks, the John Smith Centre has been busy delivering the second element of our schools programme, a bespoke visit to @parliament.scot for 100 pupils in areas of high deprivation.

Find out what we got up to in our latest blog! 👇

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