2023/4 Youth Report consultation in partnership with UNESCO

Are you a young person below 35 or a youth led/focused community group working on education? We want to work with you! The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report is partnering with Restless Development  to mobilize youth globally to inform the development of the 2024 Youth Report, exploring how technology can address various education challenges, including issues of …

GLOBAL ANNUAL REPORT 2022

At the heart of everything we do is Youth Power. We believe young people’s collective power can lead us all through the world’s greatest challenges.That’s why we train, mentor, support and connect thousands of young people all over the planet to work together to solve some of the biggest challenges of today. In the past …

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Walking the Talk: Restless Development welcomes new members to our board!

In line with our power-shifting strategy and the principles of inclusivity, diversity and gender parity, we are proud to announce the new Global Chair, Deputy Chair and Trustees of our Global Board. As an organisation truly committed to ‘walking the talk’ on powershifting, we now have one of the youngest, most diverse charity boards in …

Young activists are leading feminist movements worldwide, says a new report.

But at what personal cost? All around the world we are witnessing attacks on the rights of women and girls. The global roll-back of rights is coordinated, well-funded and gaining momentum everywhere. Research by Restless Development found that whilst young feminists are largely optimistic about the future, their resilience is waning, and without a concerted …

The UK’s largest children’s fundraising event.

Kids raise £83000 for UK’s largest children’s fundraiser The rain on Sunday didn’t dampen the spirits of 853 school children who came together at Royal Russell School to take part in the Knight Frank Schools Triathlon, the UK’s largest fundraising event for children. In teams of four, they swam, cycled and ran over 1,600km combined, …

استبيان شابة نسوية شجاعة

نستطلع الأصوات الريادية للنسويات الشّابات الشّجاعات ممن يشكّلن عالمنا اليوم يركّز هذا الاستبيان على العمل الملهم للحركات والمجموعات النّسوية الشّابة التي تتحدّى تراجع الديمقراطية حول العالم.  وسيبيّن تقرير “حالة المجتمع المدني الشّبابي” لعام 2023 هذه الجهود الرّيادية ويلقي الضوء على صمود الشّابات/الشّبان في مواجهة الإيديولوجيات المقيّدة والدّفاع عن المساحات المدنية. كما سيتطرّق إلى التّحديات وما …

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Restless Women: How can we #EmbraceEquality? On Wednesday the 8th of March we celebrated International Women’s Day! We heard from three inspirational panellists from across the world at Restless Development, who are demonstrating gender equity in their daily lives. They discussed topics from ending violence and discrimination against women and girls to tackling access to …

State of Youth Civil Society Report 2023

We are launching the latest State of Youth Civil Society report – Young, Feminist and Fearless: Holding the Line. Restless Development will launch its flagship State of the Youth Civil Society report titled “Young, Feminist and Fearless: Holding the Line” at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference in Kigali. This youth-led report offers a unique opportunity to …

Annual Young Leaders Survey 2022

Restless Development conducted its Annual Young Leaders survey with volunteers and alumni who have volunteered with us and led our work within the last year. The young people who lead our work are our greatest asset. There is a wide range of ways in which young people volunteer their time and lead our work; from …

The Big Idea: Asia 

This 90 minute session brought together young people from Asia to ideate a strategy that could make world leaders sit up and listen on the climate and education crisis. The Big Idea event was a fantastic place to connect with other Asians who are as passionate as me about climate education and youth-led transformation. It …