Emily’s Story*

In April 2020, a team of volunteers from Restless Development partnered with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) to tackle the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID19 online. These volunteers became the Youth Against Misinformation (YAM) programme.

‘Once Restless, always Restless’

This story is a part of our 10 years of Restless Development Celebrations; Becoming Restless, Changing Development. Restless Development is here today thanks to its incredible supporters. To celebrate 10 years since we became Restless Development Megan Andrews caught up with one of those supporters.  Jim Sewell first got involved with us in 1990 when we …

Four stories of youth resilience from around the world.

As we celebrate this year’s International Youth Day, we find ourselves living in a new era of incredible resilience. Young people everywhere have been showing their resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting not just themselves but their communities too. These four stories of young people from the UK, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and …

Carla’s Story

“I didn’t know much about HIV or AIDS. Growing up in a relatively secluded area in the Highlands in the North of Scotland, the only time I heard the words “HIV” or “AIDS” was when they were discussed in the back of a Modern Studies classroom. The two words were usually followed by a brief …