“Wrong for UK to break aid promise”
Today the UK government announced a cut in the overseas aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% GDP. Rosanne Palmer-White, Restless Development UK Director said: “It’s wrong for the UK government to break its promise on 0.7% aid, never more so in the middle of a global pandemic. COVID-19 has shown that we are all so …
UK activists continue BLM Activism throughout the Pandemic
A youth-led online event on the 8th October successfully used the internet to inspire change around the subject of racial justice and inequality. Set up by Mata Durkin and Sophie Ewen, Restless Development ICS alumni, the event was centered around racial justice and equality. The event aimed to inspire a new generation of changemakers to …
‘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 …
ICS update
The current phase of the ICS programme, delivered by VSO in partnership with Restless Development and Raleigh International, will come to its planned end in December 2020.
We’re In. Are you?
We’ve joined Count Us In, a community of people and organisations taking practical steps to protect what they love from climate change.
Letter in The Times
Restless Development’s UK Director writes to The Times to highlight the work of Youth Against Misinformation.
Social media companies fail to tackle anti-vaccine misinformation
Young people are reporting anti-vaccine misinformation but tech platforms are failing to remove it, finds a new report released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Restless Development.
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 …
Will to Act Report
As part of our Youth Against Misinformation campaign, in partnership with the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), we have produced this report on social media’s role in misinformation.