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What is Debate in the Neighbourhood?

Debate in the Neighbourhood takes debating and public speaking out of their traditional settings and puts them at the heart of education programs in diverse communities around the world. DiN projects are now underway in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary.

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Mind your Wallet 2015 -Final exchange!
9 Jun 2015
From 5 – 7 July Mind your Wallet’s third edition came to a spectacular end with the final exchange weekend in The Hague. 75 youth and their coaches from all...
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IDEA UK: THBT you can never have too much of a good thing.
22 May 2015
Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? That was the starting point for a debate at Camden Woodcraft folk, the first debate in collaboration between...
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Changing the Neighbourhood wins the European Youth Award for best mobility project!
7 May 2015
‘Dialogue and debate creates change. I will support all local youth workers, volunteers, trainers and role models who, as young heroes, help youth to take the...
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Graffiti for the Schilderswijk
29 Apr 2015
Tuesday evening, April 21, Schilderswijk The Hague. Like every Tuesday, a group of youngsters from Marokkaans Jongerengeluid (Moroccan Youth Voices) get...
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Events

Slovak Debate Association Debate in the Neighbourhood Training-of-Trainers
Ruzomberok
Slovakia
13 Sep 2013 - 15 Sep 2013
Debate Exchange Bratislava
Bratislava
Slovakia
14 Jul 2013 - 20 Jul 2013
The Mind Your Wallet debate weekend
Antwerp
Belgium
28 Jun 2013 - 30 Jun 2013

Youth News

Youth News

UK government starts war on online pornography
1 Aug 2013

The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his government are worried that online porn is too easy for children to access; the government is also concerned about the large amount of illegal pornography, including images of extreme violence, that exists on the internet.

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Man jailed for Facebook trolling
9 Jul 2013

On 09 July a man named Reece Elliot was sent to prison for 28 months by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court. He had been found guilty of making a threat to kill and sending “grossly offensive messages”.

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Police take DNA from record number of teenagers
3 Jul 2013

In May this year, the Howard League for Penal Reform released statistics showing that police services across the United Kingdom took almost 70,000 DNA samples from young people between the ages of 10 and 17. The League’s statistics also showed that the police had taken DNA samples from seven-year-old, five-year-old and two-year-old children.

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UK teenagers use online shopping to dodge alcohol age checks
1 Jul 2013

According to the BBC, a survey carried out by the Welsh branch of alcohol issues charity Concern has discovered that increasing numbers of teenagers are using Supermarkets’ online delivery services to get hold of alcoholic drinks.

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About IDEA

IDEA is a global network with over a decade of experience teaching debate to young people. 

We are dedicated to inspiring informed discussion throughout the world.

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Training Materials

The DiN training programmes provides all of the material that you need to begin exploring debate with teaching staff and youth workers in your institution or youth group.