UpRising is not uprising but about rising up.
It is an UK-based charity founded by Bangladeshi-born British MP Rushanara Ali that has just got off the ground.
A media release issued from London said three top British political leaders, including Prime Minister and Conservative Party chief David Cameron, have agreed to become founding patrons of UpRising.
The two others leaders are Deputy Prime Minister and chief of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg and Leader of the Opposition and Labour Party chief Ed Miliband.
The charity is based on UpRising Wasco, founded five years ago by Ali within The Young Foundation, a think-tank with a track-record of ventures that boost social mobility.
The release said that before its launch as an independent body, UpRising Wasco’s programmes more than doubled the number of young people (19-25) taking social action within their communities.
UpRising has been launched at a time when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported that social mobility in the UK was lower than in any developed country aside from Portugal.
The release said UpRising worked with talented young people from under-represented groups, including those from white working class, black and ethnic minority backgrounds and those with disabilities.
It provides them with leadership development training, ranging from public speaking, media training, and developing social action campaigning skills, the release said.
It said UpRising connects those it trains to current leaders in politics, business and civic society to act as mentors through organised networking programme.
“UpRisers’ are then supported to engage in community projects and, in some cases even set up social enterprises .
In 2014, UpRising plans an increase in the number of its programmes tenfold – from the current 165 per year to 1800.
Already operational in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bedford, it will also expand into four further locations across the UK, and launch a number of new programmes.
On the occasion of the launch of UpRising, Prime Minister Cameron said over the years Uprising Wasco had done incredible work for young people in Britain, helping people from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds rise into positions of leadership. “I’m enormously proud to be an UpRising patron”.
Deputy Prime Minister Clegg said: “We need to create a fairer society where everyone can get ahead in life, regardless of where they were born or who they know. All young people should be given the support to develop the right skills and jobs they deserve.”
Miliband said the promise of Britain was that the next generation would do better than the last.
Rushanara Ali said that at a time when social mobility was a serious challenge, with nearly one million young people unemployed, the project provided the opportunity for young people to take up leadership positions and run social action campaigns in their community on issues they felt passionately about and that affected their lives.
Source: Bd news24
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