Urban Wisdom Takes on Finland
Recently Urban Wisdom went on a sailing trip to Finland as part of a project supported by a foundation called Club Renata. The purpose of the trip was to take […]
Uni. Uni. Uni.
“Writing a personal statement was one of the hardest things I’ve written in my life.” Uni. Uni .Uni. The word university I would imagine goes along the lines of partying, […]
Visiting the Gov Dept. for Work & Pensions (DWP)
“To be honest, before going to the DWP I had preconceptions about the people who worked there and their approach… I went in a sceptic and came out hopeful.” After many […]
Young People, Mental Health & The Police
The police force has to be very delicate when it comes to dealing with young people who have mental health disorders. However, a lot of officers do not seem to […]
Urban Wisdom Talks at Simply Business
Urban Wisdom talks at Simply Business office in London’s Finsbury Square to drum up some followers and more support for Kids Company. It was a beautiful sunny day so we […]
Young People are not Cattle!
I pose you, the reader, a question. What is the best way to learn about a person, a human, your child, brother, sister, mother or father? How often, when designing […]
Green with Envy – A poem about bullying
That’s my pride you just STOMPED ON My heart, you just cut, sliced with your unheeding torments you spout from your spiteful lips YES it does hurt but you will […]
Pay rise. Who deserves it?
OK, so let me get this straight! After a near double-dip recession, the price of food going through the roof (almost reaching the moon, while we as woman and man […]
Urban Wisdom @ London Youth Speaks 2013
The London Youth Speaks 2013 event held at Goldsmiths University yesterday was a collaboration of organisations coming together to give young people the opportunity to be heard. It provided a […]
Student Loans – The Third Perspective
In an Urban Wisdom luncheon we discussed why four out of six of us had not gone to university. An hour had elapsed, and obviously given the ridiculous hike in […]
