Do Something

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Campaign

Stand up and make yourself heard! As a young person, your voice counts. It can be a really powerful tool in getting your message across to today's leaders. Campaigning for something you are passionate about CAN change the world, which is why we asked experienced young campaigner Thomas Burke to explain just how easy it is to get stuck in and stand out. Plus: Not sure what to do with that baggy campaign T-shirt? Watch our video to find out how you can dress campaign chic.

Campaign

Get Angry

Campaigners 'flash squat' to end water poverty in front of Westminster. Photo: Andy Aitchison

Whatever really gets your goat or pickles your pants, campaigning for something you feel passionately about really CAN make a difference!

Get Angry

Get a Team

Handprints from the Born Free Helping Hands campaign. Photo: UNICEF UK/2007

Rome wasn't built by a clever general and Columbus certainly didn't sail solo! Likewise, no campaign is going to work if it is only run by one person. You need to get a group of like minded people together to campaign on this issue.

Get a Team

Get Researching

Young UNICEF volunteers working on the HIV campaign in 2007. Photo: UNICEF UK/2007

This is the most important part of your whole campaign. Without proper research, fact-checking, speaking to the right people, contacting the proper authorities and so on, your campaign will simply collapse.

Get Researching

Get Talking

Youth Representative from Bangladesh Doly Akter, 17, speaks at the launch of 'The State of the World's Children' report in 2007. Photo: UNICEF/HQ06-2138/Susan Markisz

Now you know what you want and who can make it happen, the real campaign can kick off. This is where you can get creative, take a stand and make the world a better place!

Get Talking

Finishing Up

Cheerleaders at the End Child Poverty rally in London in 2008. Photo: UNICEF UK/2008/Jessica Wright

By this stage you have been campaigning for weeks. Hopefully your campaign has achieved fantastic results! Find out how to finish and evaluate your campaign.

Finishing Up

Lobbying pack

UNICEF campaigners at 'The Wave' climate change march in London. © Matthew Oldfield Photography 2009

Lobbying is a vital way in which you can make a difference and get your voice heard. We all have our part to play in ensuring that children across the world are heard and represented by key decision makers.

Lobbying pack

Campaigns

Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS.

UNICEF UK campaigns on a range of issues affecting children. From child poverty to treatment for children with HIV, all of our campaigns aim to ensure child rights are protected across the world.

Campaigns