Author Archives: Sean O'Halloran

Sean O'Halloran

About Sean O'Halloran

Sean is the Engagement and Support Officer at YouthNet. He joined the team in October 2011 and works to support TheSite's Leaders network as well as helping to co-ordinate consultation with them to improve TheSite.org for everyone. Sean is also Policy and Comms director on the board of the Young Advisors charity, having previously been Chair. He can often be found on trains or at protests, occasionally with a megaphone.

TheSite Leaders low-down 7: Voting at 16

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Sean O'Halloran

A fortnight ago was Votes at 16 Action Week; a week of raising awareness for the campaign to lower the voting age to 16. It’s an issue that’s been on the agenda for quite some time, so we asked our … Continue reading →

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TheSite Leaders low-down 6: Police

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Sean O'Halloran

In this week’s TheSite Leaders live chat we discussed the relationship between young people and police. This article portrays a more humorous view of the police, but in an environment where more and more young people feel they are being … Continue reading →

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TheSite Leaders low-down 5: IT Lessons

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Sean O'Halloran

Being an online charity, we’re naturally interested in what’s going on out here on the internet and how that impacts young people’s use of computers. So when it was announced that IT lessons might be changing we wanted to get … Continue reading →

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TheSite Leader’s low-down 4: Media and Mags

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sean O'Halloran

Our team of TheSite.org Leaders have a live chat every fortnight so we can pick their brains about the latest developments, and see what they think about improvements we want to make to our services. This week, our opening round … Continue reading →

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TheSite Leaders low-down 3: Strikes!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Sean O'Halloran

Last week saw the biggest strike action we’ve seen in the UK for nearly 30 years. Over 2 million public sector employees downed their tools and took to the picket lines. We decided to see what our TheSite.org Leaders thought … Continue reading →

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TheSite Leaders low-down 2: workfare programme

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Sean O'Halloran

TheSite Leaders have been at it again. Our fortnightly live chats on the Leaders network this week brought us to discussing the Government’s workfare programme with them. The programme is aimed at getting people to volunteer their time in order … Continue reading →

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