Investing in Children

Promoting the Rights of Children & Young People

Investing in Children

Investing in Children

Investing in Children provides research and participation services to organisations that work with children and young people. We create spaces for children and young people to come together to discuss ways of developing and improving the services and activities that are provided for them and support to work with adults who can make changes happen.

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Children’s Human Rights: engaging in dialogue and...

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Investing in Children: Delivering the Agenda Day™...

Investing in Children

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Peer Mentoring - Train the Trainers

Investing in Children

Investing in Children

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Chinese Proverb

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Allan Bloom

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R. Buckminster Fuller

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Oprah Winfrey

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Plutarch

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Anton Chekhov

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Confucius

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Marvin Minsky

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Jimi Hendrix

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Albert Einstein

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Benjamin Franklin

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Oscar Wilde

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Phil Collins

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney

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Paulo Coelho

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Aristotle

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Malcolm Forbes

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Pablo Picasso

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

Socrates

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Isaac Asimov

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

Aristotle

"Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it."

Brian Tracey

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Benjamin Franklin

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B.B. King

"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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George Whitman

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R. Buckminster Fuller

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Princess Ramirez

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Albert Einstein

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Confucius

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John Dewey

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Richard Branson

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Rudyard Kipling

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Sophocles

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Chinese Proverb

"Much to learn, you still have."

Yoda

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Henry Ford

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Aristotle

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Sarah Caldwell

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Will Durant

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Michelangelo, age 87

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Will Durant

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Bob Marley

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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W.B. Yeats

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Eartha Kitt

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Brian Herbert