A short film by Mark Easton (BBC Home Editor Editor) about Why Citizenship Matters and how our actions can have positive and negative implications for our communities.

Produced by the BBC and shown at the Young Citizens' Action Event on 10th July 2008 at Central Hall, Westminster to promote the importance of Politics, Economics and Citizenship in our everyday lives. The event was run by the Institute for Citizenship, the BBC, Mentorn Oxford, the GLA, City of London Corporation, Parliament's Education Service, BT, Steljes and the Evening Standard.

For more information please see the Institute for Citizenship's website: www.citizen.org.uk.