{{Short description|Youth section of the British National Party}} {{Primary sources|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox organization | image = YBNP Shield.jpg | image_alt = <!-- alt text; see WP:ALT --> | caption = Shield Logo of the YBNP | predecessor = Young British National Party | successor = | formation = | purpose = Youth wing | headquarters = | coordinates = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --> | leader_title = Resistance leader | leader_name = Unknown | parent_organization = British National Party | affiliations = <!-- if any --> | budget = | remarks = | name = | bgcolor = <!-- header background color --> | fgcolor = <!-- header text color --> | image_border = | image_size = 100px | abbreviation = | dissolved = | location = | region_served = | membership = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = | former_name = }} '''BNP Youth''' (formerly '''Young BNP''', '''BNP Crusaders''', '''Resistance''', '''Youth BNP''', '''BNP Youth''' and '''YBNP''') is the youth section of the far-right British National Party (BNP).

==History== In 2002, the Young BNP chairman Mark Collett chose the Odal SS-rune as the logo for his organisation, then described as the "Young BNP", which Channel 4's ''Young, Nazi and Proud'' stated was used by the Nazis and sections of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS).<ref>''Young, Nazi and Proud''. Channel 4 Dispatches. Series 41. First broadcast in 2002.</ref>{{primary-inline|date=September 2025}} In 2010, it was renamed "BNP Crusaders" and aimed at the slightly older demographic of 18–30 years of age.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

In 2011, it changed its name to Resistance. The group falls under the arm of the British Nationalist Youth Movement with other groups such as BNP Students. The YBNP claimed to be a civil rights movement and student pressure group for white British students.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==Student BNP== Student BNP was part of the British Nationalist Youth Movement along with YBNP. In 2010, Student BNP closed down and BNP Crusaders was formed as a replacement.

==Leadership== * Until 2002: Mark Collett * 2003 – 2004: Tony Wentworth<ref>{{cite news |author=Polly Curtis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/mar/26/highereducation.students |title=BNP candidate fails in student election |work=The Guardian |date=26 March 2004}}</ref> * 2004 – 2005: Jenny Griffin{{fact|date=July 2018}} * 2006 – 2007: Danny Lake{{fact|date=July 2018}} * 2008 – 2010: Mike Howson{{fact|date=July 2018}} * 2010 – 2011: Kieren Trent{{fact|date=July 2018}} * 2011 – 2014: Kevin Layzell{{fact|date=July 2018}} * 2014 - 2015: Jack Andrew Renshaw<ref>{{cite news |author=André Rhoden-Paul |title=Myth: young people are more tolerant than their parents |work=The Guardian |date=6 November 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/nov/06/myth-young-more-tolerant-than-parents |accessdate=3 August 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.bnp.org.uk/ BNP website]

{{British political youth organisations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young Bnp}} Category:Organisations associated with the British National Party BNP, Young Category:Youth wings of fascist parties