To start off the day, school council members were presented with the results of the bi-annual school council audit where both teachers and young people were able to give their views on the running of the school council. This also included some results of the recent Viewpoint survey run by the Council. Below you can see some of main results from school council members.
Throughout the day school council members all took part in a UNCRC workshop delivered by the Rights Ambassadors and learnt more about children's rights. There was another workshop on the Children and Young People's National Participation Standards and everyone got to learn more about the different ways young people can have a voice locally and nationally, ranging from Youth Action Groups to becoming a Member of UK Youth Parliament. Young people involved in these projects helped deliver these workshops too.
There was also a Q&A session with the Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor which was great because we got to meet lots of young people that we represent. Everyone asked challenging questions but hopefully Daley an I are more informed on what matters to young people and how we can keep school council up to date and be more representative in the future.
In the afternoon, officers from the Council attended to raise awareness of the Well-being of Future Generations Act and carried out some activities to find out what pupils want from the Vale in the future.
I hope that all who attended had a great time and found the day both fun and informative. I thoroughly enjoyed delivering a workshop and raising awareness of the Vale Youth Forum and Youth Cabinet. Hopefully the event will inspire future members of the participation groups.
