At our Youth Cabinet meeting tonight we began to work on our idea to create a "Work Experience Menu" for young people across the Vale. We would like young people to be given the opportunity to pick from a range of work experience placements available at the Vale of Glamorgan Council. Not only would this give young people the opportunity to experience a potential future career and look amazing on our C.Vs, but it would also raise the profile of the Council as a future place to work. Something that many young people do not consider!
We began to draft what information should be given to young people; how young people could get involved; and the process they would have to go through; what the placements should involve; and what skills and opportunities young people should get out of it. We can't wait to take our idea to the next Vale Youth Forum meeting and run it past the members for their input.
We also discussed the recent stories in the media about the lack of funding pupils in the Vale receive, and we agreed we would like to find out more information about this and invite Dr Brown to our next meeting. This follows the recent letter sent out to all parents in the Vale.
We also completed the National Assembly for Wales' consultation on removing the 'defence of reasonable punishment' and discussed how it would protect children's rights covered in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The consultation is open until 2nd April 2018.
