Newcastle Members of Youth Parliament
Summer 2020 MAKE YOUR MARK 2020 Every year we encourage and How will this work in 2020? support young people who live, Youth learn or work in Newcastle to take All local members of youth Leadership part in a national decision-making parliament (MYP) have been process. UK Youth Parliament's called to an annual sitting in Elections 2022 September. At the sitting the Make Your Mark gives a unique Most of you will be aware opportunity to reach out to young MYP’s debate local issues and that we hold youth leader people aged between 11-18 priorities over two days. At the years, who will go on to be end of the annual sitting MYP’s elections every two years. opinion formers and leaders of the will make a vote based on the Unfortunately, due to the future. arguments they have heard during current unprecedented their annual sitting. situated we have had to 'The Make Your Mark ballot reconsider how we can orders the top five issues, but As a result, the top 10 UK support our current youth those chosen for the UK wide devolved topics and a menu of local topics are collated together leaders and postponed the priorities debate must include 2 next elections until 2022. UK wide topics and 3 Devolved for Make Your Mark. Young topics. Due to the devolved nature people from across the Country of the UK democracy and to will be asked to vote and provide ensure relevant representation of their postcode. This will mean the SAVE THE DATE the issues from all nations. results can be broken down into Ward, Local Authority, and UK Thursday 3rd February 2022 will This year all voting will be Parliament Constituency. be the voting day for our next online and hosted through the Unfortunately, this means that we elections. UK Parliament website. won’t be able to share results by schools, college or youth group. More information will follow in Your organization will need to October 2021 register by early September. British Youth Council (BYC) will Voting goes live on 1st November contact all those organizations until 30th November. Online that have participated in Make resouces will be available when Your Mark before. you register. Results will be announced in early December.
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Youth Parliament priorities 2019/20
Priorities voted for by nearly 7000 young people in last year’s make your Mark campaign.
Protecting the Put an end to knife Better mental health environment crime services • As protect your future • Working across the • Mental health is the Youth region with the Police lockdown survey. Parliament national Crime Commissioner • Mental Health campaign. and the Violence Webinar in November • Water bottle Reduction Unit. '20. campaign. • Support workshops in schools.
How can I get involved?
It’s easy to get involved in our campaigns. You can email us at [email protected] Keep up to date with information on the Councils website https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/local-government/newcastle-youth- democracy-group-formerly-youth-council
Follow us on twitter: @YouthNewcastle Get in touch with the British Youth Council by visiting their website: https://www.byc.org.uk/uk/uk-youth-parliament/make- your-mark