What Has Been Going On? (Q1 2022)

Hey there,

I have noticed that there have not been any updates since the new Youth Councillor term began, therefore I have decided to give this summary.

FIRST MEETING

For the first meeting of 2022 (and the inauguration meeting for the newer Youth Councillors), we did games including 2 quizes, to help the new youth councillors to settle in. For this term, we have 68 youth councillors (25 from previous term(s) + 43 newly elected).

INTERNAL ELECTIONS

Over the span of three meetings, we held internal elections for our roles. One meeting for vice chairThe Youth Councillor who runs the meeting, heads up the organisation and has the casting vote. Or something to sit on but probably the first one on our site :-) More, one meeting for DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More and one meeting for officer roles & GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More representatives.

On the 26th of January, we held a vice chairThe Youth Councillor who runs the meeting, heads up the organisation and has the casting vote. Or something to sit on but probably the first one on our site :-) More election. This election also marks the time where the current vice chairThe Youth Councillor who runs the meeting, heads up the organisation and has the casting vote. Or something to sit on but probably the first one on our site :-) More moves to chairThe Youth Councillor who runs the meeting, heads up the organisation and has the casting vote. Or something to sit on but probably the first one on our site :-) More (Charlotte Clasby) and the current chairThe Youth Councillor who runs the meeting, heads up the organisation and has the casting vote. Or something to sit on but probably the first one on our site :-) More moves to Youth Mayor Elect (Hamra Hanif-Ali), who becomes the Youth Mayor in the following municipal year (end of June). The candidates for this election were:

• Prem Raghvani
• Yousef Qureshi
• Humaira Mahmood
• Aaliyah Ahmed
• Isaac Quinn (successful)

On the 9th of February, we held our DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More elections. In Oldham, the term of office for a DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More is 1 year and then they move on to be the MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More in the following year, which is different to what most other constituencies do, where MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More and DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More have 2 year terms at the same time. Oldham has 2 MYPs, therefore there were 2 DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More roles available, however we additionally held an election for 1 MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More role, as the previous person had to step down due to age constricts. The candidates for the MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More election were:

• Louie Wild
• Prem Raghvani (successful)

And the candidates for the DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More election (2 roles elected) were:

• Louie Wild (successful)
• Tom Penketh (successful)
• Lily Stones
• Dylan Davison

On the 23rd of February, we held elections for our officer roles and GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More representative roles. For GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More, we elect 2 representatives. For GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More role, anyone could run except for MYPs, DMYPs and people in the leadership role, and for the officer role, anyone could run except for people in the leadership role. Unfortunately, the list of all candidates isn’t available, however the people who succeeded were:

• Callum Oliver – GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More Rep
• Ying Shi – GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More Rep
• Prem Raghvani – Communications Officer (also the MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More)
• Zoe Cummins – Inclusivity Officer (also the MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More)
• Tom Penketh – Priorities Officer (also the DMYPDeputy Member of Youth Parliament – The Deputy Member of Youth Parliament is the first year of a two year role, which allows the elected members to learn about the role and step in for the MYP when needed. To be elected as DMYP, you have to be within the age bracket of 11-18, due to this role linking in with the BYC. More)
• Aaliyah Ahmed – Events & Wellbeings Officer
• Joshua Aspin – Campaigns Officer

NATIONAL ISSUES

Our Make your MarkA Nationwide campaign, run by UK Youth parliament, that gathers information on what is important to the youth of the United Kingdom. More results are here: https://oldhamyc.com/blog/2022/06/14/make-your-mark-2022/

Our MYPs (Prem & Zoe) represent us at a national level, attending events such as an annual conference, an annual sitting at the House of Commons, and YouthCon/YouthForias, which are events with the local region (in this case, the North West). So far, there have been 2 YouthForias, one in April 2022 held in Oldham and another in June 2022 held at Liverpool.

MYPMember of Youth Parliament – The Member of the Youth Parliament is elected to represent the LA on a national level. More Prem Raghvani has pledged to keep things transparent, therefore you can see what he is doing at https://myp.premraghvani.xyz/

REGIONAL ISSUES

Our GMYCAGreater Manchester Youth Combined Authority More Representatives (Callum & Ying) represent us at a county level (Greater Manchester) alongside other young people representing the metropolitan boroughs of: Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale, Stockport, Bury, Bolton & Wigan

LOCAL ISSUES

Our Make Your MarkA Nationwide campaign, run by UK Youth parliament, that gathers information on what is important to the youth of the United Kingdom. More at https://oldhamyc.com/blog/2022/06/14/make-your-mark-2022/ also highlight what young people believe the issues are locally (as well as nationally). From that, we have been developing campaigns on the top two issues: street harassment & tackling racism and xenophobia. These campaigns are still currently being developed, so watch out in the following months.