WELCOME No apologies have been recorded so far. In this meeting, we had guests from Birmingham Youth Council, and outside reviewers as apart of the Oldham Council Peer Review. ENERGISER To start off the meeting, and to bring in our friends Birmingham Youth Council, we played a game of Kahoot on the topic of 2019. …
WELCOME Apologies – Isaac, Isabelle, Leah, Afsana PEER REVIEW Oldham Council are having a peer review on their services, and Oldham Youth Council were preparing for their session, so they could showcase the amazing work that has previously occurred, and the staff members OYCOldham Youth Council has previously worked with. Whilst we had to scratch …
WELCOME Apologies : Charlotte, Isabelle MEETING WITH GERARD AND ELAINE GERARD JONES – MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHILDRENS AND YOUNG PEOPLES SERVICES ELAINE DEVANEY – DIRECTOR OF CHILDRENS SOCIAL SERVICES Within our last meeting of the year, we had the two newest members of Oldham Council’s managing team join us to learn about our work. Gerard …
WELCOME Apologies – Isabelle A., Ellie W. OFFICER ELECTIONS Officer Elections have come around again, with all officer posts being carried over. The Officer roles that were elected in were Communications Officer (unanimously elected – Liam H.) and Campaigns Officers (unanimously elected – Hfsa F. and Charlotte C.) These officer roles were unanimously elected in …
WELCOME Apologies – Tia H., Isabelle A. The meeting was opened by the 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 with good news from Youth Councillors. STAYING APOLITICALThis means that the …
WELCOME Apologies :- Katie R., Megan B., Isabelle A. VOTES AT 16 CONSULTATIONConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme. Andy Mycock from the University of Huddersfield has come into the meeting to consult with OYCOldham Youth Council on Votes at 16. It has been decided that lowering the voting age to sixteen is inevitable, however the time at which it is …
WELCOME Apologies :- Katie R., Alex R., Megan B. OLDHAM PLEDGE – SUZY CHAPMAN Suzy and Laura from Oldham Pledge has come into the meeting to hand over a certificate from the OP that shows OYC’s support of the pledge. YOUTHFORIAAn organisation in which youth councillors from the North West meet up and work on …
WELCOME Apologies :- Steffany M., Afsana K., Katie R., Tia H. The meeting started with an introduction from a Kerrching-funded project that aimed to help the Roma community of Oldham feel more engaged in the community. YEAR REVIEW It has been a year since the elections for the 2018-2020 term of office for the Oldham …
WELCOME LAST MEETING FOR 2018 – MEETINGS PROCEED ON 9TH JANUARY 2019 Apologies:- Hfsa A., Steffany M., Katie R. REAL CHANGE Robbie Cowbury from Real Change campaign. This campaign, kicking off in Manchester, surrounds homelessness. The premise of the campaign is to help people help homelessness, donate money to take to partners that try to …
WELCOME Apologies :- Roshni P., Khadija A., Abi, Leah, Isabelle A. Samah started off the meeting with good news. RELATIONSHIP AND SEX EDUCATION CONSULTATIONConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme. Recently, the Government has come out with a guideline on how …
First of two videos out of the #overtoyouth week, capturing the @OldhamYC, @BarrierBreaker6 and @cicc_oldham's climate change, mental health and say no to knives summits 📢📣📢📣 https://twitter.com/OldhamCouncil/status/1230118307077988353
Thousands of young people's voices were heard during Oldham's first #OverToYouth summit.
Whether that's through consultations or dedicated events surrounding their priority areas following #makeyourmark results.
Here's a flavour as to how the powerful week went.
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