It is with great pride that we can now share that we have been awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Services! It is an amazing honour and a credit to the hundreds of young people who have volunteered over the past 12 years! At the time of print we think that we are the only …
Are you aged 11-21? Do you live, work or go to school/college in Oldham? Here’s 5 reasons why you should stand in our elections
On 28th June 2017 T.Jay Turner officially handed over the Youth Mayor reigns to Mohammed Marouf Ahmed. T’Jay has done and amazing job over the last 12 months and will be remembered fondly by children, young people and adults across Oldham. T.Jay has left very big shoes to fill but Marouf is more than …
Welcome Amber started the meeting with an ice breaker. OYC
Oldham Youth Council Leadership Roles It was brought before the Youth Council that the leadership roles were being taken by the same Youth Councillors and that this created 2 problems. Firstly that the limited numbers of roles are not being fairly distributed across the members. It was …
Welcome Todays meeting will be slightly different. The first half will be some training, a consultationConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme. and then back to normal business. Apologies Shariq, Melissa, Joe Hollis. Leadership Training Chris facilitated a workshop …
Tuesday 21st February 2017
Oldham Youth Council and Oldham Theatre Workshop invited schools from all over Oldham to come together and develop ideas to stop discrimination.
Welcome Marouf welcomed everyone including guests from Madhlo who had come along to take part in a consultationConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme.. Apologies Melissa, George, Roshni ConsultationConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme. Members from Mahdlo came along to the meeting to join a consultationConsultation …
Oldham Youth Council attended the BYC
British Youth Council – A Youth Lead organisation representing 11-18 year olds across Great Britain. Convention 3 and Youthforia
An organisation in which youth councillors from the North West meet up and work on campaigns and training. meeting last weekend, held at Manchester Metropolitan University. Topic’s of discussion included the UKYP
United Kingdom Youth Parliament – The Parliament Organisation for MYPs and DMYPs. The UKYP is known for the yearly debate in the Houses of Parliament, in which MYPs attend to debate the top 5 issues, that were voted on in the MYM voting scheme.... More campaigns (votes at 16 and curriculum for life) plus a consultationConsultation is when members of an organisation gather information/feedback from members of the public or group on a project or scheme. on how YouthforiaAn organisation in which youth councillors from the North West meet up and work on campaigns and training. is doing. From the mouths of attendees: YCllr Marouf Ahmed, 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 of OYCOldham Youth Council On 3rd December Oldham …
Welcome apologies – Hannah, Shariq, Suraya, Tasneem, Lydia, Ge, Khadija, Alan Question Time Marouf asked the youth council whether they had got ten questions each to ask Council leaders for question time and that they should email or Facebook message Chris with them. Marouf stressed that it was very important to attend and that Youth Councillors …
Tuesday 14th July saw the culmination of 12months work with Oldham Council’s policy team. Over the last twelve months we have been apart of Generation Oldham, a pioneering new initiative which aims to support communities in Oldham, to develop their own renewable energy schemes, to tackle fuel poverty and protect the environment. A package of …
Our youth workers seem to be getting better and better at their tiktoks. I think some of our young people could also show them how it’s done! 🤗
Helping prevent a local lockdown in Oldham is everyone’s responsibility, there are many ways we can help- socially distancing, washing our hands, following the guidance & wearing a mask! Even when it’s extremely warm - like Kirsty and Becky 2 of our youth workers! Good job guys!
#oldhamhour we have also created a short film to support young people with their #MentalHealth. We know there are people who are more isolated because of their circumstances. We're all in the same COVID storm but the boats are different. #StaySafeOldham. https://youtu.be/6Mkw8tfYTmw
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Would you and your #family like to try the below?
#Cooking
#Dance
#Boxing / #HIIT
#Storytelling
#Yoga
#Crafts
Join us for our #virtual activity camp hosted #online!
See the poster for more information. Register for the activity camp here:
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