Speech Writing & Delivery Our chair, Charlotte, ran a workshop lasting roughly half of the meeting. She talked about: Charlotte made Youth Councillors do the speech writing with a random topic she picked, in order to help develop Youth Councillor’s skills. Youth councillors had the option to present their speech, with Charlotte (Chair), Isaac (Vice…
SCHOOL CAREER OFFICERS Michaela Andrew from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) introduced herself. She stated that GMCA are looking at improving the careers education in schools and colleges across the borough, with Michaela focussing on Oldham. She works with both employers and schools. Careers education / guidance is where pupils (Year 7 to College &…
CONDUCT IN MEETINGS Charlotte (chair) began the meeting mentioning the conduct of young people in meetings be better, for example not always being on phones or talking to other people, due to it seeming disrespectful to guest speakers and it interrupting the flow of the meeting, as it may be harder to hear/follow what is…
WELCOME The chair greeted the youth councillors. REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION Some grammatical mistakes were clarified and rectified. Grammatical mistakes which changed the meaning of the constitution slightly were voted on. NOTE: As of Mon 08 May 2023, the constitution has not been signed, and these changes are pending. EVENTS & TRIPS AOB Chris and…
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…
Note: A meeting minute posted very late (on 15/06/22) WELCOME We did an ice breaker, where we got into groups and figured out common traits we had, changing groups each time and not re-using a trait. MAKE YOUR MARK In terms of votes, points 2 and 3 came close together. The young people of Oldham…
Support and Services Over the last few years, Mental Health has been one of the most important issues to young people in Oldham in the Make Your Mark ballot. This need is even greater now we are in lock down due to the Coronavirus. We have made a list of some services available to young…
WELCOME Apologies : Dylan H. The meeting started off with Youth Councillors and Staff introducing each other, and mentioning something they have done in the past couple of days. RIO FERDINAND FOUNDATION Victoria Lowe from the Rio Ferdinand Foundation came to the meeting tp discuss young peoples usage of technology. RFF is a charity that…
WELCOME Apologies : Charlotte C., Heather P., Melissa D., Afsana K. This meeting opened with Wellbeing Officer Isaac playing some warmup games. DMYP/GMYCA ELECTIONS It is the time of the year for the DMYP elections within OYC. Deputy Members of Youth Parliament are elected on a two year term, moving up to the role of…
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…
