West Sussex Youth Cabinet and UK Youth
Parliament Elections 2012
This is an advance notice to gain interest in the March
2012 Youth
Cabinet and UK Youth Parliament
elections!
Other forms and packs will be available in due course,
but until then, here's a candidate form (under 'related
documents') for any young people who are interested. If you wish to
complete the form online please follow the link at the bottom of
the page or under 'Related links' on the right hand side of the
page.
Do let us know if you wish to take part. If you are keen to
run an electronic election, why not make use of our whizzy system?
Contact Pandora Ellis for further details: pandora.ellis@westsussex.gov.uk.
About the Youth Cabinet
48 Young people from across the county, giving
young people in West Sussex a voice.
The process: You will stand
for election in one of 24 areas. 2 candidates with most votes in
each area are elected to Youth Cabinet.
The responsibility: Monthly
Youth Cab meetings around the county (travel refunded), getting an
insight into your constituents concerns and spending government
money on young people’s local projects.
Opportunities … get involved
with: Eco-Schools, film making, radio shows, drug
awareness campaigns, European Youth Ambassadors, projects with
‘hard-to-reach’ groups and lots lots more.
Read the Youth Cabinet candidate
manifestos.
About the UK Youth Parliament
500 young people from across the UK, giving
young people a voice nationally about issues that affect them. The
UKYP is running national campaigns on Recycling, Concessionary
Travel and University Fees, to make real social change.
The process: 4 UKYP reps for
West Sussex. Stand for election in 1 of 4 areas*. 2 candidates with
most votes elected as MYPs.
The responsibility: South
East regional meetings are held every 2 months. Will represent
approximately 23,000 young people, should hold MYP ‘surgeries’ as
often as possible to listen to their views.
Read the UK Youth Parliament candidate
manifestos.
Find out more at ukyouthparliament.org.uk.