Medway Youth Parliament
Medway Youth Parliament (MYP) is an elected body that represents
young people in Medway. It has a number of active members from
schools and youth groups. Members pass information between the
youth parliament and young people in their schools or youth
groups.
MYP works with decision-makers on different issues across a
number of organisations. The main objective is to get young
people’s voices heard.
MYP aims to:
- represent all young people in Medway at local, national and
international levels;
- respond to issues and concerns that affect the lives of young
people;
- seek to inform and influence decision makers at the appropriate
level;
- inform young people of:
- the progress made on the issues and concerns raised;
- their rights and responsibilities within the community.
MYP's objectives are to:
- provide a forum for debate on the issues that concern young
people in Medway;
- act as a consultancy for Medway Council and other
decision-makers on issues that affect young people;
- promote the qualities of young people and the contribution that
they make to the community.
How it works
MYP meets nine times a year. Meetings are held on Friday
evenings from 5 to 7.30pm at Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham. Members
come from a wide range of schools and clubs and make sure they have
fun and get to know each other, as well as do the job. Young people
can get their voices heard through MYP in a number of ways. If you
are at school, you can speak to your school council or your MYP
representative (who is probably on the school council anyway). If
you belong to a youth group, there could be an MYP representative
you can speak to. Or if you would like to consult with MYP on
any issues, please get in touch to see how it can help.
MYP is made up of two representatives from each secondary school
and two from any youth groups that want to be involved. Members can
choose to join sub-committees to discuss specific issues. These
include education, regeneration, environment, transport, health,
crime and community safety.
There is a cabinet group made up of the chair, vice-chair,
treasurer, secretary and a few other members. This group is elected
from the youth parliament each spring and meets two weeks before
full parliament. It sets the meeting agendas, invites guests and
decides the main discussion topics.
Other meetings are held when needed to discuss specific issues,
like transport or community safety. They can also be arranged when
someone from outside the parliament wants to talk at a meeting and
cannot wait until the next scheduled meeting or needs more time
than would normally be available at a full meeting. The door is
always open for new groups to be represented, so please get in
touch.
Find out more
Download the Youth Parliament leaflet (pdf
872KB).
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