Three exceptional students at Plymouth High School for Girls have been shortlisted to represent young people across Plymouth in this year's Youth Parliament, alongside nine other finalists.
Plymouth High School for Girls is part of the high-performing Thinking Schools Academy Trust, which leads 18 successful primary and secondary schools in Medway, Kent, Plymouth and Portsmouth....
Plymouth’s young people turned out in force at the weekend to vote in the city’s UK Youth Parliament elections.
A total of 6417 young people voted, which is a 24 per cent increase from last year and the highest ever number of voters in a Plymouth UK Youth Parliament election.
Plymouth’s new Members of Youth Parliament are George Hadjiyiannakis and Alizeh Abdul Rahman. Deputy...
Plymouths Youth Parliament and Youth Cabinet are taking part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot, the largest consultation of young people in the country.
In a ballot beginning 12 August and running till 7 October, young people across the country will be asked what issues matter most to them, in order to determine what is debated by the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) in the House of...
Over 9000 young people made their voices count at the weekend as they took part in the annual Make Your Mark campaign.
Make Your Mark is a UK-wide ballot which gives young people aged 11-18 the chance to decide what Members of the Youth Parliament should debate and vote on.
A total of 9319 votes were cast by Plymouth’s young people all wanting to have their say about local and...
Young people are being urged to vote in this year’s election to find the city’s new UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) representatives.
Seven candidates are set to battle it out to become one of four young people to represent the city’s youth at a local, regional and national level. The successful candidates will act as the voice of young people from 11 to 18 years old on topics like...
What issues do you feel passionately about? Representation of young people in the press? Cost of public transport? Lack of things to do? Mental Health? Racism?
If you have a burning issue, why not take it to the top by standing as a candidate in the next Plymouth UK Youth Parliament election.
Candidates need to be aged between 11 and 18 years old and go to school in the...
Plymouth’s Youth Parliament and Youth Cabinet are taking part in the annual ‘Make Your Mark ballot’, the largest consultation of young people in the country.
The ballot finishes on the 10 October and asks young people across the country to say what issues matter most to them. One million ballot papers have been delivered to local authorities, schools, and youth clubs across the UK, and...
Under-18s casting their vote in the next youth election in Plymouth will be able to swap their ‘tick’ for a ‘click’ as on-line voting is launched.
Plymouth City Council is introducing electronic voting for the UK Youth Parliament election to encourage more young people to have their say and get involved in local issues affecting them.
The beginning of Parliament week saw Members of UK Youth Parliament (MYPs) for Plymouth, Harry Samuels and Matt Currie, travel to London on Friday 15 November, along with 296 Members of UK Youth Parliament, to debate the issues most important to young people today.
They gathered on the green benches, in The House of Commons, and discussed the five issues voted for by nearly a quarter...
Members of Youth Parliament (MYP) Harry Samuels, Matt Currie, Shannon Kowalski and Claudia Marshall for Plymouth along with MYPs across the South West have been working tirelessly to enable young people to Make Their Mark and have a voice by visiting youth clubs, schools, town centres, and colleges with ballot papers getting young people to vote on the issues they feel strongly about.
