Youth Mayor Fundraiser

Every year the Youth Mayor raises money for a local charity and this year I decided to support the Vale Youth Forum.  The Vale Youth Forum is a registered charity who helps young people have a voice on issues that affect them and their communities.  

On Saturday 23rd July, we held a bag packing event in Asda, Barry.  I'd like to thank Lynette, the Community Champion for helping to arrange the fundraiser.  Members of the Youth Cabinet and Vale Youth Forum took part and I'd like to thank them for supporting the fundraiser and also thank the generous Asda customers who donated.    

The day was a great success and we raised £308 for the Vale Youth Forum and I presented the Chair of the Vale Youth Forum, Erin Jennings with a cheque for the money raised.  The money will go towards helping with the promotion of the Vale Youth Forum in the local community which will hopefully encourage more young people to join the Forum to represent the voice of their peers in their local communities. 

Bro Radio Interview

We have just had a really exciting interview with Jacob on Bro Radio who hosts the Youth Show! We talked about the Youth Cabinet, the Vale Youth Forum and all the important work we do.  We talked about the work we have done in the past, what we're working on at the moment and what we are doing in the future, for example our upcoming trip to Belgium in August.

So if you want to hear all about it, remember to tune into Bro Radio Youth Show 98.1 fm on Thursday 7pm - 9pm.  We're on at 8:42pm!

Cyfarfod Cabinet Ieuenctid

Just a quick update on last night's meeting ...

We've decided to start introducing the Welsh language into our meetings and we had an excellent introduction by our two fluent Welsh speakers who both kicked off the meeting.  Llwyddiant mawr! We had a full agenda; however still had time for fun, working on our Welsh pronunciation!

As a Cabinet we analysed the results from the Vale Youth Service Youth Offer consultation, which we are going to be working on in the autumn term to find out more about what young people want from the Youth Service in the Vale.  We also looked over the Vale of Glamorgan Super Survey which all young people will be filling in soon in schools and colleges across the Vale.  The results of the survey will help improve children and young people's services in the Vale.

In more exciting news we are soon going to Belgium for a Twinning Youth Camp where we are required to plan and host a Welsh themed night.  We can't wait to start planning and we're sure it will be loads of fun ... hopefully!