UK Youth Parliament Devon

09/10/2023

On Saturday a few of the Devon team travelled to Taunton to attend ‘YouthCon’ the regional meeting of youth representatives. We took part in workshops on our Food for Learning campaign and working with decision makers as well as closing with a Q and A panel with local decision makers.

04/11/2022

Our amazing Emiko speaking up for Devon young people today at our House of Commons Debates.

04/11/2022

Ready for a day of debates in the House of Commons! Watch us live on Parliament TV

04/11/2022

Travelling to the Houses of Parliament for the Youth Parliament annual sitting!

15/10/2022

What an incredible day! We helped present the views of young people & heard young peoples experiences of overcoming mental health challenges. We’ve worked together with decision makers and are excited for the potential for change.

15/09/2022

On Saturday 15 October, our Devon Youth Council network will be hosting a Youth Voice Saturday on mental health. The event will allow you to meet with senior decision makers to have your say about mental wellbeing and the services on offer here in Devon.

If you would like to share your views on the current support or education available for mental health and wellbeing issues, we would like to hear from you.

You can give your views safely and anonymously here 👉 https://forms.office.com/r/uZ3yNBTfRU (link also in bio)

We're running special virtual sessions every Wednesday evening between now and 15 October to plan the event. If you would like to be part of these and help shape the event, please email participation@devon.gov.uk.

Similarly, if you would like to take part in the day itself, you will need to have met with the participation team before the event. To do so, please email participation@devon.gov.uk and ask to speak to a member of the team.

25/06/2022

We’ve been busy today at the South West YouthCon! We’re at talking about Equality & Diversity with .angelx Planning our Make Your Mark focus groups & our Annual Conference

13/06/2022

On Friday evening we finally celebrated the work of the 2020-2022 UK Youth Parliament Team at our Youth Voice Celebration. We had a great time celebrating the difference young people have made by using their voice with and Well done everyone who speak up to improve the lives of others in Devon.

13/05/2022

What’s it like growing up in Devon? This week we met with members of Childrens scrutiny to discuss what we’ve learnt from Make Your Mark & our local elections about the issues we face growing up in Devon. We’d love to hear what you think about growing up in Devon

08/03/2022

Happy International Women's Day!

We're proud to be supporting young women in politics and ensuring the voice of women is heard locally, regionally and nationally.

Did you know that 47% of election candidates were women and 50% of our newly elected MYPs are women?

And if you want to find out who those MYPs are, make sure you join us on Instagram at 5pm this Thursday when we'll announce all of our new MYPs and deputies!

14/02/2022

Meet the Mid & East Devon Candidates: https://youtu.be/hFPRVWPPB6o

Check out our comments for known Polling Stations in Mid & East Devon.

If you’re aged 11-18 years old, this is your opportunity to vote for the candidate who you think will best represent your views! These are the candidates sta...

14/02/2022

Meet the North, West and Torridge Candidates: https://youtu.be/9ZZ7kpP-bjI

Check out our comments for known Polling Stations in North, West & Torridge area.

If you’re aged 11-18 years old, this is your opportunity to vote for the candidate who you think will best represent your views! These are the candidates sta...

14/02/2022

Meet the South Hams & Teignbridge Candidates:
https://youtu.be/WVJjUrpc_k8

Check out our comments for known Polling Stations in South Hams & Teignbridge.

If you’re aged 11-18 years old, this is your opportunity to vote for the candidate who you think will best represent your views! These are the candidates sta...

14/02/2022

Meet the Exeter Candidates: https://youtu.be/2wVGu8F8Nu8

Check out our comments for known Polling Stations in Exeter.

If you’re aged 11-18 years old, this is your opportunity to vote for the candidate who you think will best represent your views! These are the candidates sta...

20/01/2022

Do you know where you can vote in the upcoming elections?

Any school, youth centre or youth group can sign up to be a Polling Station & give young people the opportunity to vote. To register your interesting in becoming a polling station follow the link in our comments.

Thank you to those who have signed up as polling station, we've tagged you in our picture!

03/12/2021

Polling Station Registration has been opened two weeks now, has your school signed up?

Thank you to those of you who have already registered, please encourage other schools to sign up.