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| Chairperson 2013/14 of Dundee Youth Council Daniel Coleman Click on image to enlarge |
Outgoing Chairperson, Laura Gorman, presented some of the highlights from 2012/13 which are referred to in the Youth Council's Annual Report. She also reported on the election of their new Office Bearers for the coming year. Daniel Coleman was elected as Chairperson for 2013/14.
Laura also referred to their Manifesto which builds on their citywide survey of undertaken in 2011/12 and which had involved 4494 respondents from our nine secondary schools.
There were also updates from the members of the Youth Council who had led their campaigns over the last year including the It's No Fare Campaign. This campaign aims to:
- Lower the bus fare for all under 18's to a reasonable price;
- Improve the reliability of the buses and
- Increase the frequency of buses.
There were also reports on some of the opportunities Youth Councillors had taken to provide a youth perspective in public consultations and in meetings. Most notably, this included Youth Councillor for Dundee East, Matthew Landsburgh, who had been appointed as a member of the Board of NHS Tayside.
It is clear that Youth Councillors and Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament in Dundee are committed to representing the interests of young people in our City and striving purposefully to do that.
Link to Summary of the Results of the Youth Council Survey 2011/12
