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15/10/03 - Youthtastic

On Friday 17thOctober at 1pm at St Michaels Church in Workington, Cumbria County Council’s Local Committee for Allerdale will receive a presentation from Hayley McKay from Workington Regeneration on the success of the ‘Youthtastic’ Programme as part of their commitment in Local Democracy Week.

Local Democracy Week runs from Monday 13thOctober until Sunday 19thOctober.  Due to the falling interest in local politics and declining turnout for elections both nationally and locally, the Local Government Association are encouraging all Local Councils to take part in the Week to involve the young people of their own area in planning their services, the decision making process and help them develop an interest in politics.

‘Youthtastic’ is a Committee involving 14 young people from across Workington.  The Committee has been organising Youth Forums in the Town with the first meeting attracting over 100 young people and many adults all keen to see what was going on.  It aims to get more young people involved in making decisions and let people know what is happening in the town.

County Councillor Barbara Cannon, Chair of the Local Committee says

“As part of the Transforming Youth Work Development Fund, this Local Committee awarded £10k to Workington Regeneration to develop youth forums for Workington. Local communities are consulted and informed about developments and changes through our Neighbourhood Forums, however young people find these uninteresting and alienating so very few get involved.  We need to encourage more young people to become involved in the work of Neighbourhood Forums.  When organisations are spending public money, especially on young peoples’ initiatives, it is vitally important that we find ways of involving young people in the decisions that affect them.  If this model is a success in Workington then it may be rolled out in other areas of Allerdale to enable more young people to become involved in local consultation. The Local Committee is also to commit funding in this financial year to enable the development of Youth Forums across Allerdale”