Agenda

Gedling Youth Council - Monday 23 September 2024 5.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber

Contact: Jane Ansell  Community Investment Manager

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome, apologies received.

2.

Icebreaker, to be put forward by the Chair.

3.

Minutes of the last meeting held on Monday 22 July 2024. pdf icon PDF 238 KB

4.

Items raised by members in the Youth Council Group Chat.

5.

*Clarification of role of Youth Mayor, Youth Council Chair and individual members*

This item may either be deferred to, or continued at the November meeting, as Jane is not available for the September meeting).

6.

Youth Mayor updates:

Engagements, update on Carlton Towns Board Representation.

7.

Gedling Social Mobility Commission:

Updates from Youth Council representatives Fatimah Malik, if any are available.

8.

Standing Item: Opportunities for Youth Council / Youth Mayor Promotion and Communications

Key issues, initiatives, upcoming Awareness Days/Weeks/Months.

9.

Guest Speaker:

Joanna Gray or Alison Gibson, Principal Planning Officers: The Greater Nottingham Plan, followed by Q and A.

10.

Guest Speaker:

Hilary Brown, Chief Officer, Phenomenal Futures: Overview of the role and work of the organisation, followed by Q and A.

11.

Guest Speaker:

Inspector Mark Stanley and colleagues, Gedling Policing Team: Addressing violence against Women and Girls, other Threats to Young People.

12.

Open discussion:

How can the Youth Council and commissioned partners work together to improve pathways to awareness, advice, support and protection of young people?

13.

Guest Speaker Expressions of Interest to attend future meetings:

Members had requested the attendance of Jackie Wilson of Positively Empowered Kids, to offer feedback on their recent delivery of Mental Health and Wellbeing sessions in Gedling Youth Club settings, and Johann Polak from the GBC Leisure Team, to discuss engagement with YP on Youth Gyms.

ACTION: Both guests to be invited to the November meeting.

 

The Council is also working in partnership with Assen in the Netherlands, and members of the Assen Youth Council would like to hold a Teams meeting with Gedling Youth Council members in the future, arrangements to be confirmed in due course.

14.

Update on Countywide Youth Parliament: Amy Beckworth.

15.

Social session and refreshments in the Beeston Room at 7.00pm.

Future meeting dates:

 

2024: 11th November

 

2025: 17th February; 28th April