Young Essex Assembly Elections 2008: 1 - 5
December
The YEA is the elected youth council for Essex. It has 75
members aged between 11 and 19 who are elected every 2 years to
represent all young people in the country. The next elections are
1st to 5th December 2008.
For more information please visit:
http://www.youngessexassembly.org/
TDC: What We Do 4U
The Council has produced leaflets for all secondary school
pupils in the Tendring district. The leaflet, TDC: What We Do 4U,
is a young people's guide to services provided by Tendring District
Council and can be requested by emailing Mark Sayer
msayer@tendringdc.gov.uk
Local Democracy Week 2008 took place between 13th to 17th
October.
Its aims were to:
• Make councils more relevant and useful to young people
• Make Local Democracy week bigger and better than before
• Increase councillor involvement in citizenship teaching in
schools
• Get councils to devolve power, wherever appropriate, to local
people.
Councillors were encouraged to attend a school in their ward
during Local Democracy Week to answer questions posed by young
people and explain the role of Councillors and the importance of
democracy. Councillors were invited to contact the local school in
their area to arrange a time during Local Democracy Week to take
part.
As part of Local Democracy Week a Formal Cabinet Meeting took
place in the Stourdale Centre, Manningtree School.
Useful Links
Local Democracy Week resources for schools are available by
following this link:
Essex Partnership website (link will open a
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