Community seat Registration of Interest
Please complete this survey if you are interested in a Community Seat with Cornwall Youth Council
One of the Youth Council main aims is to work with and represent our minority communities to bring the voices of children and young people together. We have identified some underrepresented groups we would like to have representation of in Cornwall Youth Council. We appreciate that this will not be representative of all of the children and young people who live in Cornwall. Please do get in touch if you would like to be involved in helping to make our Youth Council a representative and inclusive voice for children and young people.
As a Youth Council, we have identified a number of groups we would like representation of on the Youth Council. If you do not feel represented on this list, please let us know.
- Representation from underrepresented ethnic groups
- Lived/living Experience of Physical disability or long term health condition
- Gypsy Roma and Traveller community
- Lived or living experience of being a Young Carer
- Care experienced (‘Experience of care’ is anyone with experience of being in children’s social care at any point in their lives.)
- Not in Education or Employment (NEET)
- Separated children seeking Asylum/ Refugees
- Lived or living experience of being a Young Parent
- Lived or living experience of being a member of Cornwall’s faith communities
- Lived or living experience of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
- Forces experienced (e.g. have a family member in the Armed Forces or are a member of the Cadets)
- Lived or living experience of Cornwall’s Farming Community
- Lived or living experience of Adoption
- Lived or living experience of homelessness or experience of insecure and unsafe housing
- Lived or living experience of LGBTQ+
- Current experience of being a student/pupil at a Secondary School
- Current experience of being a student/pupil at a College or University
- Lived or living experience of being Home Educated
- Lived or living experience of Mental health condition
After you have registered your interest, we will get in contact to discuss this further. If you have any questions please email youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk