Cornwall Youth Council

We have launched our manifesto!

Our manifesto is a document that outlines what our goals are as Cornwall Youth Council.

Our manifesto brings together thousands of youth voices from across Cornwall! We captured your views in our elections, MakeYour Mark voting and the Right On survey. As elected members, associate members, community seats, peer mentors and comms team we worked to bring all of these ideas together into workable goals. Our overall aim is to create oppotunities for young people that are accesible, inclusive and equal.

We would like to encourgae everyone to read our manifesto whether you are a young person that voted, a young person that would like to get involved in the Youth Council or an adult that could support out goals. Read our manifesto! If you want to learn more or to get involed contact: youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk

Read our manifesto!

Cornwall Youth Council is for young people aged 11-25 who live or go to school in Cornwall

With the start of the new term we wanted to make our Youth Council more inclusive. That is why we chose to elect young people from the six constituency areas to make sure people from across the county are represented. We have also created other roles including community seats, peer mentors, deputies, associate members and a Youth Council Communications Team.

We hope all of these roles offer other young people the chance to get involved in a way that suits them and gives more young people across the county a voice.

We are still recruiting!

Don't worry if you missed the chance to be an elected member, there are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Youth Council! We are still recruiting for Community seats! Find all the information about communities seats here!

During our last term we had three sub committees:

Youth Voice: changing access to Youth Voice Opportunities and making youth voice more available and accessible to young people in Cornwall
SEND: promoting Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, with a focus on autism spectrum disorder - ensuring young people with SEND have a voice within Cornwall and are considered in the decisions that are made
Cost of Living: addressing the current Cost of Living Crisis and it's affect on the young people of Cornwall, with a focus on mental and physical wellbeing

Cornwall Members of Youth Parliament sit within Cornwall Youth Council. We will post updates on their campaigns and projects as they develop.

Please contact youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any questions or queries.

We have launched our manifesto!

Our manifesto is a document that outlines what our goals are as Cornwall Youth Council.

Our manifesto brings together thousands of youth voices from across Cornwall! We captured your views in our elections, MakeYour Mark voting and the Right On survey. As elected members, associate members, community seats, peer mentors and comms team we worked to bring all of these ideas together into workable goals. Our overall aim is to create oppotunities for young people that are accesible, inclusive and equal.

We would like to encourgae everyone to read our manifesto whether you are a young person that voted, a young person that would like to get involved in the Youth Council or an adult that could support out goals. Read our manifesto! If you want to learn more or to get involed contact: youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk

Read our manifesto!

Cornwall Youth Council is for young people aged 11-25 who live or go to school in Cornwall

With the start of the new term we wanted to make our Youth Council more inclusive. That is why we chose to elect young people from the six constituency areas to make sure people from across the county are represented. We have also created other roles including community seats, peer mentors, deputies, associate members and a Youth Council Communications Team.

We hope all of these roles offer other young people the chance to get involved in a way that suits them and gives more young people across the county a voice.

We are still recruiting!

Don't worry if you missed the chance to be an elected member, there are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Youth Council! We are still recruiting for Community seats! Find all the information about communities seats here!

During our last term we had three sub committees:

Youth Voice: changing access to Youth Voice Opportunities and making youth voice more available and accessible to young people in Cornwall
SEND: promoting Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, with a focus on autism spectrum disorder - ensuring young people with SEND have a voice within Cornwall and are considered in the decisions that are made
Cost of Living: addressing the current Cost of Living Crisis and it's affect on the young people of Cornwall, with a focus on mental and physical wellbeing

Cornwall Members of Youth Parliament sit within Cornwall Youth Council. We will post updates on their campaigns and projects as they develop.

Please contact youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any questions or queries.

What do young people of Cornwall need or want from the Youth Council

Our data protection and confidentiality statement
How will you protect my information?
Your data will be stored securely and will only be accessible by members of Together for Families. Your consent for your data to be used in the evaluation will be assumed from you starting the survey.
Who am I giving my information to?
The evaluation is being carried out by Together for Families. You can view our privacy notice at www.cornwall.gov.uk/tffprivacynotice(External link).
How will you store my personal data?
Survey responses will be collected using the Let’s Talk Cornwall survey software. By completing this survey, you consent to this transfer of your information. This includes any information which may represent your personal data. All the information you share with Together for Families will be stored safely for the duration of the evaluation. It will be destroyed one year after it has finished.
Let’s Talk Cornwall is the system used to collate the data and create reports from it. You can view the privacy statement on the Let’s Talk Cornwall website.

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Youth Council Expression of Interest

If you would like to be involved with Cornwall Youth Council please complete this work and one of the team will be in touch. we will be able to talk to you about the opportunities to get involved and see what might work best for you.

Our data protection and confidentiality statement
How will you protect my information?
Your data will be stored securely and will only be accessible by members of Together for Families. Your consent for your data to be used in the evaluation will be assumed from you starting the survey.
Who am I giving my information to?
The evaluation is being carried out by Together for Families. You can view our privacy notice at www.cornwall.gov.uk/tffprivacynotice(External link).
How will you store my personal data?
Survey responses will be collected using the Let’s Talk Cornwall survey software. By completing this survey, you consent to this transfer of your information. This includes any information which may represent your personal data. All the information you share with Together for Families will be stored safely for the duration of the evaluation. It will be destroyed one year after it has finished.
Let’s Talk Cornwall is the system used to collate the data and create reports from it. You can view the privacy statement on the Let’s Talk Cornwall website.

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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
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Cumberland Lodge residential

Trip to Cumberland Lodge, Windsor to take 4 Youth Councillors to a weekend conference about depolarising debate and disagreeing well.
Full details and plans to be sent separately
If you have any questions please contact youthcouncil@cornwall.gov.uk

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Request to work with Cornwall Youth Council
Please complete this form if you would like to work with Cornwall Youth Council.
This can include:
- Requests to review resources
- Requests to run a session with some or all of the group.
- Invites to collaborate on a piece of work
- Requests to support youth Voice in your project.
Please note: the Youth Council is not able to directly work with all those who request their time. They will always aim to review requests in line with their campaigns and interests and signpost to wider youth voice groups where applicable.
All requests will be collated by the Deputy Chair of the Youth Council and will be shared with the group on a monthly basis. They will review and decide as a group the best course of action.
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