Author: Angela McCormack

VOTE NOW!!!

VOTE NOW!!!

Posted by | Jan 16th 2020 | | 0 |

Voting in the democratic elections for the Member of UK Youth Parliament for the Borough of Rochdale is now open! If you live, or attend education in, Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton, Littleborough, Wardle, Bellfield or Milnrow, then you have the right to vote who the next MYP should be. Their role is to represent YOU, whether they agree with you or not, on a local, regional and national scale, as well as to campaign and make improvements locally to the lives and services for young people. Voting is taking place in schools and colleges across the borough until Friday 7th...

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Meet Staff!! Jamshed Miah – Outdoor Education

Meet Staff!! Jamshed Miah – Outdoor Education

Posted by | Jan 07th 2020 | | 0 |

Hello all. My name is Jamshed, I deliver the outdoor education part of our youth service offer for young people in Rochdale. I mainly oversee the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme for our young people. Rochdale Youth Service has an Open Award Centre based at Matthew Moss Youth Centre in Rochdale. Here, anybody from any background or ability are more than welcome to attend and join in. My formal education and qualifications is rooted in the arts. I qualified as an artist and graphic designer after 4 years of completing my degree and masters course at Leeds. I worked...

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ROCHDALE Borough Youth Councillor Representing UK Youth at Model European Parliament!

ROCHDALE Borough Youth Councillor Representing UK Youth at Model European Parliament!

Posted by | Dec 05th 2019 | , | 0 |

Georgia Jones has been a Youth Councillor for Rochdale Borough and a member of Rochdale Borough Youth Cabinet at Rochdale Youth Service for around 14 months. Georgia is 17 years old and attends Rochdale Sixth Form College. She is also a POSH (Pinoeer of Sustainable Hope) representative for Rochdale borough and is passionate about campaigning and working to tackle climate change and educate her peers. As a POSH rep, Georgia has attended the regional meetings led by Youth Focus North West, YouthForia, to feed back, share resources and train how to campaign on this topic. Georiga has progressed significantly...

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Youth Voice Summer Report July – September 2019

Youth Voice Summer Report July – September 2019

Posted by | Oct 22nd 2019 | , , | 0 |

If you would like more information on what youth voice work has taken place across Rochdale Borough over the summer with the Youth Cabinet, Youth Parliament, Children’s Council, Children’s Champion Elections, Youth Opportunity Fund, Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority and much, much more, please read our report here… Report-July-Sept2019Download Tweet Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Like this:Like...

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Children’s Council Minutes 19th October 2019

Children’s Council Minutes 19th October 2019

Posted by | Oct 19th 2019 | , | 0 |

Rochdale Borough Children’s Council met on Saturday 19th October and had a very busy agenda!  If you would like to see what they were discussing and what actions they are taking to make improvements to lives and services for children in Rochdale Borough, read the minutes here: Minutes 19/10/19Download If you are aged 8-11 and would like to join Rochdale Borough Children’s Council to have some fun and represent children your age, then please e-mail angela.mccormack@rochdale.gov.uk Tweet Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens...

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Meet Staff! Angie McCormack – Youth Voice

Meet Staff! Angie McCormack – Youth Voice

Posted by | Aug 15th 2019 | , | 0 |

Who Am I? Hi!  I’m Angie McCormack and I work for Rochdale Youth Service as part of Rochdale Borough Council and am on the Youth Voice team, working mostly with Rochdale Borough Children’s Council and Youth Cabinet locally, regionally and nationally.  Everything I do is led by young people, for young people – I am just here to support them in having their voices heard and help them see things from different perspectives. The young people I work with also participate in interview panels, young inspectors, the Youth Opportunity Fund panel, events and campaigns to help improve the lives of their peers. ...

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Youth Opportunity Fund is REOPEN!!!

Youth Opportunity Fund is REOPEN!!!

Posted by | Jun 25th 2019 | , | 0 |

If you are aged 8-19 and live anywhere in Rochdale, Middleton, Heywood or the Pennines, you now have until Friday 19th July to apply for up to £2000 from the Youth Opportunity Fund!!!  The Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) is funded by Rochdale Borough Council and supported by Rochdale Youth Service.  The YOF can be used to fund activities such as Duke of Edinburgh Award, swimming, a residential, sport activities, arts and crafts, drama and Summer activities.  Members of Rochdale Borough Children’s Council and Youth Cabinet will decide which applications are granted funding and all members have attended training to ensure all applicants...

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Children’s Champion Candidates for the 2019 Elections!

Children’s Champion Candidates for the 2019 Elections!

Posted by | May 23rd 2019 | , | 0 |

So we now have 6 candidates through to the democratic elections for the Rochdale Borough Children’s Champion…but how did they get there, what will they do and of course, who are they??? Well, this year Rochdale Youth Service had many applications forms after e-mails and applications were sent out to primary schools across the borough of Rochdale and it has been one of the hardest years ever to shortlist the applications as they were all so good!  Members of the children’s council and youth cabinet met to look at the applications and they put 25 through to the interviews, the biggest...

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The Newly Elected MYP for Rochdale Borough – Anita Okunde!

The Newly Elected MYP for Rochdale Borough – Anita Okunde!

Posted by | Feb 22nd 2019 | | 0 |

On 13th February 2019, Anita Okunde became the new democratically elected Member of UK youth Parliament (MYP) for Rochdale Borough.  9448 young people aged 11-19 from across the borough voted in the elections this year and 2219 of those votes were for Anita.  Anita was the deputy MYP last year and Louis Tweedale, the former MYP, was voted back in as the deputy.  Anita attends Kingsway Park High School, who have been a great support to Anita through the elections. Anita is passionate about making improvements for the peers around her and has chosen to vote on the following 3...

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What We Got Up to Over Autumn Term…

What We Got Up to Over Autumn Term…

Posted by | Feb 07th 2019 | | 0 |

If you’d like to see what Rochdale Borough Children’s Council and Youth Cabinet got up to and achieved over October – December, take a look at our report with lots of fun, pride and progress… Report-October – December 2018Download Tweet Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Like this:Like...

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RBYC Minutes 4th Dec

RBYC Minutes 4th Dec

Posted by | Dec 04th 2018 | , | 0 |

Welcome Louis welcomed all members to the meeting and introduced the new ones. Updates and Feedback YP fed back on how youthforia went on Sunday, how much they enjoyed it, found the workshops useful, loved the climbing wall, found the presentation from Liverpool Youth Assembly helpful and will bear it in mind for GMYCA. They also spoke about a meeting with Nurture Psychology in preparation for the mental health action week. Icebreaker  The group played the human knot game to get the ball rolling and practice communication. White Ribbon Blog The young people published a blog on the website...

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White Ribbon Campaign Blog

White Ribbon Campaign Blog

Posted by | Dec 04th 2018 | | 0 |

The White Ribbon Campaign is traditionally tackling male violence against women and this is an issue the youth cabinet are passionate to help tackle.  However, we also feel female violence against men, men against men, women against women, any gender against any gender in any kind of relationship, should be tackled just as much. Sadly, Christmas seems to be a time of year when domestic violence peaks due to a matter of factors including alcohol, stress, work, finance and families being together.  We also believe there is a significant issue with this with people our age due to jealously...

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Rochdale Borough Children’s Council (RBCC) Minutes 17th November 18

Rochdale Borough Children’s Council (RBCC) Minutes 17th November 18

Posted by | Nov 17th 2018 | , | 0 |

Welcome The Children’s Champion welcome all members to the meeting along with the MYP who has visited them today!  Louis introduced himself and the deputy MYP. Updates Mollie has been poorly, but is thankfully better now!  They have been studying WW1 and WW2 at school over the last few weeks and Millie told the group great detail about what they did and learnt about it!  Awais told us about some study he’s been doing and fun with his big brother. Icebreaker Members each had a balloon and a cocktail stick.  They had 1 minute and whoever had a balloon...

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RBYC Minutes 13th November 18

RBYC Minutes 13th November 18

Posted by | Nov 13th 2018 | | 0 |

Welcome and Apologies Louis welcomed the new members and shared numerous apologies sent. Updates Fariss updated us about his new job and leaving his current one. Members enjoyed the Remembrance parade. Icebreaker AM gave members a balloon and tooth pick each and gave them 1 minute-whoever had a balloon not popped was a winner.  Members chased each other round and popped balloons. 3 won, but AM mentioned how she didn’t say they had to pop, so as a team they could have won as one group and not popped any. Electoral Team Graham gave an overview on the local...

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Apply NOW to Become the Next MYP for Rochdale Borough!!!

Apply NOW to Become the Next MYP for Rochdale Borough!!!

Posted by | Nov 07th 2018 | , | 0 |

Are you aged 11 – 17 from Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton, Milnrow, Littleborough, Wardle or Smallbridge and want to represent the voice of young people across the borough?  Would you like to attend the House of Commons and debate live on TV, just like the adult MPs?  Do you want to make a positive difference to services and issues affecting young people?  Apply now to be the next Member of UK Youth Parliament for the Borough of Rochdale!  Download the application pack here: MYP-Pack2019 If you want to see what the current MYP has been up to this year, take a...

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RBYC Minutes 6th November 18

RBYC Minutes 6th November 18

Posted by | Nov 06th 2018 | | 0 |

Welcome MYP welcomed members to the meeting. Minutes Happy with the minutes of the last meeting and all actions have been completed. Updates Members had a quick catch up on what they have been up to over the last week. Icebreaker Members had fun with a team building activity before the meeting started. Youth Work Week The youth service video will be released this week and YP will retweet it.  Also reminded of events this week and finalised the workshop and presentation they are delivering at the full service meeting.  They ran through the presentation and discussed how to...

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RBYC Minutes 30th October 2018

RBYC Minutes 30th October 2018

Posted by | Oct 30th 2018 | | 0 |

Welcome Louis welcomed all members to the meeting and went through the minutes of the last meeting. Updates Fariss got the job! Amaan told the group about his experience with cadets and Anita updated the group on the GMYCA Conference. Peterloo Sarah introduced herself from Touchstones and introduced Peterloo, explained the massacre in 1819 and the film about to be released. Sarah gave examples of resources and memorabilia which they have from the day and how they’ll show them at the exhibition. Sarah then explained how RBYC could create an artistic product which could demonstrate an issue which they...

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RBYC Minutes 11th October 2018

RBYC Minutes 11th October 2018

Posted by | Oct 11th 2018 | | 0 |

Welcome and Apologies Quite a few apologies sent today as the meeting clashed with the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority meeting and the Literature Festival which Louis was opening as MYP.  Anita chaired the meeting today as DMYP in Louis’ absence. Updates Amaan has been busy with exams and got many votes from his school, Oulder Hill, in Make Your Mark.  Anita updated us on how it went at Kingsway Park High School too.  Fariss has been practicing for an interview he has coming up. Make Your Mark Anita announced the local results in the Make Your Mark consultation.  The...

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Youth Voice Summer Report 2018!

Youth Voice Summer Report 2018!

Posted by | Oct 04th 2018 | | 0 |

Heard about Rochdale Borough Youth Cabinet, the Member of UK Youth Parliament for the borough, Children’s Council, Children’s Champion, or the Children in Care Council and wonder what exactly they get up to across Rochdale borough, the North West and the UK?  Take a look at the report to see what they did over summer and what impact they made by viewing it here: Report-July- September 2018 If you would like to get involved in any of these, please contact Angela McCormack by e-mailing angela.mccormack@rochdale.gov.uk or heather.mellalieu@rochdale.gov.uk. Tweet Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on...

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