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UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire are supporters of National Anti-Bullying week - an initiative by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. Anti-Bullying Week shines a light on bullying, sending a clear and positive message that it is neither acceptable or inevitable in our schools and communities. Held in November each year, Anti-Bullying Week is run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, with funding support from the DCSF. This year's Anti-Bullying Week campaign is‘Stay safe in Cyberspace’. The focus will be on cyberbullying - the use of information communications technology (ICT), particularly mobile phones and the internet, to deliberately upset someone else. Research has found that more than a third of 12–15-year-olds have faced some form of cyberbullying. Unfortunately, some people just don’t take cyberbullying as seriously as other forms of bullying - maybe because it is indirect and often perceived as anonymous. That doesn’t stop it from causing harm; children and young people tell us that it is painful and can feel inescapable: “I felt that no one understood what I was going through. I didn’t know who was sending me these messages. I felt powerless and didn’t know what to do.” A key message for this year’s Anti-Bullying Week is that modern technologies remain a positive and productive part of the lives of children and young people and they can be used safely and constructively. The Anti-Bullying Alliance has developed a briefing pack on cyberbullying in support of Anti-Bullying Week 2009. Packed full of information, ideas and links to useful materials for schools and others working with children and young people, it also pulls together resources from a range of sources, including DCSF and Anti-Bullying Alliance members. Please feel free to use it during Anti-Bullying Week and in support of your anti-bullying work throughout the year. For more information click here.
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UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire Elections '09!
27th September 2009
It's almost election time again! If you're interested in getting involved in the UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire, or even standing for election, click here for information.
This year elections are running from the 16th November until the 27th November. As in previous years we offer paper ballots in schools, colleges and youth clubs, but also offer internet voting through iVote. If you wish to request a Unique Identification Code to vote online in the elections, please click here.
If you're looking for information on how to become a polling station or how to obtain UICs to give out to your students / young people, then please click here.
Briefing Workshops have now taken place, therefore no more nominations can be taken. We wish all the young people standing in elections good luck! Please click here if you need an online voting code to take part in the election!
The Youth of Today - Shadow a Government Minister!
26th September 2009
To make big decisions? Meet key players from business and politics? And have to answer to the people you represent? The Youth of Today is giving 480 young people aged 13 to 19 the chance to spend the day with a Government Minister. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will allow you to go where they go, see what they see and do what they do. You’ll gain an insight into what a Minister does, how Government departments work and what it takes to be a leader.
Ready to enter the corridors of power? Download an application form, fill it in and email it to ministers@theyouthoftoday.org.
For more information about this project, download this flyer or visit the website.
UK Youth Parliament to make History in the Commons!
16th September 2009
On Friday 30 October 2009, elected Members of the UK Youth Parliament (MYPs) will make history when they sit on the green benches in the House of Commons and debate the issues that matter to young people from across the UK.
On Saturday 12 September, young people elected in each UK Youth Parliament region and nation, came together to condense the array of issues into 22 simple statements that would encompass the majority of the views. Please see the debate topics and supporting information below.
Any young person aged 18 and under can now vote for the issues they would like to hear debated by young people. The five statements with the most votes will be selected. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 27th September.
Click here to vote now!
Voting is now closed.
UK Youth Parliament DVD - 'Got Any Change?'
7th September 2009
The new UK Youth Parliament DVD - 'Got Any Change?' is now available to view below, and download on the UK Youth Parliament website. The DVD features members and ex-members telling inspriing true stories of how they got involved in the Youth Parliament and what they have achieved.
Hampshire Member on BBC News at the Annual Sitting
29th July 2009
On Saturday, BBC News featured the UK Youth Parliament's annual sitting throughout the day. Below is a video featuring Alex Armstrong (Member of Youth Parliament for New Forest and Test Valley South), whilst the rest of the videos can be seen on the UK Youth Parliaments Newsroom, here. A full update from the annual sitting will be posted online shortly.
© 2009 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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Follow us on Twitter from the Annual Sitting
24th July 2009
The UK Youth Parliament is holding their annual youth summit, called the 'Annual Sitting' over the next weekend at the University of Kent, in Cantebury (24th-27th July). Members of the UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire in attendence will be posting to our twitter, here.
Anti-Bullying Poster Competition
6th July 2009
Can you design a poster that would make people in your school and the wider community stop and think about Cyberbullying and/or being a friend?
Hampshire County Council is holding a competition for children and young people to design an anti-bullying poster. The three winning designs will then be professionally produced and distruted to schools across Hampshire for Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November 2009). This year's theme is cyberbullying. Selected entries will also be displayed at the Schools' Anti-Bullying Conference.
A panel of judges, including young people, will choose the winning designs based on whether they are: creative, innovative, stylish, colourful, appealing, and how clear the message is.
The competition has three categories:
- Category A - Key Stage 1
- Category B - Key Stage 2
- Category C - Key Stage 3 / 4
All entries should be on A3 card, paper or board and can include: collage, photography, paint, pencil or print. You must submit your completed design(s) in hard-copy.
A creative lesson plan is available for teachers to support the poster competition during PDL, ICT and/or Art class.
Winners will be announced by October 2009 and be presented with framed copies of their posters at the Hampshire Schools' Anti-Bullying Conference at Marwell Hotel on 16 October 2009.
Send entries with name, age and school to:
Anti-Bullying Good Practice Group
Local Education Office
River Way, Havant, Hants,
PO9 2EL
Closing date is 22 July 2009!
To download the poster to advertise this competition, click here.
This competition is now closed, results will be anounced shortly by Hampshire County Council.
Anti-Bullying Week - Monologue Competition
3rd July 2009
What do you think about bullying? ...Be honest!
Hampshire County Council is looking for 4 young actors / writers from Hampshire Schools / Colleges to write a monologue on bullying for Anti-Bullying Week 16-20 November 2009.
This year's theme for Anti-Bullying Week will be Cyberbullying. The four winners will be given the chance to showcase their work at a Conference on Anti-Bullying and Marwell Hotel on 16 October 2009.
We are looking for engaging stories and powerfully expressed opinions on any aspect of bullying you choose. It can be a true story or it can be fiction. Monologues should be about eight minutes long, or cover three or four sides of A4 paper. You can write and perform it yourself, or write a monologue for a friend to perform.
4 winners will be chosen from across the county: 2 winners from Years 10/11 and 2 winners from College or Years 12/13.
The deadline for submissions is Thursday 3rd September 2009. To enter, post or e-mail a copy of the monologue, along with a covering letter including name, school, year group, the name of the piece and the name of the actor (if it is not the author who will perform it) to:
Anti-Bullying Good Practice Group
Local Education Office
Havant
PO9 2EL
or email to: 
The four winners will be decided by a panel of judges, including young people and notified by week commenicing 5 October 2009.
To download the poster to advertise this competition, click here.
This competition is now closed, results will be anounced shortly by Hampshire County Council.
UK Youth Parliament National Campaigns 2009 - 2010
18th May 2009
The new national campaigns have been announced from the "Battle of the Campaigns '09", they are as follows:
- Incorporate political education into the secondary education curriculum
- National transport concession card for all young people in full time education
- Abolish university tuition fees
Members look forward to working on these campaigns in the year ahead. If you have any views, opinions, or ideas of where to take our campaigns click here - we'd love to hear from you!
UK Youth Parliament National Campaigns 2009 - 2010
After the "Battle of the Campaigns ’09", there are these top six campaigns that you voted for:
- Abolish university tuition fees
- National transport concession card for all young people in full time education
- Incorporate political education into the secondary education curriculum
- Improve the image of young people through the media and other community projects
- Provide better and more mental health and emotional well being services for all young people
- Lower the voting age to 16
What happens next?
These six campaigns will now be debated and voted on by Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs). The top three will then become official UK Youth Parliament campaigns. The final result will be announced on Monday 18th May 2009.
You can still leave comments about the campaign ideas. Just go to: http://www.ukypforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=43
UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire April Newsletter
21st April 2009
Hampshire Members have released their first Newsletter of the year, in time to be distributed at the Hampshire County Youth Council Annual General Meeting to be held tomorrow night in the Great Hall, Winchester. The newsletter includes an update from Hampshire Members of Youth Parliament after attending the South East Regional Residential.
To download click here.
House of Commons to allow Youth Parliament access
17th March 2009
Yesterday MPs voted to allow members of the UK Youth Parliament to hold a meeting on the floor of the House of Commons, after resistance from a handful of Conservative MPs (see here for a video of footage) the move was backed by a majority of 189 with 16 MPs opposing it. This decision will see the chamber being used by non-elected parliamentarians for the first time, although opponents said that this would mean the Commons abandoning traditions, and set a precedent for other groups.
As an organisation we have over 500 members between 11 and 18, and are expecting to convene over the summer recess within the commons. This summer's meeting will be a one-off event after holding a similar gathering in the House of Lords last May.
An amendment suggesting the meeting take place in a Westminster committee room instead was defeated by 186 votes, after supporters had been claiming that the exercise will give young people, and potential future parliamentarians, first-hand experience of what life is like in Parliament and improve engagement with politics.
Shadow children's minister Tim Loughton said MPs had nothing to be "scared of" in sanctioning the move. "Are we seriously thinking that we will have UKYP members leaving gum under the seats, swinging from the chandeliers, having to install juke boxes and that we are going to have a major chav riot in the place?" he said. "No, of course that isn't going to happen."
But Conservative backbencher Christopher Chope said the move sent the message there was a similarity between members of a "mock parliament and a real parliament". "It will send out a message from this Parliament that we are indulging the youth parliament, that we are patronising young people in an unhealthy way," he said.
Hampshire Members are delighted with the decision, and look forward to the opportunity of using the Commons chamber in the summer.
South East Regional Residential
8th March 2009
The South East Region of the UK Youth Parliament is holding their annual residential over next weekend on the Isle of Wight (13th-15th March). Members of the UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire in attendence will be blogging to our website here. To recieve email updates when we post a blog, please fill in your email address here.
UK Youth Parliament Magazine - Debatable
17th February 2009
The latest edition of Debatable, the magazine by the UK Youth Parliament, has just been published.
To view or download the latest copy of Debatable, please click here
To subscribe to Debatable please fill in the form below - your information will be sent to and stored by the UK Youth Parliament centrally:
16th January 2009
We would like to congratulate all of the new members for Hampshire, and say thank you to those who are about to finish their term of office.
The results are as follows:
Winchester & Eastleigh |
Hart & Rushmoor |
Basingstoke & Deane / Test Valley North |
MYP
James Troup 13, Swanmore College of Technology |
MYP
Flo Simons 14, Robert Mays |
MYP
Callum Nicolson 13, Testbourne Community School |
DMYP
Felicity Stonehill 14, The Westgate School |
DMYP
Katy Horgan 15, Robert Mays |
DMYP
Patrick Glendon 14, Winton School |
New Forest & Test Valley South |
East Hants & Havant |
Fareham & Gosport |
MYP
Alex Armstrong 17, Brockenhurt College |
MYP
Jack Sheeran 13, Ditcham Park |
MYP
Erika Sillence 15, Cams Hill School |
DMYP
Kelsey Carew
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DMYP
Drew Munn 14, Mill Chase |
DMYP
Tasha Hook 12, Brune Park Community College |
6th December 2008
All UK Youth Parliament elections closed 2 weeks ago, except for the New Forest / Test Valley South election which closed last night. Good luck to all candidates involved - the results will be out shortly (date to be confirmed)!
10th November 2008
Election time! This year they are running between Monday 10th November and Friday 21st November. Some people will be voting with the normal paper ballots, and others through our new online voting system - iVote! If you wish to request a Unique Identification Code to vote online in the elections, please click here. If you already have UIC to vote, click here!
29th August 2008
It's almost election time again! This year they are running between Monday 10th November and Friday 21st November. Elections will be taking place as normal paper ballots as well as internet voting, through our new online voting system - iVote! If you wish to request a Unique Identification Code to vote online in the elections, please click here.
UK Youth Parliament Magazine - Debatable
22nd August 2008
The latest edition of Debatable, the magazine by the UK Youth Parliament, has just been published.
Are exams still useful? – Do exams really test the ability of young people? Do pupils learn useful things at school? Are exams just an extra stress for young people? Should young people bother sitting examinations?
Nelson Mandela - Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? Does Nelson Mandela’s involvement in a violent revolutionary group overshadow his political achievements? Is he a hero or a villain?
Stranded: A Special Report on the state of public transport in the UK – Can young people afford to use public transport? Should there be a national concessionary fare card for young people?
To find out what young people said about these topics and a host of others, read the latest jam packed issue of Debatable, the UK Youth Parliament’s quarterly magazine written by and for young people.
To view or download the latest copy of Debatable, please click here
To subscribe to Debatable please fill in the form below - your information will be sent to and stored by the UK Youth Parliament centrally:
17th July 2008 @22:35
Click here to go to our blog of the annual sitting, which will be updated direct from the youth summit!
UK Youth Parliament Magazine - Debatable
21st May 2008
The latest edition of Debatable, the magazine by the UK Youth Parliament, has just been published.
The purpose of the magazine is to generate political debate, to inform decision makers of the issues which matter most to young people, and to challenge the negative portrayal of young people in the media by showcasing the positive work young people are doing around the UK.
Debatable is published quarterly and is free to download from the UK Youth Parliament's website.
To view or download the latest copy of Debatable, please click here
To subscribe to Debatable please fill in the form below - your information will be sent to and stored by the UK Youth Parliament centrally:
UK Youth Parliament in the House of Lords
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On Friday 2nd May, members of the UK Youth Parliament from across the country made history by debating in the House of Lords chamber. Members used the opportunity to debate and vote for the UK Youth Parliament’s three national campaigns for the year ahead. This was an absolutely amazing day – not just for the young people in attendance and for UK Youth Parliament, but for society in general, as the magnificent debates showed just how much young people care about their communities, and how much they want to help make a difference. After two hours of debating, MYPs cast their vote for their top three campaigns: |
The result
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Speaking after the event, Baroness Helene Hayman, who chaired the debate said: “The quality of the debate today has been fantastic. We don't hear the sounds of clapping in this Chamber often. What really impressed me was the courage of people who stood up and took a position which was not the view of the majority - and the respect that you all showed to everyone's viewpoints." |
Members of the UK Youth Parliament from across the country will now develop the top three campaigns at the UK Youth Parliament Annual Sitting in Exeter in July. BBC Parliament Channel - for people with digital TV, you will also be able to view highlights of the debate on the Parliament Channel on Saturday 10th May at 9.30pm. This will be available until 17th May on BBC iPlayer - you can view below or click here to have the ability to download. |
 © Parliamentary copyright. Photography by Terry Moore. |
The BBC have taken their coverage of the UK Youth Parliament debates in the House of Lords off BBC iPlayer. We are trying our very best to show them to you in the near future.
Catch 21 produced a film documenting the day in Westminster. Catch 21 is the UK’s first political internet television channel based at Westminster – run by young people, for young people. For more information, go to www.catch21.co.uk. They also produce shows and events across the UK working with local authorities, community groups and schools. Below is the short film that they created:
© 2008 Catch21 Productions Ltd
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Hampshire Member Profiles!
Click here to find out a bit more about your members - what they're passionate about, what motivates them to do what they do...etc!
UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire Update!
Just over a month ago, Hampshire’s youth parliamentarians went off to the South East Region of the UK Youth Parliament’s annual residential – this year held at Carroty Wood, near Tonbridge in Kent. After long journeys there, through traffic jams and train engineering works, we met the other young people from across the South East that we would be working with throughout the next year and settled into the welcoming accommodation.
Throughout the weekend we took part in workshops, to help us with chairing, public speaking and other key training we need to fulfil our role within the next year; as well as taking part in debates and presentations when deciding on the regional campaigns.
The weekend also brought a few positions up for grabs for the MYPs in the South East; Chloé Harrison, MYP for Winchester and Eastleigh, will be speaking at the debate in the House of Lords on 2nd May on the Region’s national campaign idea – adult age standardisation; whilst Alex Warwick Vesztrocy, Basingstoke & Deane / Test Valley North, was one of the two young people elected as a media representative for the South East. Both of these positions were greatly contested and had very close voting results!
At the event, after much discussion and many votes, we decided on our two regional campaigns – ‘Mind Matters’ and Youth Provision. ‘Mind Matters’ is a campaign looking at the facilities available to young people whilst going through emotionally hard times – and throughout the next year we will be finding out what young people think of emotional well-being services that are currently in place, and what could be done to improve them. Our second regional campaign, Youth Provision, is going to be campaigning on improving existing and creating new leisure facilities. We realise that young people do not always want organised activities so we want to create places where young people can just go and ‘hang out’. This campaign will help to improve the image of young people by getting them off the street. The campaign is the next logical step in the youth parliament’s Transport Campaign – Fares Fair. The main argument for the this campaign, is that there is no point of providing inexpensive or free public transport if once young people reach their destination, there is nothing for them to do!
By the end of the weekend everyone was shattered from the hard work that took place, whilst looking forward to more hard work, whilst making our mark , in Hampshire and beyond!
In the near future, as mentioned earlier, Hampshire’s Members will be travelling up to London to take part in a debate at the House of Lords. The UK Youth Parliament is the second ever organisation to be allowed to debate in the House, so it’s a very special event for everyone and even more so for Chloé – leading the debate on the South East’s national campaign idea. Another exciting, although not so much as the Lords debate, happening is the UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire have recently acquired a website address and will be launching a shiny new website in the near future! Our website address is – www.ukyphampshire.org
Alex Warwick Vesztrocy, Basingstoke & Deane / Test Valley North, and James Binns, New Forest & Test Valley South
UK Youth Parliament in Hampshire Launch Website
Welcome to our new website! We have recently launched so there is much, much more to come..!
