HBYC

HBYC

Who are we?HBYC stands for Hinckley

and Bosworth Borough Youth Council

We are a group of 13 to 21 year olds

We have about 35 regular members from all over the Borough

We work within PoP

Our Members

What is PoP?This is Leicestershire’s

Pyramid of ParticipationWe are part of the middle

layer of Borough and District Youth Councils

HBYC captures the views of the youth of the Borough through the bottom layer of the pyramid.

How do we work?We have a full meeting

every monthWe elect our own

executive committee who also meet separately once a month

We have many different sub groups including, Facilities, Dorothy Goodman and Safety

Last year HBYC members held 11 Full Council Meetings11 Executive Meetings2 Conferences1 Residential

And Dedicated countless hours to subgroups, organising events,

giving presentations and conducting surveys

Youth Conference - 2007 Voice of Young People Conference 2007 We ran workshops to educate on a wide variety of

topics, including, how to deal with bullying, money skills, street crime, what makes a good student council and global warming

Facilities QuestionnaireThe Findings:

Cinema came in at number one with 438 votes, 27%Followed by Ice Arena at 248, 15.29%With Swimming Pool third at 111, 6.84%

Taking these into account the Youth Council has strived to get the youth of the Borough what they asked for:Centre Screen Project – a mobile cinema project

Parish ForumsWe presented to the Parish Forum Proposed the idea of parish councils having a youth champion

(potentially a young person)The Youth Council received letters praising their effortsSome parish councils have already appointed youth

champions, as well as groups of young people and have budgets set aside

Parish Youth ChampionKeep youth issues first

and foremost in their mind

Gather views of local young people

Raise a budget for youth events etc

Become a strong link between HBYC and their parish

Progress so far:Burbage Parish Council have invited Youth Council

members to sit as part of their working groupThey have also appointed a Youth Champion and

assigned a budgetBarwell Parish Council have appointed a Youth Champion

The Jitty - www.thejitty.com

The Jitty is a website for Young People by Young People, HBYC has its own mini site there

The site keeps members up to date and lets new members contact the Youth Council

It also helps to attract new Young People to the Youth CouncilThe Youth Council has its own Jitty officer who has kept this up

to date throughout the year

Thank You for your time

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