Elections
Harlow Youth Council
Young Essex Assembly (Harlow)
Elections 1 – 6 December 2008
Declarations 10 December 2008
Harlow Youth Council is a locally elected group of 13 – 19
year olds who live in Harlow. The Young Essex Assembly is a
county-wide "youth council" with 75 members, which mirrors the
adult county council.
24 young people stood as candidates for Harlow
Youth Council and 4 young people stood as candidates to
represent Harlow in the Young Essex Assembly. During
Hustings Day, 28th October 2008, the young people received
information and training on being a youth councillor and had their
official photographs taken.
The candidates wrote their manifesto statements to let
young people in Harlow know about the issues they are
interested in and commited to them by reading them aloud to the
other attendees. The candidates statements can be
viewed
here:
The results will be
formally announced on Wednesday 10th December
2008.
Voting for the elections is open to
young people aged 11-19 living in Harlow. Ballot
boxes will be placed in all secondary schools, Harlow
College, The One Stop Shop, Harlow Civic Centre, youth
centres and libraries.
The newly elected youth councillors will take
up office on 31st January 2009 to make a 24-strong Harlow Youth
Council. The elected Young Essex Assembly candidates will
join their colleagues across Essex to form part of the 75 members
of the Young Essex Assembly.
Determined campaigning by the Youth Council in
recent years has seen projects started to build a youth café in the
town centre and a new skatepark in the town park.
Reserve youth councillors will have the
opportunity to attend all full youth council meetings and
participate in training with the elected youth councillors.
They can also be involved with the Cafe Youth Management
Group or Harlow YouthBank.