Crawley gets the town’s first Youth Mayor
In a pilot project, the Crawley Young Persons Council (CYPC) are to elect the town’s first ever Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor on 27th July 2010.
At an earlier meeting of the CYPC, Cllr Ali Burke spoke to the members about the privilege of being selected to represent the town in this way. Cllr Burke explained that by having a Youth Mayor the CYPC would be able to raise the profile of Young People in Crawley and would have the opportunity to represent Young People across the town at a large number of events. The CYPC discussed the idea and voted unanimously to take part in the pilot project.
This could be the Youths future
Cllr Burke commented – “The CYPC are a fantastic and diverse group of young people who work together to improve and support facilities and positive activities for all youngsters across the town. They are committed individuals who are full of enthusiasm and are an absolute credit to both their parents and the town itself. I am very excited about the Pilot Youth Mayor project – it will run for the remainder of the current Mayor of Crawley’s year and the Youth Mayor or Deputy will attend young people’s events as well as suitable events with the Crawley Mayor. If the pilot is successful, which I am confident that it will be, the CYPC will elect a new Youth Mayor and Deputy for 2011/2012. This is a very exciting and progressive move for the town, and gives us the opportunity to promote our young people in a very positive light.”
Cllr Lenny Walker, Cabinet member for Leisure and Culture added “I am immensely proud of the positive lead that the CYPC is giving to the young people of Crawley and would like to thank all the officers and members of CBC for assisting CYPC to make this happen”
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