Add your voice!
If you are a young person (age 12 - 25) living in Aberdeenshire and involved in, or interested in, 'Youth Voice' opportunities, we invite you to subscribe free to this page. Subscribers are all considered members of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum! :)
Members of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum, subscribed to this page, will get a regular news letter about youth voice opportunities in Aberdeenshire. This will include invites to add your voice to surveys and online discussions about things that matter to young people in Aberdeenshire. You will receive an invite to AYF gatherings.
Not keen to subscribe to regular news letter -You can still use the page to see what is going on and let us know what you think when surveys and polls are open :)
How being part of Aberdeenshire Youth Forums fits into Aberdeenshire's Youth Participation Structure
Youth Voice is young people feeling able to express their views, being heard and even taking action on, or influencing things that affect them or matter to them. There is a variety of ways children and young people can get involved in decision-making in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeenshire Youth Forum is a way to help connect all these different groups.
Find out more about Aberdeenshire’s Youth Participation Structure and all the different groups through through Aberdeenshire 'Getting it Right for Every Child' Participation and Engagement Page
Tell me a bit more about Youth Forums, how can I get involved, what does it mean to be a member?
1. About Youth Forums and Youth Voice:
Aberdeenshire Youth Forums are Young People coming together at an Aberdeenshire level as well as at more local levels to understand common themes affecting young people, or of importance to young people, and being supported to express these and even take action to address these.
Aberdeenshire Youth Forum members: What does it mean and how do I become a member of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum
- Meets in person once a year with representatives from local youth forums, voice groups, youth interest groups and MSYPs to discuss all things youth voice, identify common issues and aspirations and plan for youth action.
- Receives regular news letter about youth voice activities and opportunities in Aberdeenshire; Current youth surveys, youth action stories, youth action/voice funding opportunities and invite to yearly meeting
- Interested in learning more about joining Aberdeenshire Youth forum? Just subscribe free to this page and welcome to the team :)
- Want to know more first or keen but not keen on subscribing? Contact your Local Area Youth Forum Youth Worker or email roisin.daly@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
2. Have your say through surveys, polls and sharing stories.
We will post surveys and polls to find out more about issues and aspirations voiced by Aberdeenshire Young People.
We will also post anonymised survey results and reports here as well as sharing these with all our Youth Voice Representatives including your MSYPs and Youth Forums.
We will share opportunities and examples of youth action and give you the opportunity to share your challenges and successes around youth voice.
3. Get updates about the Scottish Youth Parliament Elections:
The Youth and Communities Team support Scottish Youth Parliament Elections and then the elected members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPS) to represent young people including by attending 4 Scottish Youth Parliament sittings a year. 6 MSYPs currently cover 4 constituencies across Aberdeenshire:
Aberdeenshire East - Erin Duthie-Elder MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Aberdeenshire West - Abbie McPherson MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Aberdeenshire West - Feji Ugbehe MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Banffshire and Buchan Coast - Beth MacKay MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Banffshire and Buchan Coast - Bethany Ovenstone MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Angus North and Mearns - Mairi Millar MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
For more information about the Scottish Youth Parliament check their web page Home - Scottish Youth Parliament (syp.org.uk)
Add your voice!
If you are a young person (age 12 - 25) living in Aberdeenshire and involved in, or interested in, 'Youth Voice' opportunities, we invite you to subscribe free to this page. Subscribers are all considered members of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum! :)
Members of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum, subscribed to this page, will get a regular news letter about youth voice opportunities in Aberdeenshire. This will include invites to add your voice to surveys and online discussions about things that matter to young people in Aberdeenshire. You will receive an invite to AYF gatherings.
Not keen to subscribe to regular news letter -You can still use the page to see what is going on and let us know what you think when surveys and polls are open :)
How being part of Aberdeenshire Youth Forums fits into Aberdeenshire's Youth Participation Structure
Youth Voice is young people feeling able to express their views, being heard and even taking action on, or influencing things that affect them or matter to them. There is a variety of ways children and young people can get involved in decision-making in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeenshire Youth Forum is a way to help connect all these different groups.
Find out more about Aberdeenshire’s Youth Participation Structure and all the different groups through through Aberdeenshire 'Getting it Right for Every Child' Participation and Engagement Page
Tell me a bit more about Youth Forums, how can I get involved, what does it mean to be a member?
1. About Youth Forums and Youth Voice:
Aberdeenshire Youth Forums are Young People coming together at an Aberdeenshire level as well as at more local levels to understand common themes affecting young people, or of importance to young people, and being supported to express these and even take action to address these.
Aberdeenshire Youth Forum members: What does it mean and how do I become a member of Aberdeenshire Youth Forum
- Meets in person once a year with representatives from local youth forums, voice groups, youth interest groups and MSYPs to discuss all things youth voice, identify common issues and aspirations and plan for youth action.
- Receives regular news letter about youth voice activities and opportunities in Aberdeenshire; Current youth surveys, youth action stories, youth action/voice funding opportunities and invite to yearly meeting
- Interested in learning more about joining Aberdeenshire Youth forum? Just subscribe free to this page and welcome to the team :)
- Want to know more first or keen but not keen on subscribing? Contact your Local Area Youth Forum Youth Worker or email roisin.daly@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
2. Have your say through surveys, polls and sharing stories.
We will post surveys and polls to find out more about issues and aspirations voiced by Aberdeenshire Young People.
We will also post anonymised survey results and reports here as well as sharing these with all our Youth Voice Representatives including your MSYPs and Youth Forums.
We will share opportunities and examples of youth action and give you the opportunity to share your challenges and successes around youth voice.
3. Get updates about the Scottish Youth Parliament Elections:
The Youth and Communities Team support Scottish Youth Parliament Elections and then the elected members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPS) to represent young people including by attending 4 Scottish Youth Parliament sittings a year. 6 MSYPs currently cover 4 constituencies across Aberdeenshire:
Aberdeenshire East - Erin Duthie-Elder MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Aberdeenshire West - Abbie McPherson MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Aberdeenshire West - Feji Ugbehe MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Banffshire and Buchan Coast - Beth MacKay MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Banffshire and Buchan Coast - Bethany Ovenstone MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
Angus North and Mearns - Mairi Millar MSYP - Scottish Youth Parliament
For more information about the Scottish Youth Parliament check their web page Home - Scottish Youth Parliament (syp.org.uk)
