Discover how to cultivate their interest in becoming the local councillors of the future.
Recognising that young people shape our future, it is imperative for all parish and town councils to actively involve them in vital service areas that impact their lives. Moreover, today's young individuals engaged by parish and town councils might emerge as tomorrow's local councillors, emphasising the ongoing necessity for such engagement.
The event will delve deep into understanding how young people envision the most effective ways to engage politically with parish and town councils, exploring the reasons behind this engagement and the practical how-to’s. Gain firsthand insights into a parish and town council's successful approach to engaging and politically acquainting its young population with their community.
Gain a strategic advantage for your parish or town council in effectively involving young people in caring for their community. Discover how to cultivate their interest in becoming the local councillors of the future.
Sponsors: Blachere Illumination, CCLA and Clear Councils Insurance
NB: NALC reserves the right to change the programme at any time.
Co-founder, My Life My Say
Dan Lawes is an award-winning campaigner, who co-founded youthpolitics UK in 2017. He is a trustee for the diana award and Young Manchester, an ambassador for #IWILL, and partnerships lead at My Life My Say.
Director of policy and communications, National Youth Agency
Harriet McCann works to raise the profile of youth work and its vital impact on young people's lives, leading the team across policy, influencing, communications and marketing activity. She has worked in integrated communications and public affairs in the charity sector for most of her career and is passionate about improving the life chances for disadvantaged young people. Drawing on her own experience as a secondary school teacher, she believes in the untapped potential of youth work to support positive outcomes for young people working alongside allied professionals.
Town clerk, Billericay Town Council
Deborah Tonkiss joined Billericay Town Council, Essex in January 2014. Prior to that she had been combining two roles, parish clerk at High Ongar, Essex for three and a half years and deputy clerk at Doddinghurst, Essex for six and hald years.