Youth Cabinet Meeting 09/08/18

By Josh Patterson on August 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

Introduction

9/8/18. Youth Cabinet members attend a meeting in Centenary House, Durrington (not very many of us due to holidaying). We discussed our Curriculum for life project but mostly our Votes for 16 campaign; learning a lot more about this and writing speeches for and against to present in the cabinet chambers, Chichester with the main cabinet board.

Points for “for”

Many 16 year olds would care about the vote
49% of 16-17 yr olds voted in the Scottish referendum
The UK isn’t just made up of adults, we should have this right too
Many places give an “adult” treatment at age 16 (such as train fares)

Points for “against”

Immaturity in the vote
16 year olds might not even vote- pointless- might give the country consequences
18 year olds have a better understanding of the world around them (because of work, taxes etc)
There is a low vote rate for 18-25 year olds, so why bring in extra just for an even slower rate?

What the attendees liked

Carris: “I liked getting the campaign sorted and expressing my opinion through Votes for 16”

Holly: “I enjoyed that we could express our own opinions”

Tom: “We discussed an issue of vital importance to our age group”

Maxwell: “Being able to debate relevant topics to our age groups in a discusion”

Esme: “Having chats relevant to issues”

Josh: “Having discussions about important issues and hearing what other opinions others have in contrast to my own”

Find out more about the West Sussex Youth Cabinet

-Josh Patterson