Here's What We've Been Up to Recently...

A few months ago we realised that, despite one of our purposes as an organisation being creating a bridge between the youth and local decision makers, our dialogue with local councillors had died down. 

We therefore made it our focus to rebuild these vital links in order to make sure that the voices of our local young people are heard!

Since making this a mission of ours, we've met with the Provost of Renfrewshire, Lorraine Cameron, and discussed the relationship between Renfrewshire's youth and their local government.

After having this meeting, we were invited to attend the most recent full council meeting which was an incredible insight into how the local government works as well as showing us how hard our local decision makers work. It was also great to chat to some of the local councillors at this meeting, it reassured us that decision makers want to have links with young people - not just the other way around!

Now, we are preparing a presentation on what we do at Renfrewshire Youth Voice for the upcoming council meeting in December!

Another priority for us this year has been meeting other Youth Voice groups and finding out what they've been working towards.

These meetings have shown us that no matter what local area a group is representing, we all share the same passion for making things better for young people!

These meetings left us determined to work with youth voice groups from all over Scotland - a goal which we are currently working towards by establishing relationships with groups from multiple different consituencies!

With our desire to work with local decision makers and other young people well established within the group - we wanted to organise an event which would combine these two things and hopefully make a real difference in the community.

This is why we began planning the Renfrewshire Youth Expo, where the many Youth Groups of Renfrewshire would be given the platform to question local decision makers, find out about the work of other youth groups in their area, and make pledges to work together in  the future.

We are hoping the host the Renfrewshire Youth Expo in early 2026, so keep your eyes peeled for any further updates!