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THE

Sunday 29th July 2012

The BIG VoteThe results are in...

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Mr Clooney onthe red carpet

Things canonly getBETTER!

Making thenews

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ANNUAL SITTING TIMES

he 2012 annual sittingoved to be inspirational

thin the first two hoursguest speaker Johnercow revealed hisrspective that sex andationship education andlitical education should made compulsory inizenship education. Hisance filled me withnfidence as I became

ware that his views one matter are closelygned with that of Torbay

outh Parliament. The

motivational speechescontinued with Peter

Tatchell encouraging usthat campaigns can besuccessful when put intoaction, as demonstrated byhis various human rightscampaigns. Finally, theother MYPs and myself leftthe conference centre withthe wise words of TimLoughton ringing in ourheads as he reminded usthat: young people makeup 20% of the populationbut 100% of the future.

AND IT ALL KICKS

OFF WITH A BANG!By Olivia BushellTorbay

PG rep Natalie with Rt Hon John Bercow MP

ldrens Minister Tim Loughton

George Clooney,@JessieJ and@justinbieber have jarrived at the prom!

@SAMCOATES: Reenjoyed #ukyp12 todSo many engaged,passionate youngpeople. Youre aninspiration!

The @ItGetsBettercampaign is trulyamazing, and thisvideo really doescapture the emotionsand feelings

@AWANZAIN PGs h

done an amazing daintro to #UKYP12 -maybe the trustees teshould do the same f@bycLIVE ACM!

@TIMLOUGHTON:Great buzz at #ukypin Nottinghamyesterdayreallyenjoyed extendedquestionsgood luc4 rest of weekend anthanks 4 all you rdoing 4 yp

@FRANKLYNMUSICIve never seen somany passionate andinformed young peopin one room in my life#ukyp, big upyourselves.

@KYLETHORNTONFantastic discussionwith @bycLIVEs DaClark on how we canbring @UKYP toScotland

WAVING THE

FLAG FOR

TEAM GB...By Gemma Cain

Somerset

Our keynote speaker was TimLoughton MP, Parliamentary UnSecretary for Children and Familaccompanied with a flag and blowspeaking to us about young people the power they have reaffirming thatare, in fact, the future.

All in all the first evening was finspiring and informative. We laughwe learned, but most importantly kicked off UKYP Annual Sitting 201style!

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THINGS CAN ONLY

GET BETTER!By Michaella PhilpotEssex

On the 1st night of the

itting there was anptional workshop to benvolved with the 'It getsetter campaign' and beart of a film. It was reallyood to see so many

MYP's passionate abouthe campaign even if they

were not part of the LGBTommunity. On the

Saturday morning we thenot to listen to the It getsetter song. It was reallyice to hear peopletanding up for themselvesnd helping deliver an

nspirational message.

a short film which hadpeople talking about their

own experiences and howbadly it has affected them,also showed some photosof people who suffered sobadly from LGBT bullyingthat they took their ownlives. To see so manyyoung people feel like theyhave no other way out wasone of the most upsettingthing from the weekend.However was also one ofthe biggest eye openers to

just how what can seemlike just a few words to oneperson can mean a greatdeal more to another.

By Charley FinchDevon

he media are and havelways been unfriendly,

scared of young people.is a perception that Im

ure we can all agree isalse and inaccurate. Its aiew that is determined byhose who cant remember

what it is like to be youngerson; a reaction toifference and change. In009, a poll by Ipsos Morihowed that half of alltories about young people

were negative. Whats

more, a pathetic 8%ctually included a quote

MAKING THE NEWSBy Jake PittSomerset

from a young person. Thisis a poor show by British

press, but you wouldnthave expected any better.

I would encourage every oneof you to approach your localnewspaper and ask for acolumn to write about theissues affecting youngpeople where you live. Itdoesnt hurt to ask. As aMember of YouthParliament, it is a fantasticopportunity to get people

talking about the campaignswe care about.

A LONG WAY FROM HOM

Nottingham is a long way fromthe rolling green hills of Devon,seeing the cultural diversity at this

Annual Sitting is an excitingexperience and this is a greatthing to see compared with beingin Devon where 96% of thepopulation are White British

Devon not being very diverse isn'ta bad thing however it does haveits implications with not manypeople knowing about diversity of

religion and culture. This meansthat we may not be representingthe other 4 % of the Devonpopulation however this sitting ishelping us realise that we need tomake sure that we do representeveryone, this has made us thinkabout our local homophobiacampaign which has come about

from young people tellinhow homophobic bullying

b e i n g e f f e c t i v e l ysecondary schools. 51% population in Devon is fehowever only 24% ofDevon County Cocouncillors are female sothis mean that women arbeing fully represented? Iwe need to make everyone is representedwe will keep that fresh iminds when we are travback to our rolling hills.

Remembering that ypeople are 20% of population in the UK howwe are 100% of the futurtogether we will makemark and keep mchange!

ung people and the mediaQuestion Time panel

MYPs at the It Gets Better workshop

The PGs... theyve got the Moves Like Jagger!

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DANCING

WITH THE

STARS

n the Saturday night of thennual Sitting, young peopleessed to impress as they leteir hair down ahead of theg Vote. Unite have beentremely generous as the keyonsors of the prom, enablingung people to unite tolebrate the 12th year of the

K Youth Parliament in a style

at would challenge Dannyoyle! We even had a surprisew celebrity guests!

By Matthew PercySuffolk

Jessie J, Justin Bieber and George Clooney on the red carpet... Or not!

Top twe

#ukyp

@xprincesscavita lday of annual sittin

actually going to meveryone :(

@poppie_simmondgetting psyched upmy speech by ravinabc in the conferentheatre :)

@natashaWhitmandoing the fresh prinCaltan dance in myseat to Tom Jones

IN MY OPINION...The UKYP AnnualSitting has trulybeen an event Iwont be forgettinganytime soon. Thedifferent activities onthe programmehave all beenphenomenal fromthe public speakingworkshop to theQuestion Time.

I enjoyed themotivationalspeeches from the

likes of Mr Speaker,Eric John and Franklyn.The question I wouldlike to ask is what arethe MPs and speakersdoing to help improvehow young people areportrayed in themedia?Venanda Madanhi,Wolverhampton

This year UKYPAnnual Sitting hasbeen amazing for me

as a newbie. Early firealarms, lots of laughter,remixes of classicChristmas tunes andmore glamrags in therooms than I thoughthumanly possible. Thisweekend has been anincredible learningcurve and I feel veryprivileged to meet allthe inspirational people

Ive come across.Jack MatthewsPoole

nnual Sitting is seen asne of the highlights of aYPs term in office. Apartom the prestige of annualtting, its also anpportunity for all MYPs toogress and develop their

kills, which they can utiliseoductively in their owncal and national

ampaigns to make theirark.

he purpose of Annualtting is not only to train

urselves to be betterYPs skillswise, but it isso the experience of livingn a University campus,omething that some MYPsad never experiencedefore. Sitting is also aboutocialising and makingends with like-minded

assionate young peoplehich occurred for myself

roughout the whole event.

A WEEKEND TO

REMEMBER!

By Vikram PatelBirmingham

@littlenasa still sin

and dancing to sonwith @ukyp thismorning. Wish it waprom again

@natglendening laday of #ukyp12epically tired after plast night so sad toleaving later

@hertsukyp: @kayis back with us aftenight at A&E after hher foot stood on bstiletto wearing pargoer ouch!

THE RESULTS ARE IN....After two hours of intense and high quality speeches byMembers of UKYP from across the country the votes have

been counted and the motions that will now appear in the NationalUKYP manifesto are...Education: Young people need to be better prepared for working life.

Communities 1: There should be guidance, funding and minimumstandards for Local Authorities to follow when consulting youngpeople.Communities 2: There should be advice and support centres inevery community for young people.Health 1: Mental health education and services should be improved.Health 2: There should be a specialist service for tackling obesity inyoung peopleWorld: Relationships should be built with Europe to spread knowledge and cultural awarenCrime and Policing 2: There should be a greater move away from custodial sentences,towards rehabilitation, for young people who commit offences.Media: There should be increased opportunities to raise awareness of campaigns and UKYRights1: Young people should be educated on how to access their legal rights.

Rights2: The National Minimum Wage should be raised in line with the living wage.For full details on the full manifesto please see www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk

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On behalf of everyone organising the event we would like to wishyou all a safe journey home.

A BIG thank you to all MYPs, workers, staff and supporters who have helped make this weekend a big success!

views expressed in this newspaper are the views of individual MYPs and do not necessarily reflect the views of BYC (or UKYP)