What a great evening at Don't Get Locked In Escape Rooms unfortunately our two groups failed their missions to escape and are now ‘locked in’ living in 1940s Bletchley and Alcatraz…#YOUthvoice #SummerBASH #TeamBedford

Good luck to everyone collecting A-Level results today! You’ve got this and we’ve got you…#TeamBedford

It's GCSE day...good luck to everyone collecting results! Whatever is in the envelope; be proud of what you have achieved and be excited about your next steps! You've go this and we have got you! #YOUthvoice #TeamBedford

What an amazing opportunity; supporting Jeslyn as Member of Youth Parliament for Bedford in the House of Commons #YOUthvoice

Bedford Borough Youth Cabinet are looking for new committee members! The Youth Cabinet is run for you by you so if you fancy being our next Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary or PR Officer email [email protected]

Pupil Voice is baccccck with a mahoooosive BANG; school councils from Primary Schools bringing over 60 children together to discuss climate change, mental health and bullying! We also managed to squeeze in some training sessions this afternoon…Bedford has brilliant children!

Thank you to teachers and school council members from Broadmead Primary school, Great Denham Primary Ursula Taylor C of E Primary School , Putnoe Primary Shortstown Primary @wilsteadprimary and StJosephs&StGregorys #TeamBedford

Merry Christmas! We hope you’re having a great day; hugs for anyone finding today a little tough

Training Day for our newly elected Youth Cabinet committee…team work, planning campaigns, increasing membership and ensuring decision makers are listening to children and young people #YOUthvoice

Happy Easter Weekend everyone...we hope you have avoided the rain, enjoyed the sunshine and have managed to have fun (and chocolate for breakfast). We have not updated on here for a while as we have been super busy, so wanted to give you a little update! #YOUthvoice #TeamBedford

In January we welcomed Emily back from Maternity Leave and supported the BBPCF fun day. We re-launched monthly soft-play sessions and trained our new Bedford YouthCabinet committee. We had 2xSHOUT sessions and attended the Corporate Parenting Group; a busy start to 2023 #YOUthvoice

February 2023 was a whopper; over 60 YP from Secondary Schools attended our Pupil Voice Conference and some members of Bedford YouthCabinet attended the British Youth Council Convention. We had a busy half-term and another 2xSHOUT sessions! Lots of meetings attended and reports written too!

March saw our Apprentice Lauren complete her training and lots of planning for the Easter Holidays. We held our 4th Autism in Schools Conference and Autism Awareness Celebration Event. We also met with a team from Newham to share SEND engagement work and ideas #YOUthvoice

April has pretty much been dominated with our Easter Holiday Activities; superheroes, pottery, basketball with Bedford Bulls and a wet and muddy Forest School. This week we get our ninja warrior on, alongside cooking, track play and an owl experience at the farm #YOUthvoice

In and about all of these activities we are working to gather the voice and views of children and young people; every single comment/idea/opinion gets fed into managers and decision makers.

If you want to enter the elections or would like to find out more information follow this link bedford.gov.uk/MYPelection. In February; young people across Bedford Borough will vote for who they think will be the best person for the job!

If you would like to find out more come along to our information session on Tuesday 12th December 5pm-6pm. Please email [email protected] to book a space.