Brilliant day today at British Youth Council YouthCon with some of our Westminster Youth Council members. Great opportunity to discuss #CostOfLivingCrisis and promote #YouthVoice Nice to catch up and work with some of our UK Youth Parliament MYPs!!!

A pleasure to attend the International Mother Language Day Celebration and to speak about the video/work Westminster Youth Council has done on South Asian heritage. Thank you Liza Begum and everyone else involved!

Thank you Liza Begum for inviting the Youth Council to present our video on South Asian Heritage at the International Mother Language Day Celebration. Well done to all our Youth Council members who were involved!

Tonight I attended the APPG on Votes at 16 with some of our Westminster Youth Council members. I shared concerns over the Government’s Voter ID plans and it was great to hear lots of enthusiasm for #VotesAt16 #BeSeenBeHeard

Brilliant to see Westminster City Council expanding #freeschoolmeals to 3-14 yr olds. Thank you Adam Hug @timroca85 and everyone else involved for supporting young people during the #CostOfLivingCrisis Hopefully other boroughs can follow this example and support more families.

Next week, we'll be announcing our full Festival Programme for 2023🤩 Look out on Monday to find out what we've got in store for you at our twentieth festival... #SouthWestFestAtTwenty

Today I was at Downing Street campaigning for #FreeSchoolMealsForAll with No Child Left Behind and National Education Union Free School Meals is needed more than ever and it was wonderful to see so much support for the cause.

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Had a great time at the UK Youth Parliament Annual Conference in Leeds this weekend! It was great to speak to so many amazing young people and catch up with our brilliant London MYPs. I spoke about food prices in schools during one of the debates on our food for learning bill. #UKYP23

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Thank you to Cllr Concia Albert for attending our Youth Council meeting this evening. As part of our work on #BlackHistoryMonth we spoke to Cllr Albert on her experiences as a Black Woman in politics. It was a really insightful session for all our members! Westminster City Council British Youth Council

Looking forward to being part of this panel alongside Tim Roca MP It will be a fantastic opportunity for young people to hold local leaders to account. If you’re interested sign up below!

Great new scheme being launched in Westminster Libraries on Friday, great opportunity for young people to get access to tabletop games!

Had the honour of attending UK Youth Parliament Annual Sitting in the House of Commons on Friday. Also got to represent the Youth Parliament at a meeting with Stuart Andrew to discuss Youth Voice. Great to hear many MYPs showing enthusiasm for #FreeSchoolMealsForAll

Calling ALL young people who live, work or study in Westminster City Council (aged between 11 – 18 year - up to 25 if there are additional needs). Are you interested in becoming the next Youth MYP for Westminster City Council? This year our Election Finale will be held on

Looking forward to our UK Youth Parliament elections next month, if you are interested look at the information below. Sign Up Now‼️

Absolutely blown away by the talent at tonight’s Westminster Youth Council elections. Passion for tackling mental health issues; standing up for EDI; calling for climate action and more. Congratulations to Myra on her reelection & thanks to James Balloqui for his service to Westminster City Council

Inspirational evening at the Westminster Youth Council elections. The ideas from the passionate young candidates to tackle issues including mental health, inequality, diversity & climate action were all fantastic. Good luck to James Balloqui in future plans, and congrats to Myra and Harry 🗳️

Tonight I had pleasure of hosting the Westminster Youth Council Youth MP elections. Big congratulations to our reelected MYP Myra and DMYP Harry. My term as MYP may be coming to an end but it has truly been an honour to represent Westminster’s Young People over the past two years 🙌

So proud to see Westminster City Council return the highest turnout at this year’s #makeyourmark elections!! Big thank you to Shofa and all our Westminster Youth Council members who went the extra mile to get young people engaged!