Agenda

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The Mayor to welcome young people from the Youth Council to the meeting.

The Leader of the Council to welcome the Youth Council and open the  speeches and presentations  from the young people.

Motion C

Proposer      Cllr Weston

Seconder     Cllr Emery

In accordance with Council Standing Order 25.1, notice is provided of the intention to suspend Council Standing Orders: 4.4 11, 15.1 at the extraordinary Full Council on the 16^th of October 2025. This is to allow speeches/ presentations from the Haringey Youth Council on the key concerns of young people living in the borough.

Motion D – Re-affirming Council support of The Haringey Youth Council and facilitating forthcoming borough wide Youth Council Election together with nomination of  youth representative from Haringey to the Youth Parliament

Proposer: Cllr Zena Brabazon

Seconder: Cllr Dawn Barnes

The Council notes that

·      The last census the Council undertook indicated that there were over 59,000 under 19s in the Borough- out of an overall population of 261,000. This represents a significant proportion of Haringey’s population.

·      Young people have more of a stake in our borough’s future than any other community group. They will feel the impact of decisions made by politicians, councils and governments more than anyone else – and their opinion and liberty is as vital to democracy as residents 18 and above.

·         The government’s decision to lower the voting age to 16 years old reflects a growing recognition of the importance of young people’s role in democracy – and this should be reflected in Haringey Council’s decision-making process.

·         The Corporate Delivery Plan 2024– 2026 set out plans to establish a Haringey Youth Panel. This was to ensure that young people representing their communities would have more opportunities to be actively involved in influencing decisions that affect them.

·       Since 2022, The Council’s Youth Services team has undertaken work with schools, youth groups and established youth forums to recruit young people to an initial Youth Panel event. In 2024 the Youth Panel and the Elevated Youth SEND Forum was created with close ties developed between the two forums.

·       Since September 2024 the Youth Panel and Elevated Youth SEND Forum have:

·       Come together with Councillors in an extraordinary Council meeting to discuss and raise issues that are important to young people.

·       Effectively scrutinised and influenced council decision-making by contributing to Scrutiny meetings, raising the concerns of young people around community safety.

·        Engaged their peers through consultation which provided significant input in the Youth Strategy and shared their findings with both Children and Young People’s Scrutiny and Cabinet, widening the democratic participation of their community

·       Part of the recruitment and selection processes for key officer posts with weighted scoring applied.

·       Partnership and Engagement Initiatives: Collaborated with events partnership Team to secure Wireless Festival tickets for local young people and worked alongside the Council’s Press Team to promote youth involvement and community engagement opportunities.

·       Empowering Young People and Families: Inspired by the Elevated Youth and wider Youth Panel (soon to become the Youth Council) initiated the Creating Generational Wealth event for young people and their families. The event focused on savings, entrepreneurship and will-writing, delivered in partnership with Barclays Bank and the London Capital Credit Union.

·       Youth Development and Learning  ...  view the full agenda text for item 6.