Stockton’s Youth Assembly

Stockton’s Youth Assembly (SYA) was established in 2013, and is made up of young people between the ages of
11 – 19 years old (up to 25 years old for young people with special needs).

The purpose of the SYA is to give young people a voice by providing a way to contribute to matters affecting them and
give the Council a youth perspective when planning and developing services.

There are 19 SYA members representing eight schools, sixth forms and colleges across the borough, universal youth clubs, young carers, looked after children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD). This includes Stockton’s Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) and Deputy MYP, who are Chair and Vice Chair of the SYA.

The SYA’s work programme was agreed at the Borough-wide Debate in September 2013, and included the topics:

Health & Wellbeing
Sport / Leisure and Youth
Getting Ready for Work
Community Safety
Communities & Environment
Sport/Leisure and Youth

The current two year term of the SYA office is now ending and therefore it is time to look back at the huge amount of
work that the current members have achieved.

The SYA was consulted on the development of a Sport and Leisure programme for young people. Members highlighted the activities that would interest them, the types of venues they thought would be suitable for activities, and times that would be most appropriate. A Task and Finish group was set up to give further feedback and the SYA highlighted the importance of getting the pricing structure correct, having appropriate venues from which to provide activities that were available for use after school and at weekends; to have reliable public
transport and having a diverse range of sports and leisure offer within the programme.

More Information here: https://www.egenda.stockton.gov.uk/aksstockton/images/att25476.pdf