Stroud District Youth Council and the nine locality based youth forum groups represent the views of young people in the district; enabling them to collectively use their right to have a voice and be heard on relevant issues of concern. Subsequently they engage with decision-makers to influence change and help make a positive contribution to improving the lives of people and communities in which they represent.
Stroud District Youth Council (SDYC) is the recognised active voice for young people in the Stroud district. We strive to represent 12,500 eleven to eighteen year olds and seek to give a democratic voice to the young people in the Stroud district.
There are many reasons why we exist, but fundamentally it’s because young people have the right to be heard on matters of concern to them – the basis of all our work is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Engage in local democracy and decision-making
Influence and scrutinise district council decision-making and that of other organisations who deliver services for young people
Enable young people to express their views and be heard on issues that affect them
Act as the recognized voice for views and ideas, by advising and leading on issues of change
Help design and run issue based projects and programmes
Membership to Stroud District Youth Council stems from secondary schools, a further education college and an emerging number of community-based local youth forum groups in the district – this enables a diverse membership to represent the views of a wide range of young people from different communities and social backgrounds.
Stroud District Youth Council (SDYC) and NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) were recently reunited, due to previous positive engagement. SDYC members formed a youth commissioning panel to consider bids to an online counselling service for young people. As a result, members questioned those bidding for the contract, in addition to presiding over presentations on their proposals. Furthermore,…
Nailsworth & Minchinhampton Youth Forum group have put an exciting Autumn programme together of free taster sessions for girls aged 11-16, to increase their physical activity and experience activities they could pursue in the future. The activity programme is supported by SDC and Active Gloucestershire. The first few sessions have been very successful featuring Yoga…
