Council looking at youth issues

Glasgow City Council want to hear from residents in Toryglen, Castlemilk, Croftfoot and King’s Park about issues affecting youth in the city.

In March the authority announced the formation of a special youth commission to look at potential issues holding back young people from engaging in the city.

The commission is now looking for information from the public.

Chaired by Councillor Martin McElroy, it is made up of a mix of people with experience of youth services and young people themselves, including young people in care.

They have been meeting over the last few months and will produce a final report to councillors, recommending solutions to city problems.

As part of the process the group want the views of residents and any available evidence that will help them better understand the issues around the three areas the commission wishes to address, namely:

Barriers that young people face in engaging with the City Council, other public agencies and in participating in the life of our city; priority issues for young people, that they would wish to engage on and approaches to help improve youth engagement.

Councillor McElroy said:“We want to get a different perspective on the services the city provides and can provide.

“We want to learn about what services are working and what are not as effective as they could be.

“I’m hoping we’ll have as eclectic a mix as we can have on the committee with a broad mix of different parties represented as well as different groups.

“This isn’t a case of the usual bunch of politicians sitting about pontificating in the chambers. We’ll be going out and about to meet people and visit different initiatives.”

Residents can email their views until September 2 to youthengagementPC@glasgow. gov.uk.

Information on other ways to participate is available on the Glasgow City Council website.