{"id":173673,"date":"2010-01-13T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delegation.ukycc.org\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2010-01-13T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T12:07:00","slug":"ed-wants-you-to-join-his-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/173673","title":{"rendered":"Ed wants you to join his team!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to Lewis Merdler, artistic genius, for this image!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posted by Kirsty Schneeberger<\/em><\/p>\n

Today the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change <\/strong>opened a Consultation on how young people can be involved in the department’s decision making process!\u00a0This is super-duper exciting<\/span> and it means All Hands on DECC<\/strong> to fill out this 4 minute survey. \u00a0And remember \u2013 try and fill it out as soon as you read this because you only have until 26 January<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ever since I have been involved with UKYCC<\/strong>, this has been one of the most important issues to me<\/strong>. At every event I have been to \u2013 if I have been lucky enough to ask a question \u2013 they have pretty much been: ‘how<\/strong> is DECC going to engage more with young people<\/strong>, and let them be involved in decision-making; Or – will DECC include<\/strong> a young person in the official UK Delegation<\/strong>; Or- would DECC consider having a youth advisor\/panel <\/strong>who can present youth perspectives to the Department.’ At most of the events Ed Miliband<\/strong>, has agreed to these ideas, but only informally. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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So I was really excited when someone from the Department <\/strong>called to tell me that after all the great questions we have been asking at events like the Miliband LSE lecture, The Wave, and Youth Question Time<\/strong> (thanks to all of you for asking those questions too!) there is going to be a consultation on how to involve young people in the DECC decision making process!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So… Ta-daaaa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=xG5zkLxchLkDydYPc\/RZpIZk77wNuRU6km1ot%2biNZ6U%3d<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are a young person<\/strong> who cares about being involved in the decisions<\/strong> that affect your future<\/strong>, then please do take 4 minutes of your time to fill out the survey. Please also do publicise<\/strong> it through your other networks and put it up on your websites so that we can have hundreds and thousands of young people<\/strong> replying to this! \u00a0If you are involved with UKYCC, please also remember to affiliate yourself with UKYCC <\/span>on the survey so we can show how many young people in UKYCC are engaged and care about this issue!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, here are some thoughts <\/strong>on the main points \u2013 this isn’t the definitive answer, but just some ideas to help you think about what a ‘youth panel’ (or something similar) would look like in practice:<\/p>\n