Youth Club News

Local representatives on Highland Youth Voice

The three Fortrose Academy representatives on Highland Youth Voice are Kaitlin Urquhart, Abigail Sked and Tanisha Duncan-Hood. Highland Youth Voice is a youth parliament for the Highlands with an elected body of around 100 members. HYV meets twice a year as a whole parliament in June (Skye) and November (Aviemore). Through the rest of their two-year term members represent young people in the community and take issues forward, together with colleagues and youth workers. Since the first election in 2000,HYV has proven to be successful in establishing a link between young people and those who make decisions that affect their everyday lives.

Paige Shepherd from Cromarty and Oliver Smith from Fortrose are members of the Scottish Youth Parliament representing Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. The SYP is a national organisation which provides young people aged 14-25 with a platform to represent young people across Scotland and an opportunity to influence politicians and formal decision makers.