Aldbourne Youth Council

On Saturday 12th June I was privileged to be a guest speaker at the Aldbourne Youth Council's ‘Any Questions' debate in Aldbourne Memorial Hall. Questions were submitted beforehand with the option for a follow-up and tackled a wide range of issues from how to improve schools to the problems faced by rural constituencies. However, one audience member did ask me if I would follow in Michael Ancram's footsteps and perform in a concert supporting the Youth Council - unfortunately I had to explain that due to my considerable inadequacies in this area I would only be able to provide the food!

I also met individual members of the Aldbourne Youth Council after the event at their project called the CAN (an internet cafe set up by AYC in the village). In a bid to encourage more young people to engage with politics those 18 and under were given a free soft drink upon entry. Other panellists included: Richard Clewer from the Youth and Skills department at Wiltshire Council, Richard Pitts the Marlborough Town Councillor, Elli Vesey-Thompson Wiltshire Association youth member for Marlborough and member of the UK Youth Parliament and Audrey Gilligan an Aldbourne Resident.

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