Rosina St James, 21, was elected as chair of the organisation at the charity’s annual council meeting last weekend. She told CYP Now her priority will be to continue to push for a stronger voice for young people in shaping local and national policies affecting them.
“BYC needs to continue to get young people’s voices heard by decision makers and government and make sure we are not put to one side,” she said. “There is a danger that with the cuts, our voices get lost – we need to push our youth participation agenda and get that on the books.
“Young people have so many great ideas and policies that contain so much but if you are not listened to, the opportunity is lost.”
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