The initiative, dubbed Str8 Up - Young People Speak, Ministers Listen and run by the Children and Young People's Unit, promises to give young people aged 14 to 19 access to all the key ministers in Government.
Up to 50 young locals at nine separate events will be able to exchange opinions and comments on local issues with luminaries such as education minister Ivan Lewis and arts minister Baroness Blackstone (YPN, 23-29 April, p6).
In line with the political participation and research project Yvote Ynot, originally launched by then youth minister John Denham in October 2001, Str8 Up is billed as a clear commitment by the Government to listen to children and young people. And not before time, according to Althea Efunshile, director of the unit.
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