I joined the youth council after I was voted chair of my school council when I was in year 10 and a teacher who thought it would suit me suggested that I join. Three years later, I am now in my second year of college and I have come a long way.
During my time at York Youth Council, we have made a lot of difference to York, and it has made a lot of difference to me - I have become much more confident in myself and a very good public speaker.
We have made lots of progress in our main campaign, which is around transport. We have finally managed to create the Yozone for 16- to 19-year-olds, which is really important to me because it means young people do not have to pay ridiculous amounts of money to travel short distances.
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