I support and co-ordinate Youth Voice Shetland, which is a representative body for 13- to 25-year-olds in Shetland. I organise meetings and help young people take issues forward by helping them with skills such as speaking in public and making presentations, which helps build their confidence.
I mainly support the Youth Voice executive, which is a smaller group of young people and councillors who decide on the issues that they will present to decision-makers. I also offer support to members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, plus other groups.
How did you get into this? I was part of Youth Voice, then I was offered this job to take forward the work I'd been doing.
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