Thank you to everyone who applied to be candidates in East Riding for the upcoming UK Youth Parliament elections, please see candidates’ written and video manifestos below.
Candidate 3
Written Manifesto: I will make sure to improve the areas around all of us, making sure everyone has the same opportunities and access.
Candidate 4
Written Manifesto: Make education more accessible for those who suffer with anxiety and struggle to access mainstream education due to their neurodiversity.
Candidate 5:
Written Manifesto: I would like to improve school community to be inclusive for all religions and races.
Candidate 6
Written Manifesto: I will help tackle bullying and prejudice.
Candidate 7
Written Manifesto: I want to improve UK mental health services, challenging stereotypes by recognising everyone’s unique experiences.
Candidate 8
Written Manifesto: School should start and finish later to allow teenagers to function better with their natural body clock.
Candidate 9
Written Manifesto: I want to change how the education system and make it help out the students.
Candidate 10
Written Manifesto: To change how schools treat neurodiversity and make it easily accessible to get care and diagnosis.
Candidate 11
Written Manifesto: I would want people to take better care of their pets.
Candidate 12
Written Manifesto: How to manage money and how mortgages work.
Establish why none school attenders are not attending school.
Candidate 13
Written Manifesto: Young people will get to voice their opinions without judgement and with people who care to listen.
Candidate 14
Written Manifesto: To get pupils more involved in their communities learning real life/work skills.
Candidate 15
Written Manifesto: I will make your voices heard and I will campaign for more opportunities for young people.
Candidate 16
Written Manifesto: To give young people now and young people in the future a voice and an opinion for better.
Candidate 17
Written Manifesto: Striving against inequality in schools and campaigning for the provision of correct political information to combat uninformed voting.
Candidate 18
Written Manifesto: I would work on reducing electricity usage across our schools, inequality, Fair GCSE assessments and supporting teachers.
Candidate 21
Written Manifesto: Improve young people’s voice. Ensure rules are fair. Improve SEN support and wellbeing. Greener schools. Safer routes to school.
Candidate 22
Written Manifesto: I will campaign, listen to concerns by doing surveys or interviews. I will take students concerns directly to the UK youth parliament.
Candidate 23
Written Manifesto: Bring young peoples concerns about their education, work opportunities and their ambitions.
Candidate 24
Written Manifesto: Sports facilities and access to them, Improving education.
Candidate 25
Written Manifesto: I will improve mental health, protect people from discrimination and help encourage employers to take on younger workers.
Candidate 26
Written Manifesto: I will change the way we think and the way we put plans into action.
Candidate 28
Written Manifesto: To prioritize support for children with autism, ADHD, and speech therapy. Also to improve environmental concerns such as air pollution.
Candidate 29
Written Manifesto: I will improve mental health support, expand affordable transport, amplify youth voices, and ensure young people feel heard and supported.
Candidate 30
Written Manifesto: I want to support young people in the community after school such as youth clubs where young people can go to a “safe space !”
Candidate 31
Written Manifesto: Increase buses and trains, more affordable for young people. Create more teenage spaces where young people can express themselves.
Candidate 32
Written Manifesto: Awareness of different faiths and cultures which there is a lack of in East Riding schools and towns.
Candidate 33
Written Manifesto: More social areas for young children.
Candidate 34
Written Manifesto: I wish to work with schools in sourcing and buying affordable, quality ingredients to raise the standards of school meals.
Candidate 35
Written Manifesto: I will make sure that everyone has rights, do the right thing and be who they want to be.
Candidate 36
Written Manifesto: Improve human rights protection – whilst promoting equality, justice and opportunity.
Candidate 37
Written Manifesto: To bring a wide variety of sports so girls can see what sports they like. I was told I can’t do some sports because I am a girl. After watching the Women’s Rugby World Cup, I wanted to see more options for girls.
Candidate 38
Written Manifesto: Children who are neurodiverse or struggle with their mental health deserve better:
better understanding, better mental health support, better education.
Candidate 39
Written Manifesto: Mental health support, accessible third spaces for teens, affordable local opportunities for young people, a serious stand against climate change.
Candidate 40
Written Manifesto: If I could change something for the better, I would want to make schools more fun and less stressful.
Candidate 41
Written Manifesto: I want to empower students to embrace and adapt to the world after education by revolutionising what they learn.
Candidate 42
Written Manifesto: Provide informal safe spaces in out of school settings for young people to discuss worries to prevent mental health crisis.
Candidate 43
Written Manifesto: Get more funding for the school and for new projects.
Candidate 44
Written Manifesto: I stand against bullying, amplify youth voices, champion autism, and call for fair travel support for every young person.
Candidate 45
Written Manifesto: I will amplify young voices, expand mental health support, improve access to education, strengthen climate action, and ensure equal opportunities for all young people.
Candidate 46
Written Manifesto: I am aiming for Net-zero by 2040 and lower crime rate to improve safety of our area.
Candidate 47
Written Manifesto: I will increase opportunities for people with hidden disabilities and reduce negative stereotypes for people aged 11-18.
Candidate 48
Written Manifesto: I’m advocating for free period products in public spaces, cheaper public service transport and equal, dependable youth services and spaces.
Candidate 49
Written Manifesto: I want to make the youth all feel welcome and included in today’s society to give all a bright future.
Candidate 50
Written Manifesto: I would Counter Union Jack flag displays representing anti-immigration by flying Rainbow flags for inclusivity.
Candidate 52
Written Manifesto: To Give young people happier and healthier lives.
Candidate 53
Written Manifesto: Make young people happier and healthier.