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April 2008 : taking issues forward

What's next from Oxfordshire's Young MPs?
Check out the latest from the Oxfordshire Youth Parliament

What happens to your Customer Satisfaction survey comments? Well, all Youth service and Connexions Units take into account your comments and concerns and draw up an action plan. Some of them are now on Spired:

• Connexions scroll down for links to Connexions Centre's action plans
• Area Unit Action plans are linked from this page
• Read the Customer Satisfaction Survey Results

Got any thoughts on these? Tell us what you think:

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Or send us an email.

What do we do with the information?

Your responses will be read and passed on to the teams which support the UKYP candidates and design and administrate the Customer Satisfaction Survey.

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Youth Matters: the government responds

Somewhere to go? something to do? The government, among other alterations, adds in "someone to talk to". Read the full Youth Matters: Next Steps Report for Young People and find out how much this current government values the next generation.

Oxfordshire Children and Young Peoples' Plan

The consultation on Oxfordshire's Children and Young People's Plan looked at how work with children and young people should be planned and prioritised over the next few years. You can read the Young Person's version of the Plan, and find out what the 300 respondents said and check whether anything has been missed out.

Youth Matters: responses, comments and more

Somewhere to go something to do? Oxfordshire's Young People had a lot of responses to make to the Government Green Paper, Youth Matters. Now that the consultation is over, you can read the responses Oxfordshire sent back to Central Government, as well as your comments, ideas and criticisms of it.

Joint Best Value Review

This major 12-month consultation on childrens' and young people's support services, and how they could be made to work better, was reported in the forum while it was in progress. Now that the consultation is over, you can read the Summary Report for Children and Young People here on Spired.com.

Oxford Community Partnership Community Participation Plan

Young people were consulted in 2004 about Oxfordshire's draft community strategy. Find out more.

Meet the Councillors

During Democracy Week 2004, Oxfordshire's local Councillors showed their commitment to getting in touch with their younger constituents by answering questions from young people in the Forum on Spired.com. You can meet the councillors who took part, and read a transcript of the chat in the Forum.

Divisional Youth Forums

Earlier in 2004 Oxfordshire County Council Youth Service consulted with young people using the service about ways in which they could become more involved in decision making. The outcome was the setting up (currently underway) of Divisional Youth Forums. Read more.

Democracy week 2002

There were a variety of democractic activities and initiatives aimed at young people during democracy Week 2002. Find out more.

Votes at 16!

Lowering the voting age is still very much a hot topic for young people as well as local and national government, and the campaign for votes at 16 continues. Read what was said on Spired.com's forum about this issue, find links to the current campaign websites and more here.

Proof of Age Cards

Still a topic giving headaches to young people and retailers alike; how do you prove you're old enough to do something without compromising your privacy? Read your views, the issues, and how the new Connexions Card fits into the debate here.