On 17th April the Town Mayor, Mrs Sharleen Thurman, was delighted to present an award of merit to Braunstone Town Youth Council in recognition of their contribution to the community, success in raising funds and organising activities for young people over the past year.

Omar Sharif, MYP for Dorset, is aiming to get 2000 signatures on his Downing Street public transport petition by June 4th, he’s nearly there with over 1700 - help him reach his goal!

We've been working hard to get a new youth councils site up and running, and here it is!

Nine members of Braunstone Town Youth Council attended a course in Emergency First Aid on 15th February at Braunstone Civic Centre. The young people were trained in resuscitation, recovery position, bandaging wounds and accidents and learnt how to deal with emergency situations. The four hour course was successfully passed by all the young people and thanks go to the East Midlands Ambulance Service for arranging the course. The young people were presented with certificates at a meeting of the youth council.