Youth Council asks you to make your mark/ Cyngor Ieuenctid yn gofyn i chi bleidleisio

Youth Council asks you to make your mark

 CARMARTHENSHIRE Youth Council is backing the UK’s largest youth consultation.

Members attended the official launch of Make your Mark at an event in Cardiff on August 22.

Young people will vote to decide which five top issues affecting young people across the UK will be debated at the Annual Sitting held in the House of Commons in November.

Thomas Vaughan-Jones from Llandyfan is Carmarthenshire’s UK Youth Parliament member and will be representing the views of the young people in the county and Wales.

The ballot runs from now until the beginning of October. Last year over 950,000 young people took part in the national ballot.

14-year-old Thomas will be leading on the Make your Mark by training other members and getting support from secondary schools, youth projects and organisations across the county to get as many young people as possible involved in the ballot.

The Youth Council will be offering to visit as many secondary schools and youth projects in Carmarthenshire as possible to encourage them to get involved and have their say on a UK level.

Thomas said: “I’m really happy to have been elected as Carmarthenshire’s 2018 member for the UK Youth Parliament and want to continue to listen to young people’s ideas and views, making sure that I represent Carmarthenshire on a national and UK platform. I’d urge all young people aged between 11 and 18 to get involved and take part in the ballot.”

Cllr Glynog Davies, executive board member responsible for education and children’s services, said: “This is a great opportunity for young people in our county to have their say and make sure that the issues they are passionate about are raised on a national level.”

You can vote online www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk or by paper ballots which are available from Carmarthenshire Youth Council participation@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Cyngor Ieuenctid yn gofyn i chi bleidleisio

MAE Cyngor Ieuenctid Sir Gaerfyrddin yn cefnogi ymgynghoriad ieuenctid mwyaf y DU. Bu’r aelodau yng nghyfarfod lansio swyddogol Make Your Mark mewn digwyddiad yng Nghaerdydd ar 22 Awst.

Bydd pobl ifanc yn pleidleisio i benderfynu pa 5 mater sy’n effeithio ar bobl ifanc ledled y DU fydd yn cael eu trafod yn y sesiwn flynyddol yn Nhŷ’r Cyffredin ym mis Tachwedd.

Thomas Vaughan-Jones o Landyfân yw aelod Sir Gaerfyrddin ar Senedd Ieuenctid y DU, a bydd yn cynrychioli barn pobl ifanc yn y sir ac yng Nghymru.

Mae’r bleidlais yn cael ei chynnal rhwng nawr a dechrau mis Hydref. Y llynedd cymerodd dros 950,000 o bobl ifanc ran yn y bleidlais genedlaethol.

Bydd Thomas, sy’n 14 oed, yn arwain ar Make Your Mark drwy hyfforddi aelodau eraill ac yn cael cefnogaeth gan ysgolion uwchradd, prosiectau a sefydliadau ieuenctid ar draws y sir er mwyn cael cynifer o bobl ifanc â phosibl i fod yn rhan o’r bleidlais.

Bydd y Cyngor Ieuenctid yn cynnig ymweld â chynifer o ysgolion uwchradd a phrosiectau ieuenctid â phosibl yn Sir Gaerfyrdddin er mwyn eu hannog i fod yn rhan o’r holl beth ac i leisio eu barn ar lefel y DU.

Dywedodd Thomas: “Rwy’n falch iawn fy mod wedi cael fy ethol fel aelod Sir Gaerfyrddin ar y Senedd Ieuenctid yn 2018, ac rwy’ am barhau i wrando ar syniadau a sylwadau pobl ifanc, gan sicrhau fy mod yn cynrychioli Sir Gaerfyrddin ar blatfform cenedlaethol a Phrydeinig. Byddwn i’n annog pawb rhwng 11 a 18 oed i gymryd rhan drwy bleidleisio.”

Dywedodd y Cyng. Glynog Davies, yr Aelod o’r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros Addysg a Gwasanaethau Plant: “Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych i bobl ifanc ein sir gael dweud eu dweud a gwneud yn siŵr bod y pethau maen nhw’n angerddol yn eu cylch yn cael sylw ar lefel genedlaethol.”

Gallwch bleidleisio ar-lein www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk neu drwy bapurau pleidleisio sydd ar gael gan Gyngor Ieuenctid Sir Gaerfyrddin participation@sirgar.gov.uk