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Welcome to the Lambeth Youth Mayor area. Here you can keep up-to-date with the work of Lambeth’s Youth Mayor and Member of the UK Youth Parliament, and have your say about what you think should be happening to improve the borough for young people.
Lambeth’s Youth Mayor, Darren Tenkorang, and Member of Youth Parliament Stephanie Harb have met Mayor of London Boris Johnson at a reception in City Hall.
Lambeth’s Youth Mayor, Darren Tenkorang helped launch a newly-opened training centre yesterday – the first of its kind in London.
Lambeth’s young representatives have launched their campaigns for 2010. Read more about the changes they want to make here!
The 2010 Youth Mayor’s Fund is now closed for applications! The deadline for applications to the 2010 Youth Mayor’s Fund passed on Wednesday, with a record number of applications coming in from young people all over the borough
Young people were at the heart of discussions last night when the Youth Mayor Network brought together directly elected young people from across London to meet with Sir Paul Stephenson, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, at Scotland Yard.
Lambeth’s Member for Youth Parliament, Stephanie Harb, helped celebrate the work of young people who have been developing SMART phone ‘apps’ at an event in Brixton last night.
Are you aged 13 - 19?
Do you live, work or study in Lambeth?
Do you have an idea for a project to benefit young people?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of these questions, then the Youth Mayor’s Fund is for you!
This weekend, Raw Materials Music (who performed at our Election night event back in February) are teaming up with the BFI for a day of workshops, live performances, and ‘audio-visual mash-ups’ for young people aged 11-25.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide of what's available for young people in Lambeth is now available - and Lambeth's new Youth Mayor has urged people to get hold of a copy.
Members of the Youth Mayor Advisory Panel attended a film premiere today, showcasing the creative work of a group of Lambeth young fathers.
Members of the UK Youth Parliament (London Region) met today to decide on the political ‘issue’ that they would spend the year campaigning on.
Last night Darren made his first speech as Lambeth’s new Youth Mayor at a launch event for this year’s Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF).
Lambeth’s Youth Mayor, Darren Tenkorang, met with decision-makers at the Government Office for London today, to tell them how to get it right when thinking about spending money on services for young people.
Young Mayors from all over London and the UK met up with weekend, to share ideas and make plans for their time together in office.
Confused by the Election? Unsure who to vote for? Baffled by politics altogether? The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) has put together a great General Election microsite for young people looking to find out more about the upcoming election.
Lambeth’s Youth Mayor and Deputy Member of Youth Parliament spent the evening meeting local dignitaries and community leaders last night, at an event celebrating a year since current Mayor of Lambeth, Councillor Christopher Wellbelove, took office.
Check out this video, hosted by Lambeth’s Youth Mayor Darren Tenkorang, looking at all the opportunities available for young people in Lambeth.
Members of Lambeth’s Youth Mayor Advisory Panel attended a young peoples’ film festival yesterday, showcasing the work of film-makers aged 13-19 from all over the world.
Lambeth’s new Youth Mayor, Darren Tenkorang, has been interviewed by the South London Press. See what he had to say in the interview on the SLP website.
Members of Lambeth’s Youth Mayor Advisory Panel visited Sadler’s Wells Theatre in Islington last night to watch young musicians from 10 London boroughs come together and perform a vibrant, one-off musical extravaganza.
Keep up to date with all of the Youth Mayor’s upcoming engagements on the Youth Mayor calendar.
Young Mayors from across London met each other yesterday evening, for the first time since being elected.
This weekend Lambeth’s elected Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) Stephanie Harb and Daniel Longe joined nearly 100 other young people from across London for a 3-day training residential on the Isle of Wight.
The borough's new Youth Mayor and member of Youth Parliament have been announced during a colourful ceremony on Friday 26 February at Lambeth Town Hall.
Last night Lambeth Youth Mayor Samuel Manley attended the 2009 Spirit of London Awards, aimed at celebrating the work of young Londoners fighting to make a difference in their communities. Here he tells us about the evenings events.
Today, Lambeth's Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) Andrew Short attended some campaign training as a result of his success in the Shout Out! Campaign Awards. Here he tells us all about it.
Lambeth’s Deputy Youth Mayor, Emmanuel Adepoju, and Deputy Member of Youth Parliament, Ify Ossai, both attended a People’s Question Time event at the O2 Brixton Academy yesterday to hear the views of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
Lambeth’s Deputy Youth Mayor, Emmanuel Adepoju, spent the day shadowing the borough’s adult Mayor today as part of 11 Million Takeover Day.
Andrew Short, Lambeth's Member of Youth Parliament, took part in a Question Time-style event today as part of the Launch of the Young Peoples' Workforce Reform Programme.
Lambeth Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) Andrew Short made history today as – along with MYPs from all over the country – he became one of the first people in over 300 years, besides MPs, to hold a debate in the House of Commons.
Lambeth Member of Youth Parliament, Andrew Short, spoke at an event today aimed at bringing together members of the older and younger generations.
This week is Local Democracy Week, and young people involved in Lambeth Youth Council have spent it touring the borough’s schools, to deliver workshops on what ‘Democracy’ means, and how young people in Lambeth can get involved.
Following weeks of assessments and interviews, the first 5 projects to be funded through this year’s Youth Mayor Fund have been announced!
Andrew Short, Lambeth’s elected Member of Youth Parliament, attended an Awards ceremony today to celebrate the work of young people campaigning to make positive changes within their communities.
Lambeth’s Youth Mayor, Samuel Manley, took time to present a prize at the Lambeth in Bloom awards last night, to honour the work of people using gardening to brighten up their local area.
Lambeth’s Member of Youth Parliament, Andrew Short has been selected as a finalist in this years Shiela McKechnie Foundation ‘Shout Out!’ Awards.
This weekend, Lambeth’s elected Member of Youth Parliament, Andrew Short, attended the organisation’s annual National Sitting at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Read Andrew's updates, live from the 2009 UK Youth Parliament Annual Sitting
Read Andrew's updates, live from the 2009 UK Youth Parliament Annual Sitting.
This weekend Andrew Short, Lambeth’s elected Member of the UK Youth Parliament, will be joining hundreds of other MYPs from right across the country for the UKYP’s ‘Annual Sitting’ at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Lambeth’s UK Youth Parliament Andrew Short has been shortlisted for a prestigious campaign award being offered by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation.
Andrew Short, Lambeth’s Member of Youth Parliament, has decided to spend his Year 10 work experience getting even further involved in the national political scene – by visiting the Home Office!
Lambeth’s Member of the Youth Parliament has been nominated for a prestigious campaign award for his work to get TfL fares reduced for young people aged 16-18.
Samuel Manley, Lambeth’s Youth Mayor, has provided the Foreword to this year’s Holiday Activity Programme brochure. Lambeth’s Holiday Activity Programme (HAP) and Summer University provide access to all sorts of arts, sporting and other activities to help you make the most of your summer holidays.
Read this blog post by on 'Stop and Search' by Lambeth Deputy Youth Mayor, Emmanuel Adepoju.
On Friday, Lambeth’s Youth Councillors met with the borough’s adult Councillors to find out more about what they do, and what they think about the issues that affect young people in Lambeth.
Whether you want to run an arts project on your estate, a sports project in your local park, a media project from your local youth club, or organise visits or clubs for your school or college – we want to know about it.
YMAP members visited Stockwell YMCA Centre today to see the launch of a new film about domestic violence, created by members of the St Michael’s Fellowship Young Dads project.
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Lambeth’s Youth Mayor Samuel Manley has been chosen to write a guest column for the latest issue of Lambeth Life – replacing Cllr Steve Reed’s usual column as Leader of the Council.
Lambeth’s Deputy Youth Mayor Emmanuel Adepoju represented the Youth Council at this year’s Jack Petchey Awards, celebrating the achievements of young people from all over the borough.
The UK Youth Parliament has voted on its national campaigns for 2009-10.
Battlefront is a new series on Channel 4 following 20 young campaigners as they seek to change the world.
This month, Children and Young People Now magazine published an article asking ‘Are young mayors encroaching on the UKYP’s territory?’
Last night, Lambeth’s Deputy Youth Mayor Emmanuel Adepoju and Member of Youth Parliament Andrew Short visited City Hall, home of the London Assembly, for a Reception marking Boris Johnson’s first year as Mayor.
Lambeth’s Deputy Youth Mayor Emmanuel Adepoju and Member of Youth Parliament Andrew Short visited Parliament today, to discuss recent moves to increase funding for elected young mayors and youth representatives across the UK.
If you want to stay informed about what the Youth Mayor and his Advisory Panel have been working on, you can download copies of their meeting notes by following the link in the Get Involved section. If you want to join the Panel, contact us using the information on the Contacts and Links page.
The Youth Mayor and his cohorts yesterday visited the Oasis Children’s Venture in Stockwell – a group of 3 youth projects all based around Larkhall park – to take part in their Easter Karting project and hand out awards to competition winners.
Do you have what it takes to represent young people? Do you have ideas about how to improve Lambeth? Now that the Youth Mayor and UK Youth Parliament Members have been elected, it is important we put together a really good Advisory Panel to decide how their all-important £25,000 budget gets spent.
At an ‘extraordinary council meeting’ at the Town Hall last night Lambeth’s new young representatives were officially sworn into office – and they weren’t the only ones.
Lambeth’s new Youth Mayor made his debut speech last night at the ‘Think B4 Sex’ Awards in Waterloo. At the event, organised by the Lambeth Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Partnership, young people from a variety of projects were celebrated for their contribution to peer-led sex and relationships education.
At a glittering event held at Lambeth’s very own Ritzy Picturehouse, Lambeth’s freshest crop of young politicians have found out about some of the most pressing human rights challenges of our day, in the form of 9 short films written and produced entirely by young people.
Samuel has made his first national media appearance in today’s Times! In a piece entitled ‘Would you like to run the country?’ Samuel is interviewed alongside UK Youth Parliament Member Joe Sullivan, 14 year old American whiz kid Jonathan Krohn, and 19 year old Emily Benn – granddaughter of famous politician Tony Benn. See what Samuel had to say about his political ambitions in our Gallery.
The UK Youth Parliament has made political history…again. Last year the UKYP became the first ever non-governmental organisation to hold a formal debate in the House of Lords. The event brought together young people from every corner of the UK and was broadcast live on the BBC’s Parliament channel.
Emmanuel Adepoju, Lambeth’s newly elected Deputy Youth Mayor got together with his counterparts from all over London this weekend at a residential organised by the Young Mayors’ Network (YMN).
Lambeth’s newly elected Youth Mayor, Samuel Manley, got off to a flying start to his career today at a meeting with Communities Secretary Hazel Blears.
Lambeth’s newly elected Members of the UK Youth Parliament, Andrew Short and Ify Ossai, met up with MYPs from all over London this weekend at a UKYP working residential in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Lambeth’s young people have elected a new Youth Mayor! Following weeks of campaigning by candidates from all over the borough, 18 year old Samuel Manley and 14 year old Andrew Short were last night announced as Lambeth’s new Youth Mayor and UK Youth Parliament Member at an event at the Town Hall in Brixton.