Cabinet Leadership Roles
The Executive meet on a monthly basis - key responsibilities include:
Co-chairs (one male and one female):
- To be the public and representative face of the Youth Council
- To go out and get views of young people and share these with your HYC peers
- To chair HYC meetings and represent HYC at meetings with councillors, council officers and partners
Treasurer:
- To represent the Youth Council
- To fight for a budget to keep the HYC going
- To keep all finances clean and in order
- To provide financial reports
Secretary:
- To represent the Youth Council
- To help do any behind the scene work, to keep the HYC going
- To be a channel of communication between the councillors, officers and council partners and other Youth Councillors
- To respond to enquiries and liaise with support officers and chairs about reports and content of future HYC meetings
Junior Champion 11-14
- To represent the Youth Council
- To work with ‘Junior’ groups across Haringey and develop an understanding of their needs and interests
- To represent the needs and interests of this age group within the HYC
Senior Champion 15-19
- To represent the Youth Council
- To work with ‘Senior’ groups across Haringey and develop an understanding of their needs and interests
- To represent the needs and interests of this age group within the HYC
Environmental Champion
- To represent the Youth Council
- To raise awareness of environmental issues within the HYC and to act as HYC spokesperson on green issues
- To champion green issues across Haringey
- To drive initiatives towards making the HYC the greenest youth council in the UK
Task Group Chairs
- To represent the Youth Council
- To take forward the work of each Task Group
- To represent each Task Group and report to Youth Council
(this applies to the Youth Fund Chair also)
UK Youth Parliament Representatives
- To represent the Youth Council
- To raise awareness of UKYP and it’s activities within the Youth Council
- To represent the views of Haringey children and young people at UKYP
NOTE: All Youth Councillors will work within equalities guidelines and towards ensuring the Youth Council is inclusive and representative of all Haringey Children and Young People.
