Young People's Parliament.
Working to improve political awareness
Opening Ceremony – 2024/25
Young People's Parliament is back! See our highlight video of our opening ceremony for the 2024/25 school year. We would like to say thank you to councillor Waseem Zaffar who officially opened this year's YPP and for participating in the Q & A which allowed The YPP Delegates the opportunity to ask the questions that were important to them. They felt very privileged to have this opportunity.
About Young Peoples Parliament (YPP)
Our Young Peoples Parliament is our core annual project that is open to all our member schools. We work with over 100 young people every year over three school terms to provide knowledge, skills, and opportunities to participate in local decision-making. The exciting programme includes meeting with MPs, local elected members, decision makers in other public services and with local community leaders. Each participant works in a team with other children and young people from their school with support from a mentor/teacher and the HAOS team to plan and deliver a social education/action project relevant to the local neighbourhood of the group members.
Testimonials
“I would like to be a councillor” – Damarni (YPP delegate)
“As someone who started YPP in my school, I have returned as a staff member with great pride” – Ms Khan (staff)
More Videos...
Campaign Planning – 2024/25
See our YPP highlights of the 12th February where our YPP delegates spent time planning their social action campaigns and practiced their presentations!
Meet your MP – 2024/25
The YPP Delegates were given the opportunity to meet their local MP Ayoub Khan (the Independent MP for Birmingham Perry Barr) for a Q & A session. Each school delegation is given the opportunity to ask the MP a question that they think is important to them. This year they asked some really tough questions and Ayoub met the challenge and responded fully and honestly to every question asked of him.
Social Action Presentations – 2024/25
And the shield trophies are back as our YPP delegates return to present their social action campaigns in front of our panel of esteemed judges to compete to win the 2025 Dennis Edward's Awards. Winners will be announced in July! Stay tuned!
Many thanks to our judges:
Ivora Ferreira-Bean - Vice-Chair of HAOS
Gary Bowman - HAOS Development Manager
Chris Smith - Ex Headteacher Welford Primary School
YPP Awards
And that's a wrap on our Young People's Parliament for the 2023/4 school year!
See the highlights of our final session - The Awards Ceremony! We want to say a massive well done to all our YPP delegates over the past school year, have an amazing summer! You deserve it!
YPP Trip to the Houses of Parliament
See our Highlights of our trip to London where our YPP delegates had a tour or the Houses of Parliament and had some time to explore some of London's landmarks!
Youth Social Action Presentations, May 15th
And the shield trophies are back as our YPP delegates return to present their social action campaigns in front of our panel of esteemed judges to compete to win the 2024 Dennis Edward's Awards.
Winners will be announced in July! Stay tuned!
Many thanks to our judges:
Eddie Wright - Chair of HAOS
Chris Smith - Ex Headteacher Welford Primary School
Gilroy Brown - Ex Headteacher Oasis Foundry
Ross Alexander - Community Engagement Lead AVFC
See our YPP highlights of the 15th March
- debate practice and discussions on what makes a good MP!
Our Young Peoples Parliament is our core annual project that is open to all our member schools. We work with over 100 young people every year over three school terms to provide knowledge, skills and opportunities to participate in local decision making. The exciting programme includes meeting with MPs, local elected members, decision makers in other public services and with local community leaders.
Each participant works in a team with other children and young people from their school with support from a mentor/teacher and the HAOS team to plan and deliver a social education/action project relevant to the local neighbourhood of the group members.
See our YPP highlights of the 6th February - presentation practices!
Our Young Peoples Parliament is our core annual project that is open to all our member schools. We work with over 100 young people every year over three school terms to provide knowledge, skills and opportunities to participate in local decision making.
The exciting programme includes meeting with MPs, local elected members, decision makers in other public services and with local community leaders. Each participant works in a team with other children and young people from their school with support from a mentor/teacher and the HAOS team to plan and deliver a social education/action project relevant to the local neighbourhood of the group members.
Funding Partners
Handsworth Association of Schools thanks our generous funding partners
Partner Organisations
Previous Significant Funders
Previous Funders
