Eye Town Youth Council      

On November 25th 2022 the Mayor of Eye Councillor Johnnie Walker made history for the Town of Eye Suffolk. The Mayor presided over the first meeting of the Eye Youth Community Council. He noted that this was a dream come true, after 900 years the Town now has a direct link to the Youth and children in Eye and the surrounding area.

Eye Youth Council had its first meeting of the new council on 22nd November 2023, it was great to meet new members as well as existing members.

Meeting dates for 2025 are:

Wednesday 5th February

Wednesday 7th May

Monday 7th July – Close of council for 2024 and presentations (not held at the Town Hall)

(all meetings held in the Council Chamber are from 2pm until 3pm – members of the public are welcome to attend)

Additionally there will be litter picks/tree planting/community events arranged by the Youth Council, they will be carried out in December 2024, March 2025 and June 2025.

Eye Town Youth Councillors presentation

Councillors who had served on the 2022 – 2023 Eye Town Youth Council were presented with a certificate by the Eye Town Mayor Councillor Clive Hill at a ceremony in the Library of the Hartismere School on Friday June 23. At the event were the two teachers who have supported the pupils throughout the year, Miss L Driscoll and Mrs  D. Buttle and Eye Town Councillor Johnnie Walker who was the Mayor who formed the Eye Town Youth Council, also attending councillors Mike Smith and Robert Spreadbury..

The Eye Town Youth Council at the Hartismere School will be accepting  nominations from pupils in September and elections will be held in the same month electing candidates to join the 2023 – 2024 Eye Town Youth Council with their first meeting in the Eye Town Hall Chamber also in September. If you are a young person and would like this council to consider your concerns or ideas for the town please contact the Town Clerk townclerk@eyetowncouncil.gov.uk

 

 

The Big Eye Town Clean Up actioned by the Eye Town Youth Council and supported by the Hartismere School took place on Suffolk Day Wednesday June 21 the longest day of the year.This organised event saw seventeen members of the Eye Youth Council and pupils of the Hartismere School head out of school to the Eye Town Council office in Tacon Close to collect Hi vis jackets and litter pickers and of course a photo opportunity before starting the job in hand.

The brief  was to clear weeds, collect litter, tidy the Streets in the town and then head to the lanes of public footpaths and remove all discarded items leaving the footpaths clear of litter.This resulted in some very unsightly finds, advertising sign boards, a sink and of course there was a supermarket trolley these were only a few of the finds that were retrieved from the undergrowth.

A great big thank you to the wonderful council crew who arrived on the scene with their refuge truck and relieved the clean up group of their collection of waste, making this a true Eye community effort.

 

 

 

Hartismere School Eye Suffolk

 

A Green Town   Morgan Hopkins, Joe Doyle, Hannah Whitehouse – Green Town (recycling bin)

 

Jed Day, Amy Harrison, Ruby Salter – Connected Town – (care home connections)

A Connected Town     An Attractive Town

Hebe Meldrum-Edwards, Lana Sawyer, Henry Makowiecki, Carly Wickham – Attractive Town (flowers)

 

An Evolving Town   Archie Fox, Ashton Bridge, Mia Neave – Evolving Town

(park run)

A Walkable Town    Freya Craven, Cerys Richards, Oliver Baker – Living Town (wheelchair path)

 

 

 

Emilia Slater, Ava Gracie, Alife Lummis, Emma Gregory -  Accessible Town (Road humps)

 

 

This has all come about through hard work, lots of meetings and the cooperation of the towns Hartismere School and Sixth Form Collage, Guides, Brownies, Scouts and Cub groups based in the town. Concluding in the forming of the first ever Eye Youth Community Council who’s next meeting will be in January 2023.

The Eye Youth Community Council

This Council will be run according to official Council protocol. The Council will convene each month except in August and an Agenda will be pre set and followed. Residents will be encouraged to attend the meetings regardless of age. The Council can pass items on the agenda as it does the main Council and if passed  some projects will take place immediately others will take longer for example planning permission or raising funds.

 

The Youth Community Council have some very topical points for their next Agenda in January 2023 including tree planting in the town and a Survey of the Eye Cemetery of the graves of local inhabitants dating back over 100 years.

If you are a youth or child in the Eye area you will also be able to have your say by attending the meeting when the public will be given a 3 minute proposal time. This will give you  time to raise any issues that effect you or the town and raise issues with the minutes of the past meeting, whether you are at school, collage, University or working, you will still be able to ask questions. You can raise points for the council which can be added to the Agenda for the next meeting this can be via email to the Eye Town Youth Community Council  youth@eyesuffolk.org Remember that for inclusion on an Agenda the request must be considered by the Eye Town Youth Community Council and will need to be received in advance of the next meeting.

The Eye Town Youth Community Council is not an official council meeting so things like 3 clear days for agendas to be advertised is not applicable. But the meeting itself is run in an organised manner.

It is hoped that this project will highlight what the young who are the future of Eye would like to see happen in the town. They join the Eye Town Council at a high point as they work to secure a new play and youth exercise equipment for the much needed replacement of the Oak Crescent, Pocket Park play equipment that is now closed for use. There are also plans afloat for a complete refurbishment of the Eye Town Community Centre. The Eye Town Youth Community Council will be on hand to place their input to ensure a positive end meeting future needs of the young of Eye thus improving the wellbeing of the whole community, reducing anti social behaviour giving the young a pathway to success.

 

The Eye Town Youth Community Council is looking forward to working for and on behalf of Eye Town.

Let us have your view on what is needed for Eye to become an even more outstanding area for residents at youth@eyesuffolk.org

 

February 24th at 2.15 pm meeting in the Chamber of Eye Town Hall

The Agenda was as Follows :-

• 5/ Football – Youth Council and Eye Saints
• 6/ Jobs for Young People in the Eye area
• 7/ Litter and the general tidiness of the area
• 8/ Youth involvement in the Kings Coronation town celebrations
• 9/ Opening of Oak Crescent Play and Fitness area March 18th 2.30 PM
• 10/ Heritage Open Days involving young residents, theme for this year is Creative, Authors, Architects, Builders, Designers with a local link to creativity.
• 11/ Hartismere School involvement in next years youth Heritage New Wave Application

 

If you are a young person living in Eye and would like to ask a question of the youth council please email or attend the next meeting of the Eye Town Youth Community Council.

Heritage Open Days our youth engagement project, New Wave. If you’re interested in working with young people to create exciting new events, learning alongside other organisers (and getting £1,000 to help make it happen!) then please apply! This year there are up to 14 places available.

Take action! Find out more and download the New Wave application pack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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