P-04-597 Protect the future of Funky Dragon, the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales
P-04-597 Protect the future of Funky Dragon, the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales
We,
the undersigned, call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh
Government to protect the future of Funky Dragon, the Children and Young
People’s Assembly for Wales by restoring core funding. Wales must have an
independent, youth led, publically funded, national platform for children and
young people, democratically elected at a local level, to give voice to their
views and opinions and to hold the Welsh Government to account. The national
platform must be empowered to work with all elected members to further children
and young people’s issues and to report directly to the United Nations
Committee on the Rights of the Child as Funky Dragon did so successfully in
2008.
Funky
Dragon still believes that:
1.
Young people, democratically elected at a local level, should have a National
Platform to voice their views and opinions.
2.
That platform should be called The Youth Assembly for Wales.
3.
It should be able to work with all Elected Members including Assembly Members
and Members of Parliament to further young peoples’ issues.
4.
It should be supported to allow Welsh young people to report directly to the
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in commenting on the last UK State
report stated: Concluding observation 33. That governments’ ˜Support forums for
children’s participation, such as the United Kingdom Youth Parliament, Funky
Dragon in Wales and Youth Parliament in Scotland should be implemented.
Petitioner: Catherine Patricia
Jones
First considered by the
Committee:
23 September 2014
Number of Signatures: 1,212 electronic
signatures and 429 paper signatures. Total 1,641
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 17/09/2014