The South Glos Post

Young people in South Gloucestershire will be making waves on the radio during the half-term break.

They will be broadcasting again as ‘Multi FM’ on 87.7 FM from the Old School youth centre in Kingswood, which is run by South Gloucestershire Council.

The young people will be hosting a mixture of interviews, live music and songs from Monday 21st to Friday 25th February, between noon and 10pm everyday.

This is the fourth year that the young people, aged from 14 to 20-years-old, have run a radio station from the Kingswood-based youth centre. After being granted a licence by Ofcom, they have been hard at work preparing for the week-long broadcast with help and guidance from Phil Gibbons, the station manager at Bristol Community Radio (BCfm), and Matt Thomas, a sound engineer.

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The inaugural meeting of Patchway Town Council’s new youth committee was held earlier this month.

The newly formed youth committee met for the first time on Monday 15th November and elected Conservative South Gloucestershire Councillor for Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge and Patchway Town Councillor, Brian Hopkinson, as Chairman.

Councillors in the town aim to improve the way they work with neighbouring parishes, including Bradley Stoke, to ensure that local young people from across the area are properly catered for.

Speaking after the meeting, Cllr Hopkinson, who is also the Link Monitoring Officer for youth services on Bradley Stoke Town Council, said:

“I am delighted that we have had our first meeting because establishing this committee is something I have been pushing for over a number of years.”

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Source: Conservative Group on South Gloucestershire Council

The UK Youth Parliament Manifesto for South Gloucestershire has been formally launched by the two members representing South Gloucestershire and their deputies.

Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs) George Tanner and Georgie Evans, along with Deputy Members (DMYPs) Dominic Foale and Alex Brown, are already working hard to fulfil their promises which saw them voted in earlier this year.

Aged between 14 and 15 years, all four representatives were voted in by young people across secondary schools, youth centres and youth projects across South Gloucestershire.

MYP George Tanner said: “I’m developing a campaign called ‘Don’t delete’ to remind young people to not delete evidence of cyber bullying, and to raise awareness of the issue with young people and adults.”

Read on for more details about our local MYPs

Young people in South Gloucestershire will be making waves on the radio during the half-term break.

They will be broadcasting again as ‘Multi FM’ on 87.7 FM from the Old School youth centre in Kingswood, which is run by South Gloucestershire Council.

The young people will be hosting a mixture of interviews, live music and songs from February 15 until 19, between noon and 10pm everyday.

This is the third year that the young people, aged from 14 to 20-years-old, have run a radio station from the Kingswood-based youth centre. After being granted a licence by Ofcom, they have been hard at work preparing for the week-long broadcast with help and guidance from Phil Gibbons, the station manager at Bristol Community Radio, and Matt Thomas, a sound engineer.

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Source: South Gloucestershire Council