Omar Kassam’s Blog

Today, the National Youth Combined Assembly (NYCA) met in-person for the first time, in Friends' Meeting House, Manchester. The agenda included a redefinition of the purpose of the national organisation, which brings together Youth Combined Authority members from Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire, as well as representatives from Greater London Youth Council. We will adopt a new strapline,  Young Changemakers , which provides a basic definition of our work, and what we hope to achieve as an organisation. NYCA has previously worked on projects involving Transport, Net Zero Carbon, and Votes at 16. A number of topics were brought up today, and we've agreed on Employment and Opportunities as an umbrella term for our work, from which projects can be arranged.

2022 has been a year full of opportunities which I'm so grateful to have had. I'm extremely proud of all that I've achieved this year, and would like to thank my family, friends, teachers, youth workers and colleagues who are always there to support me. 2022 was the year that we were able to get the Liverpool City Region Youth Combined Authority up and running. At the time of writing in December 2022, the YCA have settled in extremely well since we first met in August . We are looking forward to working more closely with Mayor Steve and policy leads in the new year to help feed into the CA's policies. Liverpool City Region Youth Combined Authority, September 2022 Over at Liverpool City Council, the Child Friendly City campaign was relaunched, and we're working to promote this as best we can in 2023 as we progress with the steps to gain CFC status for the city. I also had the absolute privilege of chairing Young People's Question Time  at Liverpool Town Hall , wh...