Every year our school takes part in the ‘Make Your Mark Campaign’ run by the National Youth Parliament. The campaign gives students across the country an opportunity to discuss and vote for topics that they feel are most important to them. At MHS wethe pupils have discussed the topics in their tutor group time and in their Citizenship lessons with Mr Gleeson. The voting UK topics, one from Devolved topics and one from Local topics. The voting ran very smoothly and there were a total of 132 votes cast. The results were as follows:-
UK Topics
1st place – 44 votes – Votes at 16 (Give all 16 and 17 year olds the right the vote in all elections/referendums
2nd place – 27 votes – Protect the environment
3rd place – 17 votes – Welcome Refugees
Devolved Topics
1st place – 43 votes – Put an end to knife crime
2nd place – 31 votes – Improve Mental Health services
3rd place – 22 votes – Tackle Child Poverty
Local Topics
1st place – 62 votes – Tackle Homelessness
2nd place – 41 votes – Replace disposable plastic cups with reusable ones in the bistro
3rd place – 25 votes – Tackle Noise Pollution (noisy neighbours)
A huge well done to all who took part!