What is
it?
11 million takeover day is a chance for all the
children and young people (0-19) in England to take over different
services. Sir Al-Aynsley Green, the children's commissioner
for England leads this programme.
- 11 Million day this year was on November 6th.
- To find out more about what 11 Million is, check out their
website www.11million.org.uk
- Last year, in Reading 4 young people took over Anna Wright's
role for the day. Anna is the director for the Department for
Education and Children's Services and she let young people see how
she ran things and suggest ways, which could make things better for
young people.
- This year, 10 young people interviewed 29 difference decision
makers from Reading, including the CEO for the Primary Care Trust,
the Director for Education and Childrens Services and the Member of
Youth Parliament.
Check out our articles in the
READING CHRONICLE
QUESTION TO COUNCIL COMPETITION
Sarah Bellinger and Jocelyn
Hutch were the competition winners and will be presenting
their question as a Motion to Reading Boroguh Council on Tuesday
26th January.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for young people
and has been greatly supported by Lead Councillor for
Children's Services, John Ennis.
Watch this space to find out how they got
on!