In my role as an MSYP, tonight I visted Milton Fusion. A youth club in the North of the City, set up by Glasgow Life to give the local young people something to do. Milton is a very deprived area and it was great to see the great spirit of the young people that live there. They're switched on and know exactly what they want from life.
I think too often, these young people have been written off. No more! I was so pleased to see such determination and listening to the stories of the young people was fantastic.
The minute I mentioned I was from the youth parliament, I was instantly hit with "I hate politics, I know nothing about it." This of course was untrue. The minute I mentioned David Cameron so many of them replied, "I hate the tories," or used some very colourful language to describe Mrs Thatcher! Of course I couldn't disagree with them more, it was heartening to see that they do know about politics and although they may be misguided or perhaps, misinformed, they still have an opinion!
They have asked me to look into using another venue for their club and I will be contacting Glasgow City Council to see if it's possible. I really enjoyed myself tonight, it's nice when I'm doing my SYP work to see "real people" now and again!
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