Candidate Manifestos 2008 - Young Hackney

Khadijah Peace Watkis-LewisI’ve lived in east London all mylife and so far I have noticedcertain faults. For young peopleliving in and around Hackneythere are a limited number ofproductive environments tosocialise in - youth clubs are finebut I, as a young person, wouldmuch rather do somethingconstructive with my friendswhich will be of benefit to mein later life.I feel the right environment forus as young people to socialisein would be a local and wellknownvenue, e.g. Ocean, RoundChapel or Hackney Town Hall.This enables young people tointeract withothers from different areas andschools. The kind of eventI propose would be eitherweekly/monthly social eventse.g. parties, movie nights orstructured talks on issuesconcerning young people. Theseevents will be designed to attractat least 60 - 100 young people inHackney. I would also like toinvolve some sort of extracurricularactivities such asdrama, events management,singing, music production etc.I believe if young people gaineda qualification/certificate forparticipating and passing thecourse the social events willattract more people and theycould use the certificate intheir c.v.If we identify what we need in order to succeed, we will... Trust me.