youth council type charity industry youth empowerment youth politics representation founded 1998 2008 as aberdeen city youth council headquarters torry youth and leisure centre torry aberdeen scotland area served aberdeen website www.acyc.info aberdeen city youth council is an organisation that aims to give young people a voice in decision making at a citywide level in aberdeen scotland . it is open to young people aged 12 25 years of age . it is supported by aberdeen city council financially and by means of staff support through the city council s youth participation officer . contents 1 history 2 structure 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit it was previously known as the youth action committee yac and listen young people speaking lyps which performed a similar role in aberdeen since its establishment in 1998 . in october 2010 they launched a survey to determine local attitudes on various issues ; by may 2011 they had collated 165 responses . 1 in november 2014 the chair wrote to the council after changes were made to school menus around packaged food items . 2 in 2015 they held a sex education session for 22 pupils after reaching the conclusion that sex education in local schools was lacking in terms of coverage of lgbt lesbian gay bisexual and transgender issues and consent . 3 it was a registered charity from 1 january 1992 until 12 april 2016 . 4 structure edit youth councillors are co opted by the youth council s membership to sit on the body as long as they are eligible . membership is open to any young person aged 14 25 years of age who lives works or studies in aberdeen . the aberdeen city youth council works closely with various organizations across aberdeen including ; but not limited to community centres community councils cultural organizations local area forums and local businesses . the organization also has a very close relationship with the scottish youth parliament . the aberdeen city youth council is the local coordinator for scottish youth parliament elections and members of the scottish youth parliament msyps for the constituencies of aberdeen central aberdeen donside and aberdeen south and north kincardine . the representatives are elected by the young people of aberdeen . see also edit community youth development youth politics british youth council united kingdom youth parliament european youth parliament references edit new aberdeen city youth council appointed . stv news . 3 may 2011 . retrieved 11 july 2016 . mckay david 27 november 2014 . youth leaders raise concerns over removal of sandwiches from school canteens . the press and journal . retrieved 11 july 2016 . brace harriet 17 january 2015 . aberdeen youth council team giving sex education lessons . evening express . retrieved 11 july 2016 . search the aberdeen city youth council sc031188 . scottish charity regulator . retrieved 11 july 2016 . external links edit official website v t e youth empowerment elements evolving capacities free range parenting intergenerational equity leaving the nest student voice youth adult partnership youth mainstreaming youth rights youth voice types community youth development anarchistic free school democratic free school positive youth development student activism student centered learning student rights student voice youth activism youth council youth court youth engagement youth leadership youth led media youth movement youth participation youth philanthropy youth service youth suffrage youth vote barriers adultcentrism adultism age restrictions ageism control freaks fear of youth ephebiphobia eleutherophobia fear of children pediaphobia gerontocracy grounding helicopter parent infantilization intrusiveness narcissism parental respect vicariousness related articles beatnik beat generation counterculture of the 1960s defense of infancy hippies hungry generation international youth year uk underground index of youth rights related articles retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aberdeen city youth council & oldid 729364522 categories youth empowerment organizations2008 establishments in scotlandpolitics of aberdeenyouth organisations based in scotlandyouth led organizationsyouth model governmentyouth organisations based in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 18 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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