In this episode of the Central Bedfordshire Youth Voice Podcast, we’re talking all things mobile phones in school. Should they be allowed? Are they a distraction or a useful tool? We hear different views from young people and explore how schools are handling phone use, the impact on learning, and what the rules should be. Tune in for an honest chat on a topic that affects students every day.

In this episode of the Central Bedfordshire Youth Voice Podcast, we tackle three important topics raised by local young people. We start with a discussion on toilets in school and why access matters more than you might think. Next, we explore concerns around knife crime—what’s happening, how it’s affecting communities, and what can be done. Finally, we talk about wellbeing, looking at what support is available and how young people can look after their mental health. Real issues, real voices—tune in now.

With a new Youth Parliament group elected in 2024, we are pleased to bring you Season 2 of the podcast.

Starting with our bonus episode, you will hear a selection of new hosts interviewing members of the Youth Parliament and other interesting people about issues that matter to young people.

In this episode Tommy, our social media manager interviews members of the 3 Youth Parliament campaign groups to discuss their campaign topics.

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Media team manager Tommy interviews Uk Youth Parliament reps Zory and Olivia, to discuss how UK Youth Parliament works, and whether or not the national voting age should be lowered to 16.

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Our hosts are joined by a member of the Central Bedfordshire Youth Parliament who leads their environment campaign. They will talk about what the environment campaign are doing to build their campaign, ask how you can get involved, and of course throw in some "just for fun" questions in the mix.

Our new hosts are joined by some guests this week to talk about Domestic Abuse.

Introducing the new hosts of the podcast

As part of the celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month we took the opportunity to interview members of the Central Bedfordshire Youth Parliament LGBTQ+ Campaign Group. This is an opportunity to discover some of the work the Youth Parliament have been doing and meet some of the members that represent you. 

The first ever episode of this BRAND NEW Youth Voice podcast - giving voice to young people in Central Bedfordshire.

Find out a little about who we are and what we are doing with our own podcast. As the first (and therefore original ) hosts of this podcast we thought we'd tell you a little about ourselves, how we got involved with Youth Voice, and what our vision for this podcast is, also how you can get involved with the podcast. 

Please listen and get involved with our future episodes as we can only give voice to young people if YOU share your voice with us first!