Make   Your Mark online voting is live

You’re   one of over 900 schools, colleges youth groups and partner organisations, who   have signed up to this years’ campaign.

The   issues voted as most important will be the focus of the UK Youth Parliament’s   2021 campaigns. Members of Youth Parliament will campaign to influence UK   Parliament and their local representatives, ensuring that the views of young   people are listened to by decision-makers. 

The virtual ballot paper, asks 11-18 year   olds to vote on one UK-wide topic and one local topic that is   most important to them. Online voting closes on 30^th   November and is solely through the UK Parliament Week website

Ways of running the   vote

Some   ways that would support school/college based engagement with Make Your Mark   2020:

1.   Promote   on the school/college social media accounts
2.   Place a   link onto the Internal ICT platforms for example Moodle, Teams or Blackboard
3.   Use some   class lessons time to support the engagement, perhaps organise a small debate   on some of the campaigns
4.   Place a   link to Make Your Mark when the learners/students logon to their computer in   the school/college
5.   Promote   on the school/college plasma screens in common areas and corridors

Resources. Click for:

•   Voting   page English   | Welsh/Cymraeg
•   PowerPoint
•   SEN   resource: symbol ballot
•   News   article inc quotes for press release
•   Videos   inc the topics. Sorry but unfortunately there has been a delay with the video,   as soon as it is available it will be added to the pages on the UK Parliament   Week site