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Scottish Youth Parliament Shetland Candidate
BARRY MEHEUT
Age 15
From Quarff
Attends Anderson High School
My name is Barry Meheut and I'm almost 16 years old. My hobbies are football and rugby. I am very interested in Interna;onal and local poli;cs and issues. I came to sunny Shetland 11 years ago and I'm loving it! I a@end Anderson High School, where I am an ac;ve member in the school’s Student Representa;ve Council. I am also a member of Shetland Youth Voice and I also a@end the Parent Council Mee;ngs at the Anderson High School.
About Barry
FacebookSearch ‘Elect Barry Meheut for
Shetland MSYP’
Local topic of importance
One local topic that I think young people should have their say on, and their views and opinions listened
to is the closure of the Shetland Coastguard sta;on. The Coastguard is a life saver for everyone in the Shetland Islands and to lose this would be a disaster for them and for everyone young and old! So if I
was elected I would work hard at make sure that the future of our coastguard is safe for years to come.
I would try to encourage young people that they can play a part in saving our Coastguard Sta;on.
National topic of importance
A na;onal topic that a lot of young people have maybe heard of is the possibility of there being tui;on fees for Scotland's Universi;es. This could be a huge issue for you and maybe everyone in Scotland who is thinking about going to a University. If elected I would fight my hardest to make sure that the voices of young people are heard and that our views are taken into account that we don't want tui;on fees in Scotland!
Youth Manifesto ‘VOTE BARRY’
International topic of importance
A major issue that a lot of us here about is Child Poverty. A lot of Child Poverty happens in Africa where
there isn't much money and where families live on less than $2 a day. Do you know that more than 50 percent of Africans suffer from water-‐related diseases such as cholera and also every year six million
children die from malnutri;on before their fiYh birthday? (source: World Health Org.) If elected I
would like to personally try to help the young people in Africa in some way, because they have a life to live. I feel we are very lucky to live in this country and I would like to help the children in African so they
too can live a healthy and happy life like we do. If elected I would like to help other young people to get
involved in this issue if they wanted to.
Conclusion
If I am elected for the Sco_sh Youth Parliament, I will try my hardest to achieve and do the things I said in this manifesto. Also I will always voice the opinions of young people if there is any concerns that ma@er to you or anyone about an issue in Shetland. Also I will work my hardest to achieve my goals and I hope that I will at some point get to voice your opinions or issues that you feel strongly about for Shetland.
