Southwark Youth Parliament
Southwark Youth Parliament (SYP) is a group of young people, elected by young people to represent the voices of young people through their schools and neighbourhoods. SYP support the council’s engagement with young people, and they lead on developing exciting and empowering ways of addressing priority issues that matter most to young people in Southwark.
During Southwark Youth Parliament election week (18 to 24 July 2022), young people between the ages of 14 and 19 stood as candidates to represent their Southwark school or community area. Two candidates from each Southwark school and two candidates from ten community areas with the most votes were successfully elected.
Southwark young people also elected their Youth Leader and Deputy Youth Leader, as well as the top three issues they want SYP members to work on during their two-year term.
SYP's priority issues in ranking order are:
- Black Lives Matter
- Knife crime
- Mental health - wellbeing
- Disabilities
Elected leaders
- Elected youth leader - Dreaon McDonald Simms
- Elected deputy youth leader - vacant
Community areas - elected representatives
Bermondsey
- vacant
- vacant
Borough & Bankside
- Elsie McDowell
- Leona Bimbashi
Camberwell
- Camille Kiavue
- Dreaon McDonald Simms
Dulwich
- vacant
- vacant
Elephant and Castle
- Azmarea Muhamad Azlan
- vacant
Nunhead
- Taina Popoola
- Drago Elliot Barker
Peckham
- Zoe Madu
- vacant
Rotherhithe
- Lee Palmer
- Sarah Salim Omar
Southwark
- vacant
- vacant
Walworth
- vacant
- Konrad Szuminski
Schools - elected representatives
Ark All Saints Academy
- vacant
- vacant
Ark Globe Academy
- Di'Mario Downer
- vacant
Ark Walworth Academy
- vacant
Bacon's College
- Aaron Suti
- vacant
City of London Academy Southwark
- Mehmet Ozer
Compass School Southwark
- vacant
- vacant
Harris Academy Peckham
- Haliyat Mudasir
- vacant
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich
- Marlo Enzo
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich
- vacant
Notre Dame RC Girls' School
- vacant
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School
- Tife Ogunlowo
St Michael's Catholic College
- De-Winton Parker
- vacant
St Saviour's and St Olave's
- Angel Adegbayi Oyewole
- Mariam Durrani
St Thomas the Apostle College
- vacant
- vacant
The Charter School East Dulwich
- vacant
The Charter School North Dulwich
- vacant
Meetings
Southwark Youth Parliament meets fortnightly on Wednesdays, the next meeting dates:
- 11 and 25 January
- 8 and 22 February
- 8 and 22 March
SYP Podcast recording
SYP priority topics to be recorded from January to March 2023:
- Knife crime
- Climate change
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Disability awareness
- Black Lives Matter
Overarching principles to be applied to podcast content and style
All podcasts will be youth led to reach and connect with young people
SYP will also be raising awareness of International Women’s Day 2023, #EmbraceEquity campaign
More information
To learn more about Southwark Youth Parliament, contact; paul.davies4@southwark.gov.uk
Page last updated: 08 March 2023
