In the spotlight - Lewisham Young Mayor

A big problem in our society is that people are becoming unaware about politics and therefore not voting or just voting for the first name they see, this is especially a problem in young people. Less and less 18-25 year olds are voting or even registering to vote.

The Lewisham young mayor scheme aims to stress the importance of democracy to the younger generation and help them to be more involved in the learning about the process of politics and decision making. It starts with people in secondary schools so even before they get to eighteen the youth of Lewisham can contribute to their local council and get involved.

The current young mayor is 16 year old Jamal Higgins, he will run for the year and campaigned very hard to over 2,000 first and second preference votes and has been in charge since October 2012.

If you would more information please go to Lewisham Coucil or B-involved