Many of you will be aware that the Walton Village Forum has been working hard to engage with younger people. If we’re honest with ourselves, there isn’t much for them to do in our village. Although spoilt with an incredible array of outdoor activity options, these past times aren’t for everyone.
As we were preparing to launch our new website the idea of setting up a blog came to mind. As an avid reader of blogs, I felt that this could be a great means to raise awareness of local issues. It also dawned on me that we already have a variety of avenues for keeping our local community up to date with news. This results in us hearing the same voices which isn’t always representative.
I recently heard of a young lady in our village who has a keen interest in journalism. She’d expressed an interest in writing and sharing her perspective as a young person living in our village. It almost seemed serendipitous! What better way to engage with younger members of our community? We all need to be heard and so we’re excited to make this platform available to hear a different voice and perspective.
I’d like to introduce you to Yzanne Pepper who is going to be our primary blogger over the coming months. Over time I’d like to see more young people engaging and sharing their views. It doesn’t matter how old you are, your perspective is important, and we would value hearing your ideas and suggestions.
Yzanne already has some great suggestions for topics. As a committee we’re going to ask her to write about particular subjects too. If you’re a young person reading this and have ideas, feel free to share them with Yzanne by emailing yzanne@waltonvillageforum.org.
