Youth Council Members Page

Dumfries & Galloway Youth Council 

Dumfries & Galloway Youth Council (known as DGYC) is an organisation of elected young people aged 12-25 from across D&G. There's: 

• 24 Ward Youth Councillors (2 representatives for each of the 12 Ward areas) 
• 7 Nominated Youth Councillors (1 representative for each of the 7 Nominated groups) 
• 4 Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (2 representatives for each of the 2 Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies)

The regional map of Youth Council Members can be viewed here.

There are a number of roles that DGYC Members have taken on that have been decided by the Membership. These are: 

• Elli Wadsworth, Mid Galloway & Wigtown West Ward Youth Councillor is the Chairperson
• Cameron Greer, Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Dumfriesshire is the Vice-Chairperson
• Ellie McConnachie, Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Dumfriesshire is one of the Education, Skills and Learning Committee representatives (aka Education Champion) 
• Finlay Anderson, Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Galloway and West Dumfries is one of the Education, Skills and Learning Committee representatives (aka Education Champion) 
• Lucy Waugh, Nith Ward Youth Councillor is the Justice Champion 
• Kenzie Miller, Annandale East & Eskdale Youth Councillor is the Housing Champion
• Alasdair Marshall, Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament for Galloway and West Dumfries is the Transport Champion
• Grace Brydon-Brown, Mid & Upper Nithsdale Ward Youth Councillor is the Environment Champion
• Cloe Allison, Stranraer & the Rhins Ward Youth Councillor is the Equalities & Welfare Champion
• Sophie Wilson, Care Experienced Youth Councillor is the Health & Well-being Champion
• Riley True, Lochar Ward Youth Councillor is the Constitution Champion

Putting Forward Ideas & Issues 

Any DGYC Member can put forward anything they want to include in a Youth Council Meeting, this could be: 

• A 'motion' which would be if you wanted DGYC to agree a position on something or agree to take action on something as an organisation. It could be a statement of 'we support' or it could be 'we will do x, y and z' - the whole Membership will then have the chance to vote and if most people are in favour, it'll be passed. 
• A workshop or training session, this could be something you feel DGYC should take part in i.e. to learn more about a particular issue, to raise awareness of a service that exists to support young people etc. 
• A topic for discussion, this could be anything that you feel is relevant to young people that you want to highlight to the wider Membership 

Submit your ideas or issues here.

Youth Council Enquiry Service 

Dumfries and Galloway Youth Council has a direct way to ask questions to Officers within D&G Youth Council through the Youth Council Enquiry Service (YCES). The enquiry service came about after the first joint meeting with the Council and it is the same way that Elected Members ask questions / chase up things. Any Member can send as many requests for information as they want to and there's a commitment that you'll get a responses within 5 working days (working days are Monday-Friday excluding bank holiday's). 

If you are not satisfied that the response you have recieved answers your question, you can go back and ask for more information. There's always help from Youth Workers if you're not sure where to start but we've put together a wee template that you could use (if you wanted) to word your e-mail. Here's a template that shows how you could format a message as an example. YCES Template (Word doc, 24 KB)

The inbox for the Youth Council Enquiry Service is ycesmailbox@dumgal.gov.uk

Youth Workers - Contact Information

As you know DGYC is supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council's Youth Work Service. Below are the details for the staff responsible for supporting DGYC Members: 

• Tracey Wood, Annandale & Eskdale Youth Issues Worker responsible for the support of Annandale Ward Youth Councillors and MSYP
  • tracey.wood@dumgal.gov.uk
  • 07709479580
• Katy Ince, Youth Development Worker responsible for the support of Nithsdale Ward Youth Councillors and MSYP 
  • katy.ince@dumgal.gov.uk 
  • 07391861593
• Vicky Townsend, Stewartry Youth Issues Worker responsible for the support of Stewartry Ward Youth Councillors and MSYP
  • victoria.townsend@dumgal.gov.uk
• Rebecca McClymont, Wigtownshire Youth Issues Worker responsible for the support of Wigtownshire Ward Youth Councillors and MSYP
  • rebecca.mcclymont@dumgal.gov.uk 
  • 07774924239
• Chloe Dudgeon, Youth Voice Modern Apprentice responsible for the regional support to D&G MSYPs and Nominated Youth Councillors
  • chloe.dudgeon@dumgal.gov.uk
  • 01387 260243
• Regan Jackson, Senior Youth Development Worker responsible for the regional co-ordination of DGYC, support to D&G MSYPs and Nominated Youth Councillors
  • regan.jackson@dumgal.gov.uk 
  • 07827954588

Youth Council E-mail Accounts

Every Member of DGYC has been allocated a Youth Council e-mail account which is made available to people who want to contact Members directly. The e-mail is hosted by a company called IONOS and it can be linked up directly to your phone, tablet or laptop. If you forget your details or password, or something isn't going right when you set it up, please contact Regan or Chloe as we can re-set it from the admin account. 

If you want to know how to sync up your e-mail to your device, click here for iPhone or Apple devices, click here for Android devices, and here to set up on a desktop device. 

If you want to log in to your e-mail from any internet browser, click here.