Halifax students picked to help shape national and local government policy
Students from a Halifax school have been chosen to represent the nation’s youth.
North Halifax Grammar School was one of only two schools in the north of England to host a roundtable event as part of the Parliamentary Commission on Interfaith Relations: UK faith groups and global conflicts.
It saw Sixth Form students asked to share their views on global conflict and its impact in UK towns and cities to help inform and shape local and national government policy.
The roundtable workshop was facilitated by the Woolf Institute, Cambridge and Solutions Not Sides, and included dialogue and debate activities, with students engaging thoughtfully and respectfully on complex and challenging issues.
Representatives from the parliamentary commission were also in attendance and had high praise for the North Halifax Grammar School students, with one saying the afternoon included some of the most insightful and intelligent conversations they have had in a long time.
Teacher Mrs Chadwick, who organised the event, said: “As expected, our students demonstrated their deep reflections, dialectic skills and ability to see complex issues through diverse perspectives.
"I am so proud to hear them express themselves so articulately in such a meaningful national debate.”