A new Youth Mayor has been named in Neath Port Talbot as part of the borough's Youth Services and Youth Council.
Maddie Pritchard, 17, who is a pupil at Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Durwill take up the role for the coming year and said her focus will now be on the Welsh language as well as helping the environment. She was given the title by the council’s Chief Executive Karen Jones at a ceremony in Neath Port Talbot this week, taking over from outgoing Youth Mayor Bethan Nicholas-Thomas, with the Child Commissioner for Wales was also in attendance.
The positions of Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor are elected annually by Neath Port Talbot’s Youth Council to ensure young people are given a voice and have a say on local issues that matter to them.
