Local councillors visit Plympton Academy

Students at Plympton Academy have been meeting their city councillors to learn more about the role and express their views on local issues.

Cllr Sue Dann (Labour) and Cllr Terri Beer (Conservative) visited the school recently and met with some of the young people.

Thirteen year old student Toby Morgan said it was really good to meet the local councillors.

“We talked about a lot of things which concern students in Plymouth, including access to mental health support, housing problems and student tuition fees,” he said.

Both the city councillors found the visit to Plympton Academy interesting.

Cllr Beer said: "The young people talked to Cllr Dann and myself about issues that they felt strongly about and we welcome their views.

Mental health was very clearly high on everyone's agenda and something that local politicians should grasp and work on to make a difference and include young people in our decisions.”

Cllr Dann said: “It was really interesting listening to the students concerns and their views about mental health support, tackling discrimination and whether they think that 16 year olds should have the right to vote.”