I've recently just finished work experience with the Strabane
SDLP team. My week there was fantastic and truly worthwhile and life changing
experience. I felt right at home the moment I arrived at the Strabane Advice
Centre greeted by the team.
My week included a number of tasks like answering phones,
making important calls, filing and attending events outside of the SDLP office
and dealing with a diverse range of public concerns and public bodies.
With Joe Byrne MLA and Daniel McCrossan, West Tyrone Constituency
Representative I attended a number of local events throughout the Strabane
area. I especially enjoyed my visit with residents of Greenfield Residential
Home during a recent Coffee morning and the premiere of the Strabane food bank
film and to witness first-hand the sterling work by this invaluable local
resource.
Before my work experience I had a passionate interest in
Politics and I am currently studying it at A Level. Following my week with the
Strabane SDLP team and the insight into the invaluable contribution they make
in helping local and vulnerable people from all backgrounds, my interest in
politics has grown. I am now deeply considering taking politics further into a
career. My time spent at the SDLP has shown me that politics isn’t just about
being someone important. It’s about helping the people, putting the people in
your constituency first and letting them know that someone is there to help,
that someone cares! Helping the people of Northern Ireland to reconcile and
paving a more peaceful road into a stronger much more prosperous future.
Young people should engage more in democracy! If we had more
youth interested in politics then things in Northern Ireland could start to
improve more. Young people’s opinions and visions are a lot different now than
the generation before. Politics need the voices of young people to express
their views, to help change the way politics is and too help intrigue even more
youth into the world of politics today.
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