{"id":8853,"date":"2026-07-06T11:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/?p=8853"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:14:43","slug":"youth-mayor-nominations-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/2026\/07\/06\/youth-mayor-nominations-are-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Mayor nominations are now open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8853\" class=\"elementor elementor-8853\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d13e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d13e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa73c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa73c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We are pleased to announce that to give young people more time to consider the role, applications for the 2026 Youth Mayor Hustings officially open\u00a0<b>today!<\/b><\/p><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><p class=\"x_elementToProof\">To help us reach as many young people as possible over the summer break, we kindly ask that this year\u2019s resources are shared widely through your usual communication channels and displayed within your setting.<\/p><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u00a0<\/div><p class=\"x_elementToProof\">This year\u2019s promotional materials include:<\/p><ul><li>Promotional video:\u00a0<span role=\"presentation\"><a id=\"OWAed5e2bed-7915-abf1-8d9f-cf2a8ca729bc\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N96THVkOgRI?utm_source=copilot.com\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N96THVkOgRI?utm_source=copilot.com\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><u>https:\/\/youtu.be\/N96THVkOgRI<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li>Promotional poster (attached)<\/li><li>2026 Getting Elected Pack (attached)<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>The deadline for all candidate applications is Thursday 17<\/b><sup><b>th<\/b><\/sup><b>\u00a0September 2026.<\/b><\/p><div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><p class=\"x_elementToProof\">As always, Youth Mayor applications are open to all young people aged 11\u201323 who live or study in Merthyr Tydfil. As last year\u2019s 14 candidates felt overwhelming for many voters, this year the candidate limit is set at 10. If more than 10 applications are received, MTCBC Youth Services will provide support to ensure a fair selection process.<\/p><p class=\"x_elementToProof\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"x_elementToProof\">Thank you for your continued support of the Youth Mayor initiative,<\/p><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u00a0<\/div><p class=\"x_elementToProof\">Emma &amp; Morgan &#8211; Safer Merthyr Tydfil<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that to give young people more time to consider the role, applications for the 2026 Youth Mayor Hustings officially open\u00a0today! \u00a0 To help us reach as many young people as possible over the summer break, we kindly ask that this year\u2019s resources are shared widely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8853"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8859,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853\/revisions\/8859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}