Citizens UK
Citizens
UK are an organisation of over 300 institutions nationwide. They build
alliances with other institutions including various faith groups, colleges,
schools, trade unions and local community organisations. The purpose of
Citizens UK is to take action on the nation’s biggest problems such as poverty,
work employment, immigration, affordable housing and the living wage. They work
as a union and help bring about positive change in the right way holding
politicians accountable and pledging to work with them on the various problems
at hand.
Over the past two academic
years, St Pauls has been in a direct relationship with Citizens UK, during
which time the partnership has succeeded in many goals, such as securing a
meeting with Councillor John Fahy, the deputy Greenwich Council Leader; while
in the meeting we put to Councillor John Fahy, would he help St Pauls and
Citizens UK to acquirer future meetings with Councillor John Fahy and Peabody
and Crossrail Network.
Following
on from that meeting, we also met Boris Johnson the current Mayor of London, in
the ArcelorMittal Orbit and in this discussion, Citizens UK examined him on his
plans for the local area and what his plans were for future employment
creation; he replied with several answers which motivated Citizens UK to
continue the campaign.
At the
start of the new academic year Citizens UK met with St Pauls to take a trip to
the local Sainsbury’s that has just been built. Whilst there we sat down with
the deputy store manager. Throughout the meeting St Pauls Students represented
Citizens UK and conversed about youth employment skills, and chances of work
experience throughout the Sainsbury’s organisation.
Just
recently, we met with Peabody and the Geography department of St Paul’s Academy
and asked Peabody what their plans were with the local area and the plot of
land they own, on Yarnton way, Thamesmead. They are planning to build 1000s of
new homes, with 47% of them being affordable housing and social housing.
On the
25th April 2016, Citizens UK and St Pauls students had a meeting with Teresa
Pearce, who is the shadow housing minister and MP for the local area, in St
Pauls Academy. That meeting which included Mr Winston, the principal of St
Pauls academy and students from across the year groups, saw us asking for
possible youth employment places and to gain contact with other secondary
schools that would be interested in becoming a part of Citizens UK and
expanding its widespread unity and diversity. We negotiated and came to an
agreement, and Ms Pearce said she would personally do her best to help get in
touch with other secondary schools and youth employment companies and
institutions.
On
the 28th April 2016, Citizens UK organised the Mayoral election campaign at the
Copper Box arena at the Royal Olympic Park, in Stratford, East London. The 6000
people strong event put across the questions of the nation to the two leading
London mayoral candidates from both parties: from Labour Sadiq Khan and Zac
Goldsmith from the Conservative party. Citizens UK put across the three
main problems facing the London and country wide, they were: affordable
housing, the immigration crisis and the London living wage. Throughout the
night those topics were discussed by both mayoral candidates who gave their
opinion and outlined their plans on our questions.
St
Pauls that night were part of 6000 people which included our Gospel choir and
the key spokesperson of St Pauls, Dylan Wiggan. Later that night he gave
a powerful testimony on housing in the local area and overwhelmingly moved the
crowd to applause.
Well done to all students involved!
Written by Richard Mayne.
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