Hampshire Youth Parliament
Opportunities for 11 to 18 year olds to bring about social change.
Your voice. Your county. Your HYP.
Hampshire Youth Parliament (HYP) is a group of young people aged 11–18 who work together to make Hampshire a better place for young people. We speak up about the issues that matter, influence decisions, and run projects that create real change.
HYP is part of the National UK Youth Parliament
What is the UK Youth Parliament?
Established 25 years ago, the UK Youth Parliament is a national initiative that empowers over 300 young people aged 11 to 18 to represent their peers and influence social and political change. Funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and delivered by the National Youth Agency (NYA), the programme is supported by regional and national partners across the UK. Oversight is provided by a Youth Steering Group.
What we do
HYP pledges to:
- represent young people across Hampshire
- choose priority areas each year and lead projects on them
- meet decision makers (locally and nationally)
- build skills like leadership, teamwork, and public speaking
- run campaigns and events shaped by your ideas and experiences
Youth Councillor locations
We have Elected Youth Councillors in the following schools and colleges across Hampshire:
- Aldershot School – Rushmoor
- Amery Hill School – Alton
- Bedales School - Petersfield
- Bohunt School - Liphook
- Boundary Oak School - Fareham
- Brighton Hill Community School -Basingstoke
- Court Moor School – Fleet
- Harrow Way Community School - Andover
- Havant College - Havant
- Hounsdown School - Totton
- Kings Academy Bay House - Gosport
- Meoncross School - Fareham
- Park Community School - Havant
- Peter Symonds College - Winchester
- South Downs College- Waterlooville
- Swanmore College - Winchester
- The Cowplain School - Havant
- Wavell School - Aldershot (Farnborough)
How HYP works
You might be a young person interested in standing in an election to become a Youth Councillor in your school or college or you might work at a school or college and be interested in getting your students involved.
During the election period schools and colleges in Hampshire are invited to hold an election for a Youth Councillor to represent their school or college at HYP.
Youth Councillors are young people from across Hampshire, elected by their school or college to:
- Represent HYP
- Attend meetings
- Join a Project Group
Once elected as Youth Councillors young people can then put themselves forward to be a Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs). MYPs are elected by Youth Councillors to lead on priority areas and represent Hampshire locally and nationally.
Please note – elections are only open to young people and schools / colleges within Hampshire.
How to get involved
Application for the 2026/2027 HYP term are now closed. We will open applications again at the end of 2027 for elections for the 2028/2028 term.
If you are interested in being contacted when applications are open please leave your contact details here - HYP Elections 2028/2029
Getting in touch
If you would like to get in touch with the team you can email us on [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
You can also give our Instagram page a follow to keep up to date with what we are up to.
Volunteering with Hampshire Youth Parliament has given me the opportunity to meet many incredible young people who have inspired me to be more vocal about my beliefs and work to push for change in my local community.
It has given me confidence that our generation can bring about a better world for tomorrow, along with the skills I will need to help with this, by giving me a window into the world of decision makers and innumerable opportunities to learn new skills that have helped me in so many areas of my life.