Schools and Democracy

SBDC Press Release -

Pupils from Cedars Upper School got the chance to find out more about local democracy last Wednesday (5 October), when they attended a ‘citizenship show with a difference’ as part of Local Democracy Week 2006.

Nearly 50 pupils aged between 13 and 17 saw the drama called Who Runs This Place? which was performed at Cedars Upper School by the Solent People’s Theatre Company. Two short plays and an interactive workshop entertained and informed students about how the processes of democracy work at local, national and European levels and why politics are central to all our lives.

The event was organised by South Bedfordshire District Council’s Democratic Services Team. Scrutiny Manager, Rob Mills said: “We really wanted to engage young people and get them interested in politics. Many of the students are coming up to voting age and it is important to promote democracy. The performance was interactive and extremely entertaining, everyone had a lot of fun.”