These are the things I've heard matter most to young people here. Each one is my personal priority as a candidate, not official Scottish Youth Parliament policy, and I want you to shape them through my survey.
Too many young people train for trades and qualifications they then can't get hired in locally, so they end up leaving the area to find work that matches their training.
Apprenticeships built around jobs that actually exist here, with closer links between training providers and local employers, so training leads to a real job on our doorstep rather than a one-way ticket out of the area. That includes standing up for local job opportunities, because an apprenticeship is only worth it if there's a job at the end.
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My survey is open now. What young people tell me about apprenticeships and local jobs will appear here, anonymously and in their own words.
Have your say →In a lot of villages there's one bus, timed for school. Miss it, and you're stuck. Places like Clatt, Leslie, Rhynie and Insch are left off the map by routes that focus on the main towns.
Rural bus routes that genuinely serve the villages, with timetables that work for school, college, work and weekends, not just the journeys that are cheapest to run.
Illustration, not a real timetable.
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My survey is open now. What young people tell me about buses will appear here, anonymously and in their own words.
Have your say →Young people across Aberdeenshire West rely on rural roads to get to college, work, training and activities, whether that's on a bus, a bike, on foot or with a new driver behind the wheel.
Safer, better-maintained rural roads, with repairs that reach the smaller roads young people use every day, not just the main routes.
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My survey is open now. What young people tell me about roads will appear here, anonymously and in their own words.
Have your say →No community should be stuck without a signal, but mobile not-spots are still common across the more rural parts of Aberdeenshire West, often dropping out halfway home.
Pushing for the gaps in rural mobile coverage to be closed, so where you live doesn't decide whether you can get online or call for help.
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My survey is open now. What young people tell me about mobile signal will appear here, anonymously and in their own words.
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