Sophie was a Member of the
first Welsh Youth Parliament from 2018 to 2021.
The following was his candidate
statement for election to the first Welsh Youth Parliament:
My Key Issues are:
- Negative effects of social media
- deaf issues
- Lowering the voting age
Hello, my name is Sophie
Billinghurst I am 16 years old.
I live in fforestfach, Swansea
West. I am currently a year 11 student at Bishop Gore comprehensive and
currently doing my gcses.
I am a member of Talking hands
in Hafod, Swansea which is a centre for deaf or hard of hearing children, young
people, and their family it gives them support and helps meet new families in
the same situations as you.
I’ve been a part of talking
hands for 3 and a half years, the reason me and my family started going to
talking hand is because my 12-year-old sister Charli is hard of hearing since
then I have become friends with so many people, and have done loads of amazing
events such as west midlands safari park, folly farm plus Christmas and
Halloween parties.
I’ve recently completed the BSL
level 1 qualification which means a lot to me as I want to be able to teach bsl
to my family and friends for them to pass what they know on to others.
