Youth panel will span society

Saturday, 22nd November 2008

Youth tribunal training coordinator Joy Gillies. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 0644902).

SIXTY people have come forward for the Guernsey Child, Youth and Community Tribunal and the number is still rising.

Only 30 are required. ‘We have been recruiting and doing a roadshow and Q and A,’ said training coordinator Joy Gillies. ‘We’ve had an amazing response.’

All applicants will attend an informal interview and those who seem suitable will progress to a formal one.

‘We are hoping for as wide a range of the community as we can get – people with experience of life and children. We need men as well as women. We want a complete cross section of society.’ The panel will be a first for Guernsey and its work will be important.

‘The tribunal doesn’t decide guilt or innocence. It looks at what is best for the child.’

The panel is open to anyone aged between 21 and 70.

Article posted on 30th September, 2008 - 11.30am

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