Young Mayor team
In December, 7167 young people voted to elect their new Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets, following campaigns from fifteen young people in the borough.
With the majority vote, it was announced that sixteen-year-old Fetuma Hassan from Mulberry Girls School has been elected as the new Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Alongside Fetuma Hassan, the following young people have been elected as the new deputies to run in the Youth Council. The youth council have also decided on their areas of focus in the cabinet.
- Iffat Bhuiyan – Lead for Education
- Khadija Dirir – Lead for Environment
- Ziyad Baksh – Lead for Community
- Fatima Omar – Lead for Health & Wellbeing
- Rochelle Lewis-Geary – Lead for Social Economic Growth
What does the team do?
The Young Mayor and deputies are the voice of young people in the borough, and they work closely with other local young people and services to understand their issues and raise concerns by:
- representing young people locally and nationally
- getting involved in the Tower Hamlets Youth Council and other local youth forums
- attending events and organising special projects and
- influencing and steering strategic decisions that affect young people in the borough
The Young Mayor, and deputy young mayors, are elected to serve two-year terms, with the next elections taking place in 2025.
Watch the video from the previous Youth Council team who ran from 2021 to 2023.