Maidenhead & Windsor

Teenagers are invited to help decide the content and design of a Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough 'Website for Young People by Young People' being created especially for them.

Windsor and Maidenhead Young people can complete a questionnaire – on issues such as what they think makes a good website, what information they would like on their new website and suggestions for names – at a number of real and virtual venues.

They are also invited to join the Community and Youth Services team on the project board to help design an informative, entertaining, attractive and engaging site, as well as writing content and creating features.

Cllr Eileen Quick, lead member for Windsor and Maidenhead children's services, said: "With the wide number of popular websites such as Facebook and MySpace competing for teenagers' attention, we need to ensure our young people's website is attractive, relevant and useful to the intended users. The best way of ensuring this is to involve them from the outset – and keep them involved.

"This a great opportunity for young people to have their say on what the site should look like and what information would be most useful to them, and I encourage as many as possible to participate."

From Wednesday January 30 to Monday February 18 the questionnaire will be available at www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/consultation_young_people_website.htm and at local youth centres and schools.

The results of the Windsor and Maidenhead consultation will be made available online and hard copies will be circulated to youth centres, libraries and schools.

As an added incentive, all qualifying participants – aged 13 to 19 and up to 25 years for those with special needs – will be placed in a lucky draw to win one of three £25 vouchers of their choice.

The completed questionnaires can be returned to any borough youth centre, or posted or delivered to: Community and Youth Services, Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead