Bc. Pavla Heyduková

29 years oldČeské BudějovicePiráti

Running for Piráti a Budějčáci s podporou Zelených

Main topics

schools and education

The city isn't just the manager of school buildings. It is the founder of schools and must take responsibility for their quality. Today there are huge differences between Budějovice primary schools, and the city has long failed to address them. The most visible example is the situation around ZŠ Nová, where there has been talk for years about the concentration of socially disadvantaged pupils, but no systemic solution is coming. Yet this is exactly where the founder's role should be active. We want to provide methodological support to schools, cooperate with experts and share good practice between them. At the same time, we'll support the creation of regular prevention programmes focused on children's mental health, a safe school environment and the current challenges today's children face.

culture

In 2028 Budějovice will be the European Capital of Culture, and for us that's not just a prestigious title but a commitment. We want the city to truly live through culture, not only in the historic centre but also on the housing estates and in the outlying parts of the city. That's why we'll support grant calls for cultural events outside the centre. At the same time, we want to look after our city's memory. We'll regularly commemorate 17 November through the stories of Budějovice people who were part of the events of 1989. We're pushing for multi-year grants for culture and a professional programming team for KD Slavia, so that it becomes a living cultural centre of the city.

public space

Public space isn't just the historic centre. It's mainly the places where we live every day. You walk down the street and want to rest for a moment, but there's nowhere to sit. You want to throw away some rubbish, but there's no bin nearby. You're waiting for a bus and the stop protects you from neither the sun nor the rain. After hot days you walk between the blocks of flats and instead of greenery you see only parched grass. These are small details, but they're exactly what decides how well we live in the city. And they're exactly what the city leadership can influence. I think good public space isn't created from behind a desk, but by the city listening to people, collecting their ideas and turning them into reality.

A few words about me

I come from Hluboká nad Vltavou, but I've lived in České Budějovice for more than half my life, first on the Máj housing estate, now in Vltava. When you move to another city as a teenager, it isn't easy to start feeling at home. What helped me was Budějovický Majáles. I still remember the picnic by Zlatý most or the James Harries concert on the square. That's when I realised that a city isn't just buildings and roads, but above all people and life in the streets.

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to be a politician. I went into it because I felt that some things wouldn't change by themselves. I was very troubled by education, housing, and children growing up in hostels. I ran for the first time in 2022 and two years later I became a councillor.

I found out very quickly that being a councillor mainly means taking responsibility. There were things I simply couldn't raise my hand for as a representative of voters, and in the end we left the coalition because of that. In opposition I learned one more thing – not to be afraid to ask questions, even when others try to silence you. Whether it was KD Slavia, Dům umění, education or big city investments, I always felt that people have the right to know the answers.

What I still enjoy most about politics is meeting people. Listening to their ideas, thinking about them and then trying to turn them into concrete changes. I did that on the council too, where I often passed on suggestions from citizens. I believe good local politics doesn't start at the town hall, but among people, and that's exactly the kind I'd like to keep doing.

The candidate's texts have been machine-translated from Czech.