Young Peoples Services Darwen

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Young Peoples ServicesDarwen Rural
Neighbourhood
1 - Current provision 2 - Summer - Off for Fun 3
- Whats next?
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Young Peoples Services

• 5 Neighbourhood Youth Teams
• Play Team
• Play Pathfinder
• Adventure Learning Team
• Youth Voice Team
• Voluntary Youth Sector Support
• Inclusion Team (Children in our Care Children
  with Disability)
• Holiday Engagement Schemes

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Neighborhood Youth Provision

• Core Offer
• Open Youth Clubs
• Detached Outreach Youthwork
• Work with excluded vulnerable groups
• Young women, BME, disability groups
• Work targeting NEET
• Movin Up, Pre-EET programmes, Drop In sessions
• Voluntary group grants support from YOF/YCF
  grants for young people

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Core Offer Provision

• 11-19 years
• Girls group Knott St - Tuesday eve
• Darwen Vale Kickz Youth Club Thur night
  BRFC school session Wed lunchtime
• Edgworth Youth Club Tue Night
• Young Women and mums Group Mon Aft
• Movin Up and NEET projects 3 sessions, Mon
  Thurs
• Area outreach Monday evenings Whitehall
  Hoddlesden recently groups progressed, now
  Belmont 15 young people
• Arts project St James Wed eve

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Reach Out Partnership

• Partnership work covering North Darwen
• Ash Grove Open session Mon eve NEET
  sessions Tue Thurs
• After School session Tuesdays
• Earcroft area outreach Wed eve
• Risk taking project - alcohol, sexual health and
  ASB - Tue Friday nights detached
• Girls Group Ash Grove - Thursday 3.30 - 5.30
• Got it Covered Mobile sexual health project -
  Friday Night Partnership with Brook

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Play Provision Offer

• After School Clubs
• All sessions - 4.30 6.30pm
• Darwen Knott St Mon (5-8yrs)
• Sudellside Tue (5-8yrs) Wed (9-13yrs)
• Edgworth Thu (5-8yrs)

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Holiday Offer - OFF FOR FUN

• YPS borough wide coordination
• 7 days/7 nights a week offer
• Free Swimming 1 Transport offer
• Darwen Live Youth Stage, Knott St
• Kickabout Schemes
• 2 Per day per Neighbourhood
• Playschemes 9-14yrs
• to be confirmed via Co-ordinator

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Neighbourhood Offer Development 1

• Local Youth Voice - Supporting young people
  linked to Boards and Neighbourhood level decision
  making
• Regular voice session every week linked to Youth
  MP/Youth Forum group activities
• Young people as grant makers 10k budget
  session/project on local needs analysis -
  starting June

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Neighbourhood Offer Development 2

• DR Neighbourhood
• 20 Free Places on a Summer Residential
• 1 Free Kentmere Residential Lake District
• 1 Free Barge Residential
• 1 Free Sailing Day
• 8 week mobile/detached project to be targeted
• Additional Offer
• Darwen Vale Kikz - Friday nights
• Town centre provision to include Saturdays

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Other YPS provision

• Adventure Learning Team
• - Developing from local engagement
• - Range of Outdoor residential activity
• Duke of Edinburgh Scheme
• Open access for all to engage with DofE at all
  levels Bronze, Silver and Gold
• Contact Dave Bailey 298622

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Other YPS provision

• Inclusion team Access all Areas
• Anchor CIOC Leisure Plans
• Duke of Edinburgh Scheme for Children in our Care
• Crosshill Multi-sports After School Club
• Kids Next Door Aspergers Youth Club Darwen
  Knott Street
• Hearing Impaired Club

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Darwen Town Centre Next steps

• Flagship youth centre for Darwen supported by
  DCSF grant
• Range of facilities and longer opening hours, a
  base for other projects
• Building on current work more sessions
• Linked to recognised needs of young people
• Bringing services together at the centre
• Board to have a sponsor role with Darwen Knott
  Street?

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Neighbourhood Integration

• Neighbourhood communication
• Development of area youth offer
• Partnership with Neighbourhood Management team
  joint planning - area issues
• Updates to Boards
• Key member of Shared Neighbourhood Team
• Lead officer for developing our Positive
  Activities Offer for young people

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YPS Management contacts

• John Ratcliffe Head of Service - 298622
• NE SE Neighbourhoods
• Keith Gillies Assistant HoS 298622
• NW SW Neighbourhoods
• Graham Helm Assistant HoS - 298622
• Darwen and Rural Holiday Programs
• Chris Spencer Assistant HoS - 298622
• Performance and Planning

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Neighbourhood Contacts

• North East Neighbourhood
• Riaz Begum 298622
• South East Neighbourhood
• Jed Sulivan 671217
• North West Neighbourhood
• Mick Huxley 694593
• South West Neighbourhood
• Pat Currey 694593
• Darwen Rural
• Carolyn Timmins 703529

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Boroughwide Contacts

• Adventure Learning Team
• Phil Evans 298641
• Play
• Juliette Guerin 298633
• Youth Inclusion Projects
• Mark Hilton Head of Service, Community Assets -
  673556
• Inclusion
• Liz Clarkson 298630
• www.urbwd.com