HeadSpace

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HeadSpace

• The Knowsley Way
• story so far.

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Why Headspace in Knowsley

• Background
• Framework for the Future
• Fulfilling their Potential
• Why Halewood?
• Behaviour issues
• Targeted Youth Support Programme
• Halewood College
• Childrens Coordinator
• Remodelling of Halewood
• Big Lottery

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Consultation Old Halewood Resources furniture

• 12 activities / events
• - Stock workshop
• - Book of the Year marketing
• - Magazine buy
• - Furniture selection
• - Poetry sessions
• 191 young people directly and indirectly involved

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Feedback

• A real improvement! It looks really enticing
  with the sofa and beanbags
• new titles are exciting and draw me in
• Having your little space helps more with your
  reading because you take it in more

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Halewood Open Day
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Consultation HeadSpace

• 15 Activities / events
• - Youth Town Council Meeting
• - 2 Open Days, 6 Year 6 talks
• - Poetry session, Pampering
• - Lyric-writing workshop
• - Giant countdown calendar
• - Silk screen printing
• 639 young people directly and indirectly involved

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HeadSpace
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Milestones

• Staff
• - 15 staff frontline / FtP training
• - 15 staff visited Bolton HeadSpace
• - 9 staff visited Haslingden HeadSpace
• - Awards Team

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Volunteering / Launch event

• Lyric writing competition
• Formation of steering group
• Volunteers
• - designed invitations
• - wrote a script
• - chose the buffet
• - looked after the band
• - hosted event

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Launch poster
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Pampering
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Information sharing
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Volunteers
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Lyric writing competition winner
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What HeadSpace means to us

• A place to talk to your friends
• HeadSpace is your space
• Come to HeadSpace to think things through
• A place to get away from it all

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Issues

• Communicating Headspace concept
• Building / design of new building
• Maintaining momentum
• Volunteering
• Staff ownership
• Reader Development
• Age of young people

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Current Developments

• Developing teenage areas in other libraries
  consultation programme
• Big Deal - Youth Opportunities Fund
• Summer Reading Challenge
• Activities and events
• PAYP monies
• Participation Standards

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Teenage Summer Reading Challenge promotional
postcard
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Next steps

• Rolling out the concept to other libraries
• My Space development
• Centres for Learning BSF Programme

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Impact of Headspace

• Childrens Services Directorate totally
  supportive
• Improved Libraries profile within the Directorate
• Opened up opportunities to work with the Youth
  Service
• Strengthened links between College and Public
  Library
• YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED
• Staff warming up

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Big Questions need answers

• Capacity to deliver
• Sustainability

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Contact Details

• Pam JonesReading and Childrens Services
  Managerpam.jones_at_knowsley.gov.uk0151 482 1304
• Gerry WilliamsSenior Librarian Children and
  Young Peoplegerry.williams_at_knowsley.gov.uk0151
  482 1849