Young Peoples Services NW Neighbourhood Board

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Young Peoples ServicesNW Neighbourhood Board
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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Neighbourhood 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 local provision

• 11-19 years
• Bank Top Youth Club Mon Night Asian girls
• detached work - Wed eve
• Leamington Rd Youth Club Wed Night 40 young
  people
• Roe Lea area Tue Night
• Town Centre Thu, Fri Sat Aft/Eve Youth
  Zone link
• Bank Top Girls Group Tue Night
• Movin Up Project (NEET) Wed Night other
  areas
• Lammack Church Hall links with army/police
  training
• Other detached Projects
• Sat (Lammack), Thu (Pleckgate)

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Core Offer Local projects

• New shop front youth base in Blackburn Town
  centre
• Voluntary group support
• St Wilfrids project base positive activities
  sport/health 5/6 sessions
• Link to Town Centre developments
• Celebrate link arts/dance
• YOF/YCF Projects
• New round opening June 15th
• 15 young people AQA Pleckgate area
• Internet awareness project with Brook
• Roe Lee art project

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Play Provision Offer

• Play/Tea time Clubs
• All sessions - 4.30 6.30pm
• Bank Top re-opening during June
• Thu (9-13yrs) Sat (5-8yrs)
• Play in parks/open spaces Rangers

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Holiday Offer - OFF FOR FUN 2009

• YPS borough wide coordination
• 7 days/7 nights a week offer
• Free Swimming 1 Transport offer
• Other local
• Kickabout Schemes
• 2 Per day per Neighbourhood
• Playschemes 5-14yrs
• Focus on Corporation Park 4 days and Play
  Rangers activity

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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 during June
• YOF/young people support and development of
  projects and provision

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Neighbourhood Offer Development 2

• NW 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
• Responsive offer for each neighbourhood Board to
  sponsor Open Space activity and Vynet
• Fridays Weekend provision to expand in
  partnership with Neighbourhood Board VCF groups

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Other YPS provision

• Adventure Learning Team
• - Developing from local engagement
• Range of Outdoor residential activity
• e.g. Fishmoor Queens Park outdoor learning
  centre
• 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
• CIOC Leisure Plans
• Duke of Edinburgh Scheme for Children in our Care
• Crosshill Multi-sports After School Club
• Kids Next Door Aspergers Youth Club
• Hearing Impaired Club

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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 Keith Gillies 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