Community Youth Work Quarterly Report Formsteyningpc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Youth... · Community Youth Work Quarterly Report Form Youth worker: Emma Edwards Area: Steyning,

Community Youth Work Quarterly Report Form

Youth worker: Emma Edwards Area: Steyning, Upper Beeding, Bramber & Ashurst Date: 30th November

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Main areas of work since last report Arts Award Youth Café Youth Voice Mentoring The Steyning Downlands Scheme Volunteer Recruitment & Training

Outcomes / Achievements Emma is now an approved assessor for Bronze & Silver. She has now had an initial conversation SGS about the possible running of the course and a young person who will be doing her Silver award with Emma over the next year. Youth café continues to run on a Monday night in Upper Beeding. Run by youth steering group. Hot chocolate mountains continue to be the Top seller! Group has come to an end due to many members now having left school. Plans to re launch in January and date change underway. – Good links maintained with HYPER (Horsham youth council), The Youth Voice Network and The Youth Parliament. West Sussex Youth Parliament elections are being held March 2015. Emma is currently seeing 4 young people on a weekly basis referred from SGS. There have been 11 young people referred to date and a number signposted on to other services. Topics have been varied but have included issues such as, -‐ Anger Management -‐ Easting disorders -‐ Self harm -‐ Risky sexual behaviours -‐ Bullying -‐ Parental alcohol addiction Emma is now a member of the SDS steering group with an emphasis on involving young people in the scheme. Lots of plans are underway for events next year such as, -‐ SDS acoustic -‐ Stars and Songs (including young people in the SDS

stargazing event, with a live music performance spot)

-‐ Silent Disco We have recruited a new youth volunteer (Maisie) who is working with our junior youth club as part of her DofE, We have lost 2 volunteers over the summer break one due to new employment and another has moved away. We now have 5 volunteers.




Cuthman Based Youth Clubs Free Your mind Convention Trips

Clubs continues to run with reasonable numbers of young people attending (30-‐40 young people per week). Junior and Senior Clubs on Tuesday’s and All Age on Thursday. This term we have done sports such as, -‐ Football -‐ Basket ball -‐ Dodge ball Crafts and cooking such as, -‐ Sewing felt Christmas decorations -‐ Victoria sponges -‐ Cookies -‐ Hama beads -‐ Clay moulding -‐ Toffee apple making And much more…. We have enjoyed many games, the normal table games, computers, a bouncy castle and sparklers for bonfire night. We have also had DJ workshops from Tonnes of Sound

We are looking forward to a Christmas film and onesie night on the 9th of December And the junior club will be visiting Dingamans on the 11th December to perform some songs (and hula hoping dance routine) for the residents. On the 28th of October Emma took one young person to the Free Your mind convention in County hall North, a convention run by young people in the Horsham area discussing youth mental health. This was the first event of this kind, but we are hoping the start of an annual convention. 6 young people enjoyed a trip to Dunsfold Top Gear driving track to have a driving taster for those aged 14-‐16. All the young people did really well at there first attempt at driving. At the end of last term we took 14 young people




Half term Camp 16 and Under Christmas Disco WSCC Anti Bullying Training – Understanding Eating Disorders, Management skills training The Mocktail apprentice Project Eliv8

bowling and laser quest in Horsham Superbowl. Along with other Horsham Matters youth workers, Dan organised and led a residential camping trip over half term. Young people from the Tuesday night junior youth club attended, camping and taking part in team building games, survival skills, an assault course and leadership development activities. Plans are underway for a 16 and under Youth Christmas disco on Friday the 19th of December at the Cuthman Centre. With young people DJing for those attending youth club and their friends. Emma had been invited to sit on the steering group for writing the West Sussex County Council’s new Anti Bullying strategy, representing the voluntary sector. The policy is now in the final stages and will go in for scrutiny mid December. This has been a great opportunity to build relationships with WSCC and look forward to future partnership working. These training courses are for personal career development as well as specific training for specific activities planned Emma has been successful in securing The Mocktail Apprentice project in Steyning Grammar School Church Street site – the project is a alcohol awareness enrichment day for secondary school children. Emma and the mocktail team will be teaching lessons around alcohol safety on the 9th and 10th of Feb. With the main event taking place on the 11th March 2015 Discussions are taking place with Paddy Donovan the new youth worker in Ashington to offer an Eliv8 course, a course for small groups to raise aspirations in young




people This course for young people who are having behavioural issues at school, those with low self esteem or are on the cusp of anti social behaviour or exclusion.

Areas of work to focus on in next quarter Supporting young person completing arts award. Building numbers in youth club. Extra youth provision in Upper Beeding. Volunteer recruitment Eliv8 course Stars and Songs event Feedback from young people, volunteers, community “Emma thank you so much for taking my son Josh on the driving trip last week, he loved it so much and has not stopped talking about it, I would love to buy him a lesson for Christmas, could you please send me the details of the driving school so I can treat him?” – Mother of year 10 Student after driving trip “He loves youth club and is always excited about it, there is very little for him to do in Steyning but on a Tuesday and Thursday he’s always just like Mum I gotta go to club, I got to go down youth” – Mother of 16 year old Boy “The DJ stuff was so cool, Me and XXX went and got our own digital decks – hopefully we’ll get some more kit for Christmas – can you get the guys in again it was sick!” – 15 year old boy Please can we get the bouncy castle again??? Can we just have one here permanently?” – Weekly from several young people! Any concerns going forward? E.g. lack of hours, lack of volunteers…. Female Volunteer (possible new volunteer in the new year) Any Support needed not in place? E.g. volunteers, funding, equipment…

I pads -‐ funding bid in process

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Community Youth Work Quarterly Report Formsteyningpc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Youth... · Community Youth Work Quarterly Report Form Youth worker: Emma Edwards Area: Steyning,