YOUTH SERVICES
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO DELIVER QUALITY SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
The team are passionate about seeing local young people develop their skills and raise their aspirations.
Our approach is one of partnerships: with young people themselves, other organisations, with families, guardians, and other professionals. We work with and for our community, involving young people in choices that matter. Our aims are:
• To ensure young people have a voice
• To raise aspirations and improve skills
• To embrace and support diversity and inclusion
• To continually review, respond and improve our offer
The WCC Youth Service aims to offer support to all young people who need it, wherever in the parish the live, work or are educated. Our work, offering support using the most appropriate approaches to young people, no matter where on parish they live, helps reduce divisions across the piece and the territorialism that can lead to difficulties. Encouraging interaction and reducing community tensions are at the heart of our work.
Play Rangers & Junior Youth
Play Rangers is our own team of Play Specilaists that bring the equipment, the ideas, the resources and the team to an open green space near you for free open access play sessions all year round but especially in the school holidays.
Our Junior Youth Groups are usually fro children aged 8-12yrs and are designed to be safe spaces to learn independance and make friends in a funs and supported environment.
Children over 8yrs can play unaccompanied.
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Youth Projects & Youth Cafes
Our Senior Youth projects, aimed at young peple aged 13yrs+ are either Youth Cafes: relaxed safe spaces where young people can spend time witht heir friends, get some refreshments, access resurces and support from trained Youth Workers if they want it.
We also have themed projects to meet differetn young people's interests, like Music, Sport, The Arts etc. All are Free and Open access.
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Additional Youth Services
Alongside our recreational, just for fun and social stuff, we offer some direct services on an ad-hoc, drop in or appointment basis.
We offer C Card registration & Lite pick up points. Girl Pack & St Marks Meals. Referals to Foodbank, Baby Basics, Storehouse and Hygiene Bank. Access to mental health and mentoring support and an informed signposting serivce
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