Youth Service News Issue 1 - Leicestershire County Council

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Educate, Challenge, Empower, Young People Learning for Life By James Hunter, Website Development Worker “The Jitty”, a new website created especially for Young People (13-19) in Leicestershire, is now live. It aims to provide co-ordinated information, advice and support to enable users to make informed decisions at key points in their lives. The website was developed following consultation with young people, and the content is presented in a lively and accessible style, covering national issues such as bullying, exams and crime. The site also provides details about what is happening locally including events, entertainment and sport, and regularly runs competitions. There is an editorial team of young people who update and manage the site, while there are numerous contributors from around Leicestershire who regularly submit work (film reviews, CD reviews, opinions on what is happening in national and international news etc). Anyone aged between 13 and 19 is welcome to join the writers’ group, and there is a “Join Up” section on the website which gives details on how to become involved. If you don’t want to write articles, you can still take part by signing up to the “Chat Forum” where you can talk to other young people from around Leicestershire. Katy, who was a student at Guthlaxton College in Wigston and is now studying at University, said: “I would encourage young people to get involved and get their views across. It gives you an opportunity to write about any subject that affects youth.” In the past year the number of visitors to the site has steadily increased. This time last year The Jitty only received 400 visits and was short of content, but over the last couple of months we have been receiving over 7000 visits a month, and there are a number of articles submitted by young people ranging from poetry and cartoons to film/CD reviews. The Jitty can be found at www.thejitty.com James Hunter, Web Development Youth Worker, Room G49, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire LE8 3RF Tel: 0116 2657036 E-Mail: jhunter@leics.gov.uk YOUTH SERVICE NEWS Glenfield Youth Centre
Following on from last year’s Awards night success, this year’s proved bigger and better. It was held at Belton Woods Hotel, Grantham and, the event was a great success, enjoyed by all who attended. All the Young People did themselves proud by wearing formal wear (Suits and Evening Dresses – including the Youth Workers! - not a pair of trainers or tracksuit to be seen!!) Everyone enjoyed a superb three-course Christmas meal before building up to the Young People’s awards presentation - the young people all nominated each other for various awards ranging from: best cook, chav award, sports person, funniest and nosiest. The Youth Workers, Dannii, Nikki and Andy presented the awards before enjoying a karaoke to end the evening. Here are some comments from the young people: “I was part of the youth club that went to Belton Woods. We went for a Christmas meal and also had a karaoke. We were presented with awards for the past years achievements. We all had fun at the party and overall it was a great night out for members as well as staff, thank you very much”. “We had a good night when we went to Belton Woods. Meal was really nice and had a good laugh when it came to the karaoke. I rekon everyone had a good night, so good all round. Cheers”. Educate, Challenge, Empower, Young People Learning for Life Developments at Glenfield Youth Centre By Adrian Clifford, Area Youth Work Coordinator The New Year has seen continued development of Glenfield Youth Centre. Previously used as a library, the building is now managed by the Youth Service and has undergone an extensive programme of refurbishment tailored to the needs of young people. In order to develop provision, youth work staff previously used the Parish Council Pavilion on Ellis Park. However, as membership continued to grow it quickly became evident that demand had outgrown the facility. The move to the new building provides many exciting development opportunities and gives young people access to a modern dedicated youth work space. The centre has numerous meeting rooms, a fully re-fitted kitchen, as well as on-going development of an ICT suite that is intended to provide young people with supervised internet and email access. Young people’s response to the new centre has been fantastic and a strong sense of ownership has quickly been established; members are just beginning to progress design of a mural in order to decorate the lounge area. Currently meeting two evenings a week, it is intended that services and provision will be extended as funding enables, and over time a range of multi-agency partnership work and practice developed. Waltham Youth Club Awards Night 00 By Dannii Donovan, Youth Worker Vale of Belvoir “Thanks 4 the great CRIMBO PARTY it was intense we had an amazing time, the meal was nice ! I hope every1 else enjoyed it as much as I did!!!!! Thanks”. “Well am not sure what to say so here it comes: I went to Belton to a fat x-mass dinner. It was brill. The thing I liked most was the disco wiv all the good, hope you all had a wicked time, hope next time will be better and bigger. Good bye Waltham massive”. “Hi I had a good time at the Christmas bash with youth club the only thing I dint like about the meal was the brussels they tasted like they were just picked and washed then served not picked washed cooked then served luv ya all ps cook the brussels next time…”. “Christmas bash was phat! I was singin cus im a rapper man init! I was gonna sing wiv… but she bottled it n left me 2 sing on me own but still blew the crowd away wiv me sick rhymes. Food was nice n tasty so that were a bonus, overall night was good had a blast. Cheers” Waltham Awards Night YOUTH SERVICE NEWS
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