Youth Project

One of the flagship projects is the development of the East Boldre Youth Project.

This Project is the result of hard work by a number of people, especially Denise Cheetham, Lisa Lowe and Gilly Jones. They have put so much effort into running a Youth Club for our 11-16 year old young people but having found that it was just taking too much of their time, they asked the Parish Council for help. They are proud to be part of these efforts.

The East Boldre Youth Project is a two year programme which will build on the existing Youth Club but develop its membership to cover a greater age range and to encompass all the young people of East Boldre and East End and possibly some adjacent villages.

The first year will be a programme of consolidating and developing the existing 11-16 year old group of young people to cover the whole Parish. In early summer of 2005, we will develop a further group for the 8 – 10 year old youth.

The second year will be to continue with development of both the 11-16 and 8-10 year olds and then to address the needs of the 17-18 year old teenagers.

Covering all of this development will be the provision of transport throughout the Parish to enable all the young people to attend and to return home after activities are completed in the evening. This will be “school bus” type transport. Apart from providing recreational facilities and opportunities, there are specific aims to the Project. An extract from the Project’s application to the Local Network Fund for a grant encapsulates these.

“The Project aims to develop and celebrate the participation of young people in village life and give them opportunities for achievement that they currently do not have. The Project aims to provide a forum where young people can express their views, have access to advice, guidance and information relevant to their needs. The Project aims to provide young people with the opportunity to be members of their community in the widest sense”

If we achieve these aims, won’t that be fantastic?

Contacts:
Denise Cheetham 01590 612640
Email: dencheet@aol.com
Gilly Jones Tel 01590 612003
Email: Gillydcr@aol.com