Mickleton in Bloom
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Mickleton Youth
Club - 2009
When
the Youth Club opened in November 2008 there were seven members and by
Christmas the number had grown to twelve. In
January 2009 regular Monday Youth Club meetings resumed after the
Christmas break. When the Youth Club reopened the number of young people
attending was still 12. At
this stage it was decided that a Youth Worker should be engaged and the
Youth Service was approached. The cost for the service was £1875. The
Community Activities Working Party had raised £500 towards this cost. Also
at this time the Community Activities Working Party (Mickleton in Bloom)
was asked to give a presentation to The Mickleton Society outlining the
work of the group. The Society expressed specific support for the work
with Young People and made a donation of £150 towards the engagement of a
Youth Worker. The
Parish Council was approached and gave a grant of £250 towards the Youth
Worker cost. An
application was made to The Richard Porter Trust who made a grant of £250
towards the cost of employing a Youth Worker. The
Village Hall management Committee also donated £250. In
a short time £1400 towards the cost of a Youth Worker for one year had
been raised from within the village. By
early February the number of young people attending the Youth Club had
risen to 24 and by the end of the month there were 31 young people on the
register. A
late submission was made for an Integrated Youth Offer and the Club was
given a grant of £550 to support the meeting room hire charge and pay for
a range of activities to help establish the group. Attendance
at the North Cotswold Partnership Group Meeting helped establish the
nature of other activities and groups meeting in the area and it was
decided to work together wherever practicable and where the best interest
of the young people could be served more effectively. The
Youth Club members at this time were actively involved in the Expression
of Interest to Cotswold District Council regarding Play Builders Funding.
This proved to be unsuccessful in the Year 1 funding for the Cotswolds;
Mickleton was included with 5 others in the funding bid for Year 2 but was
again unsuccessful. The young people are continuing to work on ideas for
the development of the Junior Playing Fields and the services of a local
landscape designer will collate these into a formal plan ready for
submission as a Community Projects bid. The
Junior Playing Fields Parish Council subcommittee met at the Youth Club
and looked at the ideas and expressed their support. A
visit from the Head of the North Cotswold Youth Service and also the
Senior Adviser for Extended Services was arranged to discuss progress and
plan support for the youth work. The
Mobile Skate Park was booked to visit Mickleton over the February half
term. The details were given to the club at very short notice and the
attendance was low, perhaps fortunate as the skate coach was very late
arriving and the ramps could not be set up as he had the key to the
transport trailer. The
Youth Club joined Young Gloucester. A visit from a Youth Leader helped
with a survey of need. This was supported by an additional survey at the
Fun Day in May. The
Village Family Fun Day in May was very successful. At least 260 young
people and their parents attended the event, which was held in the Primary
School grounds. Supported by Cotswold District Council, through World
Jungle and Clever Curves Skate Park, the Youth Service, Play Rangers,
Young Gloucester, Costcutter Village Stores, the Post Office Stores, Play
Group, Guides, Brownies, Ilmington Football Club, First Responder, and the
School all gave the day a firm footing. The
Youth Club played a significant part in the Fun Day, from helping to set
up the day at 9.00, looking after and managing a variety of activities, to
clearing the site at 6.00 pm. The
total cost of the day was £25 thanks to the generous support of the
groups already mentioned. Some local groups also managed to raise funds
for themselves through their activities. The
Community Activities Working Party had set aside £500 to support the day.
The balance at the end of the day meant that they were immediately able to
transfer another (£475) to the Youth Worker budget thus meeting the
outstanding cost for the first year. A
qualified Youth Worker from the Gloucestershire Youth Service began
working with the young people on 13th May, supported initially by 2 volunteers,
subsequently two additional adults have supported on a number of weeks. Once
the Youth Club was on a firm footing we were able to apply for an
Integrated Youth Grant from the Cotswold District Council to further
support the activities of the Club. The
success of the bid has enabled financial support for: Venue Hire - the young people meet each Monday during term time. The increase in numbers (now 59 on the register regularly 30 each week) has meant that there are now two sessions, and the age groups are Years 6, 7 and 8, with Year 9+ in a separate group. Transport an invitation to join Play Rangers for a day of activity in Cheltenham was accepted and a group of young people had a very enjoyable day transport booked through the village Hedgehog. Dance Sessions held over 10 weeks in the Village Hall for two hours on Sunday afternoons have given an enjoyable and exhausting activity for a group of young people. Water splash 2009 was held at the Cotswold Water Park in July - unfortunately our grant had not come through and the cost of travel and entry could not be subsidised and so proved too expensive. However we have booked our place for July 2010!!! Visits a tenpin bowling trip has been organised for Monday, 29th December. Materials & equipment we have been able to purchase a variety of Art & Craft materials. Film making session the grant has helped the purchase of a camcorder. Our activities are now regularly recorded. North Cotswold Group Activities we are able to join with Weston-sub-Edge, Blockley and Willersley for group activities. Activity weekend planned for early 2010 Large screen (Village Hall) - a planned film evening Beauty session professional support for the young people
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