Are you in school years 6 to 11? Join us at the Staveley Youth Drop-in every Friday from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Staveley Pavilion, located next to the playground.
Come grab a snack and hang out! This is a safe and fun space for young people aged 11 to 16.
Anyone in year 6 are welcome even if they are only 10!
Anyone is welcome to drop in but it if you come regularly please get your parents or carers to fill out our consent form. That way we can let you and them know what is going on, contact them in an emergency and return any thing you might leave behind!
It all started when year 6 at Staveley CE Primary school (now in year 8 in secondary school) told the Community Plan Group they wanted a chill out space in the village. This is one of our Action Priorities in the Community Plan.
But where’d we get the money? Staveley Parish Council and SENS (Sustainable Staveley) applied for some money from Westmorland and Furness Climate and Nature Partnership fund. We asked for money to establish a Youth Forum where young people could meet, enjoy themselves and express their views. We were successful.
Then we ran the Pizza Pop up and 38 young people came along and agreed that they needed a chill-out space to meet and connect. As well as giving us loads of other ideas.
Toni and Lizzy from U-4-X (Euphoric Circus) agreed to help us.
The Friday drop-in was born on 20 September at Staveley Pavillion so we could try and include as many of the young peoples ideas as we could. It includes creative, fun challenges and sporting activities as well as a focus on environmental projects. Danni, from the Cumbria Wildlife Trust is often at the drop-in and showcases some of her work.
Staveley with Ings Parish Council gave us money for two additional drop-ins so we kept going until Christmas.
We are now ready to go forward and have a grant that should pay for youth workers for three whole years from Better Tomorrow’s grant. We also have a year’s funding for hiring the room and paying for some of the refreshments.
We still need young leaders and adults have volunteered to support the drop-in.
THANKS!
We want to make the drop-in even better as we take it forward. We hope to have two groups in the future - one for year 6 to year 8 (11 - 14) and one for year 9 plus (14+)
SOME IDEAS
More plants, Lego, making stress toys, games, activities and sports on the field, speakers for the music, stuff in the woods, park and around the village, skate park, rounders on the field, food activities , comfy seats
and much, much more.
Help
The Better Tomorrows grant provides youth worker (s) to organise and plan and make sure things happen. They will also help run activities during the holidays and at weekends. It will be up to the young people themselves to make the decisions.
We’ll still need money for equipment refreshments and consumables.
We need volunteers to help on the day and with admin.
MOST OF ALL we need support from the SVA to ensure that we have a suitable room that we can afford and somewhere to store our stuff.
We are a charitable incorporated organisation that promotes the physical and social-emotional wellbeing of young people aged 5-25, through a range of programmes and projects linking them up with their communities.
Lizzy, Toni and a number of volunteers are running our Friday Drop-in Sessions.
Danni Chalmers, Staveley Woodlands Officer for CWT, has ran a series of nature sessions to get us started after attending the initial youth drop in sessions earlier in the year.
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