FRODSHAM YOUTH ASSOCIATION

Grant to Frodsham Youth Association

The funding will be used to delivery weekly youth activities for young people aged 8-19 years old living locally. There will be a general youth club but also targeted activities for older young people providing independent living skills. The project ....more

The funding will be used to delivery weekly youth activities for young people aged 8-19 years old living locally. There will be a general youth club but also targeted activities for older young people providing independent living skills. The project aims to alleviate isolation that has been experienced over the past 18 months resulting from the affects of the pandemic.

Frodsham Youth Association provides a safe and inclusive environment for young people in Frodsham, Helsby and the surrounding areas, regardless of background. The traditional youth club provides a safe space for over 200 young people a week to ....more

Frodsham Youth Association provides a safe and inclusive environment for young people in Frodsham, Helsby and the surrounding areas, regardless of background. The traditional youth club provides a safe space for over 200 young people a week to engage in positive activities. This application is to help run new sessions in the evenings in the first half of the year, sessions will vary, funding will help meet staffing costs. The Sessions will take place mainly at our much used Club in Frodsham which is in a good location.

Youth Worker Project.

Friday night youth club – engages over 120 young people every Friday night in positive youth activities and decreases young people hanging out on the streets or at the skate park engaged in anti social behaviour. Outcome – young people engaged ....more

Friday night youth club – engages over 120 young people every Friday night in positive youth activities and decreases young people hanging out on the streets or at the skate park engaged in anti social behaviour. Outcome – young people engaged in crime diversion activities. Sunday breakfast and homework club – One Sunday a month youth club provides a full cooked breakfast that is cooked by the young people themselves to improve life skills and then to provide tutoring and homework help and access to a computer and printer. There is also washing and drying facilities at youth club for young people to be able to wash their own clothes, including school uniforms. Outcome – young people who do not have a computer at home or internet will access to computers, internet and adult support with homework. Duke of Edinburgh award – D of E has increasingly become an expensive opportunity for young people who’s parents can afford for them to participate. Frodsham youth club aims to eliminate this barrier by providing access to D of E cheaply, with youth worker support and to give young people this prestigious youth award on their CV to increase their life chances. Teen market – FYA works in partnership with Helsby High School to encourage entrepreneurship skills with young people and the opportunity to make money legally, at a time when youth employment is so low and petty crime and theft high. Girls Group and Boys group – Alternate Monday nights, Girls group and Boys group. A focussed discussion and activity session to address and discuss issues affecting the lives of young people with a focus on gender issues Developing Life Skills and Improving Mental Health are two outcomes / objectives that the charity aims to support through the following: Life Skills The charity provides the opportunity to improve life skills and overcome some of the barriers that members have to live with through the interactions with others within a safe setting. These include: • Talking to others and socialising • Managing simple tasks involving money • Turn taking • Following instructions / rules • Understand how to be safe • Understanding others needs and personal space Mental Health and Wellbeing Through the activities that the charity provides members benefit from social interaction with their peers, sessional staff and event hosts, provides the opportunity to reduce the social isolation that many have to contend with on a day to day basis in their community in a safe environment. Outcomes- -Reduction in crime -Increased youth employment -Young people empowered to make informed and positive/healthy life choices. -Young people who have a community conscience and want to give back to the local area once they grow into adulthood. -Young people having a more positive opinion of the police which will continue into their adulthood and when they become parents. -Less crime and anti social behaviour at the skate park in Frodsham. Our various sessions tackle many complex issues and sports/ social activities really help.