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Youth Club and Youth ProvisionsViews from young people and adults from Icklesham Parish Communities

Findings from a participatory appraisal consultation event carried out byHastings Trust and Youth in Motion with support from Icklesham Parish Council

Winchelsea Beach Community Hall Friday 9 th November 2012


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Executive Summary

Main findings from the participatory research carried out by Neighbourhood

Enablers team Everybody agreed there was a definite need for a youth club in the Parish. Everybody was

advised at the beginning of the evening that Winchelsea Beach had already been identifiedas the location for the first youth Club due to Volunteer interest within the Community.

All the young people discussed extensively their ideas for setting up a youth club, includingdiscussions on Resources, Costs, and Communications.

All those attending from Icklesham expressed a need for transport to and from the youthclub. If this service was made available all the young people from Icklesham said they wouldbe more than happy to use the community transport service.

A vast majority of the young people said they were interested in volunteering to help set upand run the youth club. It was very apparent that all the young people wanted to beinvolved in the decision making process.

Facebook was identified by all the young people as the most preferred method of communication. The Neighbourhood Enablers team have informed everybody who attendedthe evening that a summary of the evening and its findings will be posted on the NEfacebook page.

Comments

Neighbourhood Enablers will be working with community volunteers to put together a projectproposal and access start-up funds.

IPC will be approached for funding to cover training / supporting and mentoring local volunteersover a one year period.

YIM have already prepared a business plan to outline the costs for providing the training andmentoring volunteer service.

Throughout the evening several adults showed an interest in volunteering at a youth provision in

Winchelsea beach and one volunteer came forward from Icklesham.


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The Consultation

Main objectives of the Evening

To collate information from young people on the subject of setting up a youth provision in the Parishof Icklesham, with the initial proposed venue being Winchelsea Beach Community Hall.

To engage with volunteers from the parish communities who will then be supported by theNeighbourhood Enablers project and Youth in Motion.

All the young people to participate in the PA exercise and any willing adults to also take part andmake comments and suggestions.

The main five subj ects discussed in the World Cafe; Resources, Cost, Communication, Access andHelp, provided a framework that allowed detailed discussions around the possibilities of setting up ayouth club, and ideas around what was needed.

Attendees 5 young people from Winchelsea beach 12 Young people from Icklesham (4 girls and 8 boys) 11 adults in total - 3 from Icklesham,1 from Rye Harbour,3 from Winchelsea Beach, 1

from Hastings, 2 members of IPC (Icklesham parish council) and the local PCSO.


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World Cafe Tables;

Resources

Resource/activities requested for theyouth club

How realistic ?

Sports events/competitions If the council funded/built the facilityTable tennis Very, we already have a large hall easy because

there is storageFilm night Very, we already have a large hallFriday night disco Very, we already have a large hallIndoor gaming FairlyTable football -Days out -

Pool table Realistic after saving upPrivate chill out room Ask council to build an extra room for usSkate Park Very important & very realisticPaintballing -

Additional Comments:

Can have different specialist nights including girls sessions, pool tournaments and film nights.

Skate-park was the most popular request, especially amongst the boys and across both Icklesham &Winchelsea Beach.

There was talk about having a community bus service from Icklesham/WB to the Rye skate-park.

Space in the community for young people to hang out.

General interests sport, disco, indoor gaming, film nights.

Within a youth club setting specifically pool, table tennis & table football & Wii gaming wererequested.

Have inter-village competitions, football 5 a-side, possibly also gaming nights including Wii Fit

competitions.

There was a lot of interest in days out and trips etc.; almost all the young people indicated aninterest in paintballing.

All the young people were happy to share their views but felt they would be given what the councilwanted and not what they wanted. They have been asked in the pas t what they want, but they dontfeel that anybody has taken notice of their opinions, and adults make the decisions irrespective of what the young have said.

There are views that parish councils are opposed facilities for young people (adult comment).


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Need a youth club that is led by the young people where the kids make the decisions (adultcomment).

Volunteers would be more forthcoming if they were offered support and training (adult comment).


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Cost /Entry fee

Why do we need to charge? What are the benefits?So we can keep doing the youth club More money to spend on equipment

Help to pay for food People come out moreTo appreciate it Pay for pool tableFor better things in the youth club Tuck moneySo we can buy more stuff Be able to invest for future needs or wantsSo we can hire out services for the youthclub

Stuff being looked after

Pay on a membership basis Young enterprise scheme (adult)Have a tuck shop

Additional comments:

Make a charge for the pool table & table tennis

Everyone seemed to agree there should be an entrance charge and estimates varied between0.50p and 3 per session.

There were lots of ideas around saving up for days out.

Some of the fundraising money could go towards paying for skate-parks and/or football areas, minibus money and tuck shop.The need for another skate park came up repeatedly.

Fundraising Ideas:Cake saleBoot fairSponsored runSponsored walk/run/swimTalent ShowHelp OAPs with shoppingRaffleTombolaBag packing at supermarketSponsoring activities

Throw eggs at peopleQuiz nightsBingo nightsStocksPoppy collectingTable/cake sales etcSponsored skate/scootCharging the council for a 2 mile beach clean upWalking peoples dogs Car washingTuck shop

Film nightCharity fun day


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Some innovative ideas came out of this exercise, including the suggestion of bag packing at the localsupermarket. Another important finding was that all fundraising ideas suggested by the youngpeople were ones that they themselves could do, as opposed to other people or their peers. Thisexercise also clearly illustrates how they are already aware of the need for further fundraisingactivities after the club is open, and how willing and committed they all are to participating andleading extra fundraising projects.


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Communication

What is the best form of communication for young people?

Why/comments

Facebook Because Im on it all the time, because we allhave phones, easier to understandTwitter

E-mailFace to face Attention grabbing, able to ask if theres

something you dont understand Local shop Visited often, one local shop in Icklesham,

everyone uses it, flyers & leaflets displayed atshop, then word of mouth gets informationround the community

More meetings Face to face, can talk to them, if held on a

regular basis, got skatepark following meetingface to face meetings with the council, theythought that if they continued with meetingsthey could get more

Flyers/leaflets See Local shopText messages Used to pass on information throughout the

community, all have phonesVideo to advertise the youth fun ideas

Adult comment: Smartphone Apps & Interactive message board

Additional Comments:

Every young person agreed that communication through facebook was one of the best ways of communicating, as they all had it and all look and read new/events etc. every day..."Facebook iscool, so if something is on it we are more likely to pay attention to it, but newsletters aren't cool".

The young people thought that meetings/consultations with councillors was a really effective way of communicating; they have had meetings/consultation with councillors in the past and told themwhat they felt they needed and wanted in their area, resulting in them receiving a park, rope swings,skate park and basketball court. Their only criticism on this form of communication was that eventhough it had worked (skate park), it was taken away from them not long after because thecouncillors said they didn't use it enough, which in the young people's opinions was incorrect. Sotheir idea would be for them and the councillors to have regular meetings/consultations so they canshare their opinions and thoughts on a regular basis.

Many of the young people thought that advertising/ putting flyers and leaflets in local shops in theareas was another effective way of communicating with them as they all use the local shops on adaily basis, before and after school.


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Access - Preferred time and day and transport needs

Winchelsea Beach

Times: 7pm-9pm

Days: Friday or Saturday

Transport: Not required as youth club will be sited in Winchelsea Beach

Icklesham

Times: 5:30pm 7:30pm was most popular; other suggestions were 6:30pm 8:30pm & 8pm-9pm

Days: Friday was most popular, other suggestions were mainly weekends, or any day after school,except Wednesdays.

Transport: Everyone from Icklesham required transport to the youth club assuming it was initiallybased in Winchelsea Beach. The majority of young people said they were happy to use communitytransport to get to a youth club if it wasnt located in their locality.


Majority of young people indicated they were happy to help out at the youth club, particularly joining a youth council and in helping to set up talent shows.

Majority of young people would like to see a skate-park similar to the one at Peasmarsh.


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Help - Timeline

The following is a list topics that the young people identified as needing to be discussed, decided,and planned prior to the opening of a new youth club:

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4Skate-park Staff , adult or teens Advertisement What dayDecorations Activities Transport Pay for trips & maybe

transportFacilities Space/venue Set a date & time TimeFundraising activities Facilities, pool, table

tennis etcFlyers to kids Entrance fee

Entrance fee Table Tennis, easystorage

Staff Transport

Play Doh Needs planning more Money Staff, volunteersBadges Wifi Organising Teams Logo sweatshirtPut it in Icklesham Limited number of

people 5-20Fundraising for daysout

Crafts & Arts

Advertising Fundraising Monthly/weeklymembership 1-3

Music

Tuck Shop Fri/Sat 7-9 Leadership TuckMinibus Food & drink Helpers/volunteers Pay to get inSkate-park Memberships, no

holidaymakersSponsors/fundraising Design a name & logo

1-2 entrance fee Help out FundraisingHow many kids cancome

Open day Rotas for games

Workers, who will beworking here

Food or not Friday night disco

Open day


Every group said they were interested in volunteering and helping to set-up and run the youth club.Every group said they were happy to use community transport to go to a youth club if it wasntbased in their community.


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Testimonials"It was great to see so many of our young people so enthusiastically engaged in expressingwhat facilities they wanted, how they would get there, how this should be run & how itshould be paid for. I congratulate all involved in setting up & running this event and for the

young people & adults who took part."

Councillor Sue Lyward has had a vision for some time to create better facilities for young

people in the Parish of Icklesham. At her instigation the Parish council has worked withNeighbourhood Enablers and Youth in Motion to consult young people and find out whatthey would like. Flora Williams from Neighbourhood Enablers and James Brill from Youth inMotion organised with Sue Lyward and Steve Foreman the consultation event on Friday 9 th November 2012. Staff from both organisations met young people and adults who mayvolunteer to help run a youth club. Using Planning for Real type techniques Flora and othersencouraged people to fully express their views. This has resulted in a clear picture of whatthose young people in the villages of Icklesham would like the Parish Council to do. TheParish Council is now in a much stronger position to provide the services that young peoplewant and will value.

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