Hillfields Young Peoples Group

Hillfields benefits from a range of organisations providing activities for young people including WATCH, Hillfields Young Peoples Centre, Coventry Sporting Futures and the African Caribbean Young Peoples Centre.  These sites provide a range of resources including sport and leisure activities, recording studios, performance areas and access to ICT equipment. 

YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD MATTERS

As part of the  YNM initiative, Sporting Futures and the youth service are working in partnership to deliver the young peoples agenda.   This process  involves establishing a group of young people from the local area who will act as a gateway for all youth information to pass through whilst working closely with youth providers to deliver a joint timetable of activities that benefit local young people.  ."The young people will embark on a journey as a group to work towards writing a Neighbourhood Service Agreement for Hillfields in March 2010. The agreement will tighten the relationship between groups of young people and providers and will tie in with the integrated youth support service as proposed within the government's Youth Matters strategy documents.

The main aim of this is for young people to have access to positive activities, advice, information and guidance and targeted support ensuring that young people are involved in the design, delivery and management of programmes that are effectively co-ordinatedThe young people will also be provided with relevant taining,  giving them young people the necessary skills and abilities to move forward as young leaders and role models in their community

Nicola Capok, Project Co-ordinator for Sporting Futures who is leading on the Young People YNM agenda, said, "This is an exciting project that will give young people the opportunity to have a voice in their local community. It is the first in Coventry to be trialled and if successful will be used as a model of good practice across all areas of the city next year. It will also enable us as youth providers to work in partnership with young people to design a timetable of local activities that are beneficial to young people. Too many projects are set up with out consulting local young people and are designed solely to meet targets and agencies needs. This project will overcome such barriers and enable all youth activity in Hillfields to be fed through the established group. These young people will hopefully then go on to become young leaders themselves through the vast amount of knowledge and experience they will have gained."  

The main aim of this is for young people to have access to positive activities, advice, information and guidance and targeted support ensuring that young people are involved in the design, delivery and management of programmes that are effectively co-ordinated."

HILLZ  VOICES YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP

The Hillz Voices Group are a group of young people from the Hillfields area who have established themselves as alead agnecy to deliver the young peoples YNM agenda. The group act on behlaf of all young poeple in the area and try to get the voices and opiions of these young people heard. The group;

  • Organise networking and fun activities  in Hillfields for local young people and agencies
  • Look at the timetable of activities already  in Hillfields and see what they think is missing. Talk to young people about what they think about the timetable and changes they would like to see 
  • To attend the Hillfields Providers group  to feed in the above information  and talk with providers
  • Play an ongoing active role in the community through placements and volunteering
  • Meet once  a month as a group to look at the Neighbourhood Service Agreement and plan other activities
  • Have fun :-)

 

IF YOU ARE A YOUNG PERSON LIVING IN HILLFIELDS AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS GROUP PLEASE CONTACT THE HILLZ VOICES TEAM ON hillz-voices@coventry.gov.uk

 

CO-ORDINATION OF YOUTH PROVISION

There is a monthly meeting for youth work professionals who come together to ensure youth provison across the area is effectively coordinated.  A representative from the young people's group will also meet monthly with the Hillfields youth providers group to feed back their ideas, views and concerns, and gain feedback from providers around the table.  For more information about Hillfields Providers Group please contact Nicola Capok on nicola.capok@coventry.gov.uk or 02476 78 5198. 

For more information about opportunities for young people in Hillfields please contact the following organisations or click on the relevant link. 

 

Coventry Sporting Futures

http://www.coventry.gov.uk/sportingfutures

NMNW

31 Primrose Hill Street

Hillfields

CV15LY

 

WATCH Young Peoples Project

Youth Development Worker Gino Shankle

12 Victoria Street, Hillfields,Coventry

02476 550564

Connexions

Information and advice for young people

 http://www.connexions-direct.com/

 

Integrated Youth Support Service

Information about services for young people

http://www.iyss.org.uk/AboutUs.aspx