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Young People from the South take part in a final celebration of the Find Your Talent programmme
Young People from the South take part in a final celebration of the Find Your Talent programmme
29/07/2010 12:00:00
Young people from the Find your Talent project in south Hampshire have taken part in an exciting final celebration of the Find Your Talent programme at London’s Southbank Centre.
Young people from across England proudly showcased what they have learnt as a result of the 18 month programme. Some 25 young people from Hampshire took part in the ‘Share Your Talent’ event which featured inspiring music and dance performances highlighting what can be achieved when young people are able to access arts and cultural activity to help them to develop their creative skills and talents.
One of the groups that performed were from the Bevois Town area of Southampton and also the Buckland area of Portsmouth . The young people had worked with Art Asia and their team of professional artists - Gurcharan Mall and Bindi Sagoo and the SoCo Music Project - to perform energetic and colourful bhangra drumming.
Groups from all the pathfinder areas performed including the powerful Firebird dance performance by Leeds Find Your Talent working alongside Phoenix Dance Theatre and Leeds Metropolitan University and a fashion show by design students from Leicestershire.
In addition, “Capture It!’’ groups went along to take photos, video and sound recordings as part of their task to capture the voices and views of participants in FYT programmes. Some of the work will feature in the weekly Find your Talent radio programme on Express FM.
Paul Collard, Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) commented: “Find Your Talent has made a real impact on these children’s lives across England, including the PUSH area covering Portsmouth, Southampton and Southern Hampshire. It is a privilege to be here today to see how passionate these young people are about developing their own talents as well as taking part in cultural activities.
“Find Your Talent has given hundreds of thousands of young people the chance to develop new skills, providing them with the opportunity to learn musical instruments, perform on stage, attend performances and experience the great cultural heritage of the country.
“We will now use the learning that has come out of the Find Your Talent pilot and build it into our continuing work to ensure that all children can experience and access the diverse range of cultural activity that England has to offer.”
Find Your Talent was the pilot cultural offer in England managed by national charity Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) and piloted across 10 pathfinder regions across England. Find Your Talent (www.findyourtalent.org) offered children and young people regular involvement with arts and culture both in and out of school. It looked at ways of helping young people discover new things, express themselves, develop a passion and make the most of their talent. This included music, art, film, theatre, dance, digital media and exploring libraries, museums and heritage.
Creativity, Culture and Education (www.creativitycultureeducation.org):
Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) has a vision for children’s creativity to be encouraged and nurtured in and out of school. CCE believes all children should experience and access the diverse range of cultural activity in England because these opportunities can enhance their aspirations, achievements and skills. Registered Charity no.1125841
Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and The Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. The Royal Festival Hall reopened in June 2007 following the major refurbishment of the Hall and redevelopment of the surrounding area and facilities.
www.hants.gov.uk/mediacentre Issued by Julie Gosling Media Communications Officer (Culture, Communities, Recreation & Rural Affairs) Tel: 01962 846006 Email: julie.gosling@hants.gov.uk
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New Look to Bishops Waltham Library
New Look to Bishops Waltham Library
28/07/2010 12:00:00
Bishops Waltham Library will be reopening its doors to the public on Tuesday 3 August at I pm.
The new look library has been updated to give a bright and welcoming look having been completely redecorated throughout with the addition of new carpeting, shelving and furniture. In the building there is also a brand new Children’s Centre and Registration Service outpost providing a new hub for the local community.
The Children’s Centre will be a one-stop shop offering a range of advice and support services to young families including drop-in sessions for parents, carers and childminders, access to early education and childcare for under fives and access to child and family health services.
The addition of the registration service will enable local people to register, births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths all under one roof.
Executive Member for Culture and Recreation, Councillor Margaret Snaith-Tempia, said: “The addition of new facilities within Bishops Waltham Library shows Hampshire County Council’s commitment to providing a service tailored to local needs. The refurbishment will also make the library a much nicer place to spend time and relax with a book, use the internet or take part in one of the many activities at the library.
“Local staff are really looking forward to welcoming back their customers and showing off the new look library especially the children who want to take part in this years Summer Reading Challenge: ‘Space Hop’.”
For more information on the opening times and Services at Bishops Waltham Library visit: www.hants.gov.uk/library/bishopswaltham-library
Eighty One Children's Centres are being created across the county by Hampshire County Council using funding from the Government's Sure Start programme. To find out more about the visit: www.hants.gov.uk/childrens-services/childrenandyoungpeople/childrens-centres.htm
www.hants.gov.uk/mediacentre Issued by Julie Gosling Media Communications Officer (Culture, Communities, Recreation & Rural Affairs) Tel: 01962 846006 Email: julie.gosling@hants.gov.uk
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Hampshire County Council grant for The Source, Aldershot
Hampshire County Council grant for The Source, Aldershot 28/07/2010 12:00:00 The Source Young People’s Charity is to receive a £10,000 grant from Hampshire County Council.
The Source aims to enable all young people ‘To be, belong and become’ and focuses on building relationships and creating opportunities for young people who are struggling at school, in trouble with the law, struggling with family relationships, living on their own, homeless or isolated from mainstream society in any other way.
It is a small local charity which, among other projects, runs a youth café in Aldershot High Street. The Café provides young people with a safe, alcohol-free environment in which they have fun, make friends and get advice and support. It also aims to help counter the concerns of the public about young people hanging around and the perceived disorder issues this raises, by providing an appropriate venue for them to go to in the evenings.
The charity also provides mentoring sessions, anger management programmes and supports a Source football team.
Councillor Ken Thornber, Leader of Hampshire County Council, awarded the grant at his decision day on 21 July, he said: “The Source is Aldershot’s only youth café and provides a drug and alcohol free environment where young people can meet up in the evenings. Despite the dedication of the charity’s volunteers and its popularity among the young people in Aldershot it is in need of additional funds in order to keep the café open and to continue to run its other programmes. Hopefully this grant will help tide them over until they can find alternative funding.”
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Royal Victoria Country Park is officially one of the UK’s best parks
Royal Victoria Country Park is officially one of the UK’s best parks
28/07/2010 12:00:00
Royal Victoria Country Park near Southampton has been recognised as one of the country’s best green spaces by being awarded a prestigious Green Flag Award.
Green Flag Awards recognise and reward the best parks in the country and Royal Victoria Country Park, which is managed by Hampshire County Council, stood out after impressing the judges with its excellent use of green space, variety of attractions and well-maintained facilities, and high standards of safety and security. It was also judged against five other criteria: a welcoming place; sustainability; conservation and heritage; community involvement; marketing; and management.
Westwood Local Nature Reserve in Netley Abbey also secured a green flag award this year due to close partnership working with Southampton City Council.
Only green spaces that are free to enter and open to the public are eligible to win an award through the scheme, which is run by the Keep Britain Tidy Group.
Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Culture and Recreation, Councilor Margaret Snaith-Tempia said: “This is the first time Royal Victoria Country Park has applied for a Green Flag Award and we are absolutely thrilled to be awarded it. This prestigious national award recognises the hard work and dedication the staff, volunteers and partner organisations put into making the park a perfect location for families to enjoy. This year has also seen the re-opening of the Heritage Visitor Centre with its excellent shop, fascinating military exhibition and the chapel Tower. Guided tours are now available up the 166 steps of the 150ft Chapel Tower to enjoy panoramic views of the South coast. I hope this award shows the public just what a fantastic facility they have on the doorstep and make the most of it during the summer holidays.”
This year has seen the highest number of awards handed out – a record 1200 Green Flags and Green Pennants across the UK compared to 1,013 in 2009. Green Pennants are awarded to parks or green spaces managed by a community or voluntary group.
Paul Todd, Manager, Green Flag Award Scheme, said: “It’s a remarkable achievement that so many parks have successfully reached Green Flag Award status this year. The staff running the parks work very hard throughout the year to ensure their facilities are maintained to a high standard and enjoyed by the entire community.
“As the recession bites and people look closer to home to enjoy the outdoors, the provision of high-quality, free open spaces is of particular importance.”
The awards could not come at a better time as GreenSpace’s ‘Love Parks’ week takes place between July 24 and August 1, during which people will be encouraged to enjoy the nation’s parks and green spaces.
•The Green Flag Award Scheme is managed by a consortium, comprising Keep Britain Tidy, BTCV and GreenSpace. Known collectively as the Green Flag Plus Partnership, the consortium manages the scheme in England on behalf of Communities and Local Government (CLG) and in Wales for the Welsh Steering Group.
•The applications for the Green Flag Awards are judged against eight criteria: a welcoming place; healthy safe and secure; clean and well maintained; sustainability; conservation and heritage; community involvement; marketing; and management.
•The Green Flag Award vision is that by 2020, 50 per cent of green spaces in England and Wales will be of Green Flag standard – a staggering 15,000 sites.
•For more information visit: www.greenflagaward.org.uk
Please find attached an image for your use. From left to right: Councillor Margaret Snaith-Tempia, Royal Victoria Country Park Manager Deb Beeson, Volunteer, Ray Clarke and Councillor Ray Ellis.
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Streamlining Children’s Services in Hampshire
Streamlining Children’s Services in Hampshire
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Children’s Services in Hampshire are re-shaping in the face of Government grant cuts brought in to help redress the national deficit.
Cuts to grant funding announced by the Government in June and further anticipated reductions from April next year alongside service demand pressures mean Hampshire County Council’s Children’s Services Department has estimated that it needs to reduce its budget by around £24m from April 2011 with £6m coming out immediately.. The department has a total annual budget of around £170m not including the schools’ budgets.
Safe effective services remain a priority
The savings will be found by streamlining services and making efficiency savings in line with the framework established by the County Council’s Cabinet on Monday 26 July, which is designed to prepare the whole authority for the public spending cuts of 25% over the next four years signalled in the Government’s emergency budget last month. However, the priority of the department will still remain to provide safe and effective services for vulnerable children and families and a robust and high quality education system across the county.
Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead Member for Children’s Services said: “We face unprecedented financial challenges as a result of spending cuts and are having to make extremely difficult choices.
“Along with the requirement to make significant savings we must balance the need to ensure we continue to deliver high quality services, to keep children and young people in Hampshire safe, and to maintain a vibrant educational system.
“In this current financial climate therefore, it is inevitable we will have to make cuts to posts across the department. Where possible this will be done by robust vacancy management, through redeployment across the County Council, or by voluntary redundancy. Compulsory redundancy will be a last resort. The department will be working with every member of staff affected by this review to support them through this difficult time.
“Successive inspections and inspectorate reports over the last few years have confirmed, thanks to the hard work and dedication of our staff, good and outstanding services for children and young people in Hampshire with the strong capacity to improve. While we need to streamline services making the best possible use of resources we remain committed to delivering high quality services.”
Around 185 full-time equivalent (fte) posts are likely to go in a restructure which, where possible, will seek to reduce management costs. A high proportion, some 46fte posts, would be senior management ones. This represents more than 22% of the total number of management posts within the department. The other posts under scrutiny represent 5% of the remaining Children’s Services workforce.
Great care has been taken to minimise the impact of the review on direct service delivery, and to ensure a safe social care system is maintained that has a continued focus on protecting children and supporting families in greatest need. Frontline child protection services have been excluded from the proposed restructure. Care has also been taken to retain sufficient management capacity to lead and improve the schools system across the county. Resources will be tightly targeted according to need.
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£54,703 grants boost to services for children and young people in South East Hampshire
£54,703 grants boost to services for children and young people in South East Hampshire
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Specialist support services for young people who are victims of domestic abuse as well as youth activity programmes in the Havant and Gosport areas have found continuing support through grants from Hampshire County Council.
At his decision day on 22 July Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services approved a total of £202,559 in grants above £5,000 from the County Council’s Children’s Services department to projects across the county which provide vital support to children, young people and their families.
Supporting young people in Havant and Gosport
The grants included a total of £54,703 awarded to voluntary organisations which specifically support young people in the Havant and Gosport areas. The recipients include
•Havant Women’s Aid - £27,983 awarded to enable more young people to be supported by the project which meets the particular needs of children who have lived, or are living, with domestic abuse
•Hayling Island Youth café - £10,000 to support the service which is a youth provision supporting young people aged 11 – 18
•Motiv8 South Ltd - £6,000 to support the work of the organisation which runs a Challenge and Adventure programme offering a range of activities to young people not in education, employment or training
Funding countywide projects
A further £35,854 was awarded to countywide organisations including:
•Dreamwall - £8,760 to help support young people post adoption , via one to one support, school and family mediation and a junior leader programme encouraging young people to become peer mentors
•Be Your Best Foundation - £7,500 to help fund the Hampshire Rock Challenge a performing arts initiative delivering healthy positive lifestyle messages to young people
•Hampshire Autistic Society - £9,000 to help towards the running costs of outreach support services to families in Fareham, Gosport, Basingstoke and Test Valley
•Hampshire Relate Group - £10, 595 towards the running costs of counselling groups for young people in three relate centres, in North Hampshire (serving the Aldershot, Farnborough and Fleet), Basingstoke and Winchester
An additional £81,408 has been awarded in smaller grants - below £5,000 - to a wide range of voluntary organisations across the county working with children and young people bringing the total awarded to £283,967.
District-based Children and Young People Groups recommend recipients for these grants to ensure our grant awards reflect local community needs.
Commenting on the grants Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services, said: “Hampshire County Council is committed to ensuring children and young people and their families have access to a wide range of therapeutic, educational and recreational services and activities. These grants have gone to a broad range of applicants and in the current very difficult economic climate I'm delighted to be able to award them.
“All the organisations receiving funding have been able to demonstrate they are working with, and for, children and young people to provide positive activities and support services enabling them to stay healthy and safe and encouraging them to make a positive contribution to the wider community.”
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£42,005 grants boost to services for children and young people in Hart and Rushmoor
£42,005 grants boost to services for children and young people in Hart and Rushmoor
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Specialist support services for Travelling families, a counselling service for young people and a mentor scheme for young parents in the Hart and Rushmoor areas have all been given a boost thanks to grant funding awarded by Hampshire County Council.
At his decision day on 22 July Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services approved a total of £202,559 in grants above £5,000 from the County Council’s Children’s Services department to projects across the county which provide vital support to children, young people and their families.
Support for young people in Hart and Rushmoor
The grants included a total of £42,005 awarded to voluntary organisations which specifically support young people in the Hart and Rushmoor areas. The recipients include
•Hart Voluntary Action - £12,400 to support a Traveller project worker to help traveller and gypsy families access mainstream services in education and health
•The Valley Trust - £13,500 to help fund counsellors for children aged 5-11 with emotional, social or behavioural problems
•Rushmoor Healthy Living - £6,000 to help fund a mentoring project for teenage parents
Funding for countywide projects
A further £35,854 was awarded to countywide organisations including:
•Dreamwall - £8,760 to help support young people post adoption , via one to one support, school and family mediation and a junior leader programme encouraging young people to become peer mentors
•Be Your Best Foundation - £7,500 to help fund the Hampshire Rock Challenge a performing arts initiative delivering healthy positive lifestyle messages to young people
•Hampshire Autistic Society - £9,000 to help towards the running costs of outreach support services to families in Fareham, Gosport, Basingstoke and Test Valley
•Hampshire Relate Group - £10, 595 towards the running costs of counselling groups for young people in three relate centres, in North Hampshire (serving the Aldershot, Farnborough and Fleet), Basingstoke and Winchester
An additional £81,408 has been awarded in smaller grants - below £5,000 - to a wide range of voluntary organisations across the county working with children and young people bringing the total awarded to £283,967.
District-based Children and Young People Groups recommend recipients for these grants to ensure our grant awards reflect local community needs.
Commenting on the grants Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services, said: “Hampshire County Council is committed to ensuring children and young people and their families have access to a wide range of therapeutic, educational and recreational services and activities. These grants have gone to a broad range of applicants.
“All the organisations receiving funding have been able to demonstrate they are working with, and for, children and young people to provide positive activities and support services enabling them to stay healthy and safe and encouraging them to make a positive contribution to the wider community.”
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Bus Rapid Transit(BRT) gets the go ahead
Bus Rapid Transit(BRT) gets the go ahead 27/07/2010 12:00:00 A final attempt to stop the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), through legal challenge, has been overcome today (Tuesday 27 July) when three law lords sitting in the Supreme Court refused an injunction to halt the scheme and dismissed two grounds of the application for leave to appeal.
The legal challenge was related to the planning process rather than the merits of the scheme and having been dismissed in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court hearing today was asked to grant permission for a final appeal on three grounds. The grounds relating to the Environmental Impact Assessment and the regulations relating to bat roosts were dismissed unequivocally. Whilst leave to appeal was granted in respect of a technical clarification of the interpretation of the European Habitats Directive on bat disturbance, the Supreme Court judges refused to grant an injunction to prevent the Council carrying out further works on the scheme pending the outcome of the Appeal.
Councillor Mel Kendal, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Environment and Chairman of Transport for South Hampshire, said: “We welcome the Court’s decision not to grant an injunction and are very pleased that we can now effectively go ahead with building the BRT scheme. Although the judges have allowed the third ground of appeal, this is really in order to clarify a point of law for the future rather than any inherent problem with the BRTplanning consent. This will have no direct impact on progress with the work.”
“Hampshire County Council has never faltered in its commitment to deliver this scheme, which will bring an old and derelict public transport corridor back into use with an innovative, modern and reliable transport system, offering a viable alternative to the car in one of Hampshire’s most congested areas. It is vital in these uncertain economic times that everyone has the opportunity to access areas of education and employment.”
The £20 million BRT scheme aims to boost public transport between Gosport and Fareham by converting a former railway into a dedicated busway. It is part of a proposed wider integrated transport strategy for South Hampshire which aims to reduce the need to travel, provide better public transport options, improve traffic and network management and invest for the future.
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Diana Leahy, Media Communications Officer (Environment)
Tel: 01962 847666
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Prestigious award for two Hampshire community language projects
Prestigious award for two Hampshire community language projects
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Two innovative community language projects have won a prestigious national award for Hampshire County Council’s Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS).
The service gained the accolade, a joint European Award for Languages, for two exciting projects in the field of community languages – its Community Languages taster sessions and its Young Interpreter Scheme.
The award, coordinated by CILT, the National Centre for Languages, recognises innovation in language learning.
Celebrating diversity
Primary community languages tasters is a project that helps raise awareness of, and celebrates, the different languages spoken across the county. It involves bilingual tutors visiting schools to deliver a series of taster sessions, with the aim of inspiring young pupils with the aim of fostering an interest in other cultures and languages in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. Twenty schools across the county have taken part in the sessions which set out to show pupils that following the Olympic values of determination, excellence, friendship, respect, courage, inspiration and equality enables you to be a champion in more than just sport.
Peer mentoring and support
The Hampshire Young Interpreter scheme trains pupils to become interpreters to support their fellow pupils who are learning English as an Additional Language. It is being run in conjunction with three schools in the county – King’s Furlong Infant School and Nursery, Fairfields Primary School, both in Basingstoke and The Wavell School in Farnborough. The benefits to both sets of children are evident; new learners feel supported and young interpreters take on a key role in the school community enabling them to develop both their communication and interpersonal skills.
Promoting good community relations
Commenting on the award Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council's Executive Lead member for Children's Services, said: “I am delighted that our Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service have won this award. The two projects receiving the award do much to help children from different countries settle in to school life as well as promote better relationships in the wider community.
“Both projects reinforce our determination that every child should enjoy, participate and achieve, making the most of educational and recreational opportunities in their community.”
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Schools which have participated in the community language tasters include:
Barton Stacey CE Primary, Beaumont J, Bidbury Junior School, Binsted CE Primary, Bordon Infants, Bordon Junior, Compton Primary, Fairfield Primary, Farnborough Grange Infant, Fernhill Primary, Heatherside Junior, Hurstbourne Tarrant CE Primary, Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield, Manor Junior, Park View Junior, Rucstall Primary, S View Junior, Sparsholt Primary, St John's Primary, Woolton Hill Junior
Schools taking part in the Young interpreters Scheme:
Beaumont Junior School, Bishop Challoner Catholic Voluntary Aided School, Brune Park Community College, Cherrywood Community Primary School, Chiltern Primary School, Costello Technology College, Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, Fairfields Primary School, Farnborough Grange Infant Community School, Fort Hill Community School, Grange Junior School, Henry Beaufort School, Kings Furlong Infants School and Nursery, Kings Furlong Junior School, Manor Field Infants, Manor Field Junior, St Johns Primary, St Michael's Church Of England Junior School, Talavera Junior School, Talavera Infant School, The Arnewood School, The Connaught School, The Wavell school
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£32,497 grants boost to services for children and young people in Central Hampshire
£32,497 grants boost to services for children and young people in Central Hampshire
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Specialist counselling services for young people as well as detached youth work in the Central Hampshire area have found continuing support through grants from Hampshire County Council.
At his decision day on 22 July Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services approved a total of £202,559 in grants above £5,000 from the County Council’s Children’s Services department to projects across the county which provide vital support to children, young people and their families.
The grants included a total of £32,497 awarded to voluntary organisations which specifically support young people in the Central Hampshire area. The recipients include
Support to young people
•Eastleigh Youth Counselling - £9,000 towards the running costs of the service which provides one to one youth counselling for young people aged 11 -25
•Stonham Eastleigh Domestic Abuse Services - £14,497 towards running costs including a children’s worker salary. This project is an holistic support service for young people experiencing domestic abuse
•Winchester Detached Youth project - £9,000 to support the work of the project which offers positive activities via a street reach programme to young people aged 11-19 in the Weeke and Highcliffe areas
Funding for countywide projects
A further £35,854 was awarded to countywide organisations including:
•Dreamwall - £8,760 to help support young people post adoption , via one to one support, school and family mediation and a junior leader programme encouraging young people to become peer mentors
•Be Your Best Foundation - £7,500 to help fund the Hampshire Rock Challenge a performing arts initiative delivering healthy positive lifestyle messages to young people
•Hampshire Autistic Society - £9,000 to help towards the running costs of outreach support services to families in Fareham, Gosport, Basingstoke and Test Valley
•Hampshire Relate Group - £10, 595 towards the running costs of counselling groups for young people in three relate centres, in North Hampshire (serving the Aldershot, Farnborough and Fleet), Basingstoke and Winchester
An additional £81,408 has been awarded in smaller grants - below £5,000 - to a wide range of voluntary organisations across the county working with children and young people bringing the total awarded to £283,967.
District-based Children and Young People Groups recommend recipients for these grants to ensure our grant awards reflect local community needs.
Commenting on the grants Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services, said: “Hampshire County Council is committed to ensuring children and young people and their families have access to therapeutic, educational and recreational services and activities. These grants have gone to a broad range of applicants and in the current very difficult economic climate I’m delighted to be able to award them.
“All the organisations receiving funding have been able to demonstrate they are working with, and for, children and young people to provide positive activities and support services enabling them to stay healthy and safe and encouraging them to make a positive contribution to the wider community.”
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£21,500 grants boost to services for children and young people in East Hampshire
£21,500 grants boost to services for children and young people in East Hampshire
27/07/2010 12:00:00
Services for young people including play and sports opportunities as well as after school activities in the East Hampshire area have found continuing support through grants from Hampshire County Council.
At his decision day on 22 July Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services approved a total of £202,559 in grants above £5,000 from the County Council’s Children’s Services department to projects across the county which provide vital support to children, young people and their families.
Supporting young people in east Hampshire
The grants included a total of £21,500 awarded to voluntary organisations which specifically support young people in the East Hampshire area. The recipients include
•Drum Housing Association - £6,500 to help fund a creative arts facilitator to deliver support to young people
•Friends of the Rural Areas Play Project - £8,000 towards the running costs of the RAPP which provides quality play and sports opportunities for young people
•Alton Buckle Out of School Clubs - £7,000 to provide places for vulnerable children at drop-in sessions where they can take part in positive activities
Funding for countywide projects
A further £35,854 was awarded to countywide organisations including:
•Dreamwall - £8,760 to help support young people post adoption , via one to one support, school and family mediation and a junior leader programme encouraging young people to become peer mentors
•Be Your Best Foundation - £7,500 to help fund the Hampshire Rock Challenge a performing arts initiative delivering healthy positive lifestyle messages to young people
•Hampshire Autistic Society - £9,000 to help towards the running costs of outreach support services to families in Fareham, Gosport, Basingstoke and Test Valley
•Hampshire Relate Group - £10, 595 towards the running costs of counselling groups for young people in three relate centres, in North Hampshire (serving the Aldershot, Farnborough and Fleet), Basingstoke and Winchester
An additional £81,408 has been awarded in smaller grants - below £5,000 - to a wide range of voluntary organisations across the county working with children and young people bringing the total awarded to £283,967.
District-based Children and Young People Groups recommend recipients for these grants to ensure our grant awards reflect local community needs.
Commenting on the grants Councillor David Kirk, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Lead member for Children’s Services, said: “Hampshire County Council is committed to ensuring children and young people and their families have access to therapeutic, educational and recreational services and activities. These grants have gone to a broad range of applicants and in the current very difficult economic climate I’m delighted to be able to award them.
“All the organisations receiving funding have been able to demonstrate they are working with, and for, children and young people to provide positive activities and support services enabling them to stay healthy and safe and encouraging them to make a positive contribution to the wider community.”
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