There is less money available for Services for Young People overall. This means we need to find ways of delivering youth work that make the most of the money we have. We want to use the money we have for youth work to make the biggest difference to young people. In particular, this means helping them to prepare for work and their adult life. To do this we need to divide the money we have between different parts of Surrey fairly to make sure that the young people who need support the most get it. We want to find out what you think about our plans and your ideas of how we can do things better.
The key findings from the consultation were:
A number of concerns were raised about the potential discontinuation of the Go Karting project at Ashtead.
It was perceived that the document did not accurately reflect the number of face to face hours that would be delivered in the centres.
It was identified that a large proportion of young people access the Leatherhead centre from the Ashtead wards and vice versa.
Whilst we may not have always been able to fully address every concern, we have listened and will be making the following amendments in response to feedback:
Changes to community youth work are being made across the whole of Surrey. They are designed to: enable the community youth work service (CYWS) to better support the county council’s strategic goal of employability for young people; implement a county council cabinet steer to allocate more of our resources to the areas of greatest need; and respond positively to an overall funding reduction of 11% for community youth work across Surrey.
Following the consultation process, we have amended or developed our proposals to improve our local offer for young people. The findings summarise the county-wide changes.
We are making changes to the Community Youth Work Service (CYWS) in Surrey.
CYWS helps young people to be more employable by building their resilience, developing their skills and improving their wellbeing through youth work.
Youth work is often delivered from youth centres, but youth workers also work in the places where young people meet, for example in local parks. It is a way of working with young people that is voluntary and helps them to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence so that they can reach their goals. It is available to all young people, especially the ones who need support the most. We will work in partnership with other organisations to provide more activities for young people.
There is less money available for Services for Young People overall. This means we need to find ways of delivering youth work that make the most of the money we have. We want to use the money we have for youth work to make the biggest difference to young people. In particular, this means helping them to prepare for work and their adult life. To do this we need to divide the money we have between different parts of Surrey fairly to make sure that the young people who need support the most get it. We want to find out what you think about our plans and your ideas of how we can do things better.
Before beginning the survey, please read through the two documents attached. They will provide you with some background information on Mole Valley and the Community Youth Work Service (CYWS). They will also talk through what plans, objectives and aims the CYWS have for Mole Valley.
We would invite you to our public meetings to be held in Mole Valley in the evenings at the following venues (times will be confirmed shortly) :-
Monday 20th July 205 at Ashtead Youth Centre, Barnet Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2BZ
Thursday 30th July 2015 at The Malthouse Youth Cente, Mll Lane, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1DX
Thursday 6th August 2015 at Leatherhead Youth Project, All Saints, Kingston Road, Leatherhead KT22 7BT. Time 13:00 to 15:00pm on a drop in basis at any time during this period.
Thursday 6th August 2015 at St George's Christian Centre, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2DA. Time 19:00 pm to 21:00 pm.
Wednesday 12th August 2015 at The Harvest Community Church, Stubs Hill, Goodwyns Road, Dorking, Surrey. Time between 14:00 pm and 16:00 pm
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