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.
Members of the public cited concern over the substantial reduction in youth work delivery at Banstead youth centre (YC).
Members of the public wanted to see more links between Banstead YC and Phoenix YC.
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 below.
They will provide you with some background information on Reigate and Banstead and the Community Youth Work Service (CYWS). They will also talk through what plans, objectives and aims the CYWS have for Reigate and Banstead.
We would invite you to our public meetings to be held in Reigate and Banstead at the following venues on the following evenings
Thursday 23rd July 2015 at The Annexe, Redhill Family Centre, 134-138 Station Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1ET. Time 19:00pm to 21:00pm
Thursday 6th August 2015 at Horley Young People's Centre, The Old Fire Station, Albert Road, Horley RH6 7JA. Time 19:00 pm to 21:00 pm
Thursday 30th July 2015 at Banstead Youth Centre, The Horseshoe, Bolters Lane, Banstead, Surrey SM7 2BQ. Time 19:00 pm to 21:00 pm
Monday 3rd August 2015 at Phoenix Youth Centre, Merland Rise, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5JG. Time 19:00 pm to 21:00 pm
Saturday 8th August 2015 at The Annexe, Redhill Family Centre, Fairfax Avenue, Redhill RH1 1HZ. Time 13:00 pm to 16:00 pm
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