The following survey is designed to obtain your views about your current use of Youth Centres in Surrey, and Surrey County Council’s proposed plans to change the way Universal Youth Work is delivered in Surrey.
Currently, Surrey County Council provides open access universal youth work that takes place in youth centres across the county. Open access youth work is often provided in youth centres and is open to all young people without referral or a specific need. Whilst there is no statutory duty for SCC to continue to provide open access universal youth work, SCC recognises that the youth centres themselves are a valued community asset and can play a larger role in achieving the Community Vision for 2030 that includes community participation as one of the priorities.
However, Surrey’s Youth Centres are often underutilised and are not fulfilling their potential for the benefit of young people. Surrey County Council is proposing to increase the availability of the existing youth centres for the use of the voluntary, community and faith sector.
We are therefore consulting on whether Surrey County Council should continue to deliver universal open access youth work and how it could enable the voluntary, community and faith sector to use the youth centres at little or no cost.
The full proposal is available here:
Youth Service Consultation - Strategy
The closing date for the consultation is midnight 30 April 2020
Please note the information you are being asked to provide is anonymous data. The responses you provide will be used for the purposes of this consultation and may be used to provide feedback on other consultations occurring at this time.
Public Engagement Events
The potential opportunities are unique to each youth centre, we are therefore holding engagement events during consultation to explore the opportunities in each centre. There is no need to book a place in one of the events in advance as they will be drop in events with opportunities to ask questions, share ideas and provide feedback. The dates for each event will be published in advance below with the events broadly being arranged as set out as follows:
| District and Borough | Local engagement |
|---|---|
| Mole Valley | January 2020 |
| Reigate and Banstead | |
| Tandridge | |
| Spelthorne | February 2020 |
| Epsom and Ewell | |
| Elmbridge | |
| Runnymede | March 2020 |
| Surrey Heath | |
| Woking | |
| Waverley | April 2020 |
| Guildford |
January Events:
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 14 January | 5pm -7pm | The Bridge Youth Centre - Clare Cres, Leatherhead KT22 7RB |
| 15 January | 5pm – 7pm | Horley Young People and Family Centre - Albert Rd, Horley RH6 7JA |
| 16 January | 5.30pm – 7.30pm | The Malthouse - Mill Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1DX |
| 21 January | 6:30- 8:30pm | Ashtead Youth Centre - 238 Barnett Wood Ln, Ashtead KT21 2DA |
| 22 January | 4pm – 6pm | Phoenix Youth Centre - Preston Manor Rd, Epsom, Tadworth KT20 5LG |
| 23 January | 4pm – 6pm | The Annex - Redhill Youth Centre, RH1 1HT |
| 28 January | 5pm – 7pm | Banstead Youth Centre - The Horseshoe, Bolters Lane, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2BQ |
| 29 January | 4pm – 6pm | The Street - 8 Godstone Rd, Caterham CR3 6RA |
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