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Activities and Facilities
Activities
The service’s activities provide informal learning through high quality youth work designed to achieve the standards and targets identified within Transforming Youth Work: Resourcing Excellent Youth Services.
Its activities are:
- To use a range of youth work methods and settings, to be accessible to all young people aged 13-19 years and target those who are at risk of exclusion by social or economic factors, having ‘contact’ annually with at least 25% of the 13-19 year olds;
- To engage young people in learning which is relevant to their developmental needs through a diverse and challenging youth work curriculum;
- To contribute to the work of Connexions and work in partnership with those agencies working with and for, young people of the target age group, to increase provision and bring added value to services for young people;
- To promote and provide opportunities to celebrate and accredit young people’s learning and achievements;
- To deploy staff who are appropriately trained and qualified and for whom there is a continuous professional development programme of nationally recognised accreditation;
- To enable the engagement of young people in democratic processes, ensuring that young people have ‘voice and influence’ within the Service, Wiltshire County Council, local communities and the broader communities of which they are a part;
- To advocate on behalf of young people and present positive images of young people;
- To respond effectively to the changing demands and needs of young people;
- To provide a clearly defined quality assurance process.
Facilities
- 20 Youth Development Centres
- 2 Sports Centres, at Pewsey and Amesbury, that incorporate youth development work.
- 1 Mobile Youth Work Unit-ROMP bus.
- 6 Mini buses 8 M.P.V.s 1 Outdoor Education Centre.(Oxenwood)
- 1 freephone information and advice line
- 1 Young people’s counselling service
- 8 Streetwork projects: one in each Locality
- 1 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme engaging 3000 young people
- 129 days of Summer Challenge activities Splash (programme involving 1500 young people aged 13 - 19
Visit Inspiring Young People pages to learn about the activities, where to find the centre nearest you or how to become involved in youth work both within the Service and with voluntary groups across the country. There is the chance to give your feedback and look at the News desk for the very latest on what is happening for young people in Wiltshire.
Contact Details
By Post
Youth Development Service
Operational Office
Escourt Crescent
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1LR
By Email
youthdevelopmentservice@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01380 735781
By Hand
This can be either County Hall or via Operational Office, Escourt Crescent, Devizes or any of the Youth Centres located within Wiltshire.
Opening Hours
Please contact local Youth Centres for opening times
