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As well as providing services for young people, parents and carers TVYP supports everyone in the local community and visitors to the area. We welcome your ideas and action to add to the opportunities and services available in this wonderful Youth and Community Resource Centre.
We can offer expertise and broker links to
access the help you need to bring your ideas to life. Perhaps you would
like to organise some local learning classes, start a club or create
opportunities to socialise and meet people with your interests. Whatever
your idea is to benefit the local community, why not
Contact
us
to make it happen?
This Community page tells you what we do and how to Contact Us if you need any further information.
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Resource Centre
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Events
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Services
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Crèche
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Café And Kitchen
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Learning And Education
Alley
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Office Services And
Uk Online Centre
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Hire It!
The Youth and Community Resource
Centre
is located in a modern
purpose-built facility with easy access
(including provision for wheelchair
users) and ample car parking. We
are normally open to visitors from 10.00am – 4pm Monday to Friday and we
host events and activities until 10.00pm (Monday – Friday) and until 6pm
on Saturdays. Current planning constraints require us to close to the
public on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Visitors are welcome at any time;
please Contact Us
beforehand if you are travelling any distance.
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Community Events
For details of forthcoming community
events at TVYP (and some associated
community events) please see
What’s on at TVYP?
For youth
events please go to
What’s on Offer @ TVYP?
If you would like to list an event in
the Centre or on this site please
Contact Us
To view our "Whats on at TVYP"
information
please click on the
download buttons above and
Printing off the information
from the
web or right click on the link and choose save as.
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Community Services
We provide a wide range of
community
services – please follow the links for more details or
Contact Us
for further information, or to discuss your particular requirements.
Community Crèche (SureStart, Wigmore Parent Toddler Group)
Community Café and Kitchen (Bridge Café at TVYP)
Community Learning and Education Alley (Connexions, Next Steps)
Office Services and UK Online Centre (Internet access, photocopying)
Hire it!
(Rooms, Catering, Displays, Computing/Presenting, Marquee)
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Community Crèche
The crèche is open for learning events
related to young children and events where childcare is provided. It is
also used by SureStart who have a local office at TVYP and
work with Wigmore’s Parent & Toddler Group which meets weekly
(see
What’s on at TVYP?
for
details.
To view our "Whats on at TVYP"
information
please click on the download button and Printing off the information
from the web or right click on the link and choose save as.).
Facilities include a changing room, activity room and children’s garden
which the Parent & Toddler Group has funded and developed.
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Our Community Café (Bridge Café at
TVYP) is open Mon - Fri from 10.30 – 3.30pm for self-service tea, coffee
or soft drinks and a selection of cakes, muffins and biscuits (including
‘healthy options’). On fine days there is direct access to a paved
patio and lawn suitable for garden parties and barbecues (see
Plan
To view TVYP's floor plan
please click on the download button above and Printing off the information
from the web or right click on the link and choose save as).
The café is served by a spacious, fully equipped kitchen with a gas
cooking range and machine dishwashing facilities.
Community Learning And
Education Alley
We have two training rooms which can be arranged to provide a single larger training or meeting room. Equipped with wall-mounted whiteboards and networked internet access (cabled or wireless) we can also provide TV/VHS/DVD, PC, data- and over-head- projectors and screen and portable flipchart/whiteboards. Maximum accommodation is 75.
In Education Alley we provide Connexions (16–19yrs) and NextStep (over-19s) information points on higher education and employment with associated reference books and advice and guidance supported by a trained worker. We also have a collection of reference books for parents and carers of young people (more at Helpful Resources for Parents of Teenagers) and details of courses available at local Colleges. Nearby employment opportunities are displayed at the Job Station and staff can help young people with job applications.
We can also arrange useful work experience and volunteering opportunities to try out fields of work and enhance your CV. For further details and to find links to other useful websites, including Connexions, please go to Contact & Links.
For details of community learning events please go to
What’s on at TVYP?
To view our community
learning events
information
please click on the download button above and Printing off the information
from the web or right click on the link and choose save as.
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Office Services And Uk Online Centre
Office Services
We offer a range of services with support
where necessary. These
include:
*Photocopying
onto A4/A3 paper and light card in colour or B&W,
*1/2-sided
*Laminating paper and light card - all sizes
*Trimming and comb-binding
*Fax and conference phone
*Computer/photo printing colour and B&W
*Serviced
desks/storage with PC-networked internet/printing, phone
*and fax
For more details or to discuss your
requirements please Contact Us.
To view or download a brochure and price list please
Click Here
To
download
our
brochure and price list
please click on the download
button above and Printing off the information
from the web or right
click on the link and choose save as.
Uk Online Centre
Our UK Online Centre includes a dedicated
computer room equipped
with up to six networked PCs and an Apple
I-Mac with access to A3
colour and B&W laser and high quality
ink-jet printers. We provide
fast cabled broadband access throughout
the training area
(see
Community Learning and
Education Alley
for details) and fast
wireless links throughout the building.
We can also provide digital and overhead projection facilities; multi-channel sound system; flip-chart/whiteboard, and a selection of static displays. For more details or to discuss your requirement please Contact Us. To view or download a brochure and price list which includes details of how to hire equipment or rooms please Click Here To download our brochure and price list please click on the download button above and Printing off the information from the web or right click on the link and choose save as
Hire It!
All our
facilities equipment are available for public use or hire. You can view
or download our brochure (Click Here
To
download
our
brochure and price list
please click on the download button above and Printing off the information
from the web or right click on the link and choose save as) which lists equipment most
commonly hired, with terms and rates. If you have a special need or
wish to hire items not listed in our brochure please
Contact Us
and we will do our best to help.
Some items are available at concessionary rates for activities involving young people and/or charitable use. Hire may be booked in advance and may be subject to cancellation and/or late return charges and a returnable deposit which will be stated at the time of booking.
In all cases please note that as a
condition of hire it is the hirer’s responsibility to repair or replace
any lost or damaged item(s).
Equipment and facilities for hire include:
*ROOMS. Rooms may be hired by the
session (morning, afternoon,
evening) or the day. Hire rates include
access to car-parking, toilets
and to the crèche/café (unless separately
hired – please ask when
booking). Rates start at £10 per session.
Short term hire of
smaller rooms is also available, please
Contact Us
with your
requirements. Maximum seating capacities are Training
Rooms –
30 (75 both); Café – 50; UKOnline – 20. Whiteboards
and
flipcharts, if required, are included in the hire charge
(please
order
when booking).
*DISPLAYS.
A selection of portable display units available
ranging from single A1
size panels to stacked A1 panels in groups
of up to five (with carry
cases). We also have a 7-panel
(A2 x3ea) portable display/screen.
Spotlights are available for
larger panels. Rates from £5 per day.
(All display panels require
Velcro pads – they are not
suitable for use with Blu-tack or
drawing pins)
*MARQUEE. A heavy duty 6x6m (20x20 ft) white canvas
marquee
with sides, suitable for use on soft ground (not
asphalt) supplied with
pegs, ropes and tools. Two adults
are required for assembly with a
small van, large car or
trailer for transport. Rates start at £25
(youth
organisations) and £45 (private hire) per day. Special
rates for
weekends.
*PRESENTATION. We can provide a
high resolution (XGA)
digital- (for computers) or portable overhead-
(for transparencies)
projectors and screen; 5-channel CD/DVD sound/video
system;
TV and flat LCD display units; flip-chart folders and
whiteboards.
Rates from £5 - £25 per day.
*CATERING. A wide range of catering
supplies – cutlery,
chinaware and cooking utensils. Please
Contact Us
with your
requirements.
Rates are reduced by up to 50% for
equipment hired for use in a hired room.
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