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How many people
benefit every year Numbers:
Around 100 young people aged 14 –25
benefit directly every year and over 1000 wider community users and visitors
each year accessing information,
opportunities, services and resources.
In addition the local rural community
benefits indirectly from positive activities
available for young people, their skills
raised and a more inclusive community.
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Organisation structure
Teme Valley Youth Project has a
Charitable Board of
6 people, two youth Trustees, two Trustees with Youth Work Expertise and backgrounds,
and two Trustees with an interest in young people and associated expertise
(e.g. currently one is a youth worker and builder, one specialises in after
school clubs and learning initiatives/ Further Education). The Executive meetings
are attended by the Project Manager, two or three youth observers with Youth
Programme Development Worker for support and periodic additional invited expertise.
There is one sub committee which is Teme Valley Youth Group
Youth Committee it has 10 to 12
officers including two over 25 year old youth worker advisers who
support the committee attending each one, helping officers to fulfil
their duties but who have no vote. This ensures the project continues to
be responsive to youth needs in a way that is contemporary and relevant.
Other regular groups carry out the work of the Charity; develop initiatives and
feedback to the Board:
* Youth Work Development Group (including when
appropriate, representatives
of external
* organisations to compare good practice
and evaluate the quality of
youth work
* delivered),
* Projects Development
Group,
* Financial and fund-raising group,
* Friends of TVYP
Group,
* Building Maintenance Group,
* Youth
Co-ordination group,
* Centre Management Group
* Work force
Development Group
Plus time limited groups as required:
* UK Online
Centre group,
* Arts project group,
* Parents information group,
* Skill
up group,
* Young Women’s group
* And many Volunteer in
Partnership (VIP) Action Teams.
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Staff
Teme Valley Youth Project has one full-time worker - the Project Manager
who is also the Company Secretary, and part-time staff of an administrator
(10hr.p.w.), a paid part-time cleaner (10hr.p.w.), a Youth Programme Development
Worker (30 hr.p.w.), a Youth Worker (20 hr.p.w.), three to five session workers
(3-6hr. p.w.), a Centre Development Worker (20 hr.p.w.) and a Voluntary Programme
Development Worker (21hr.p.w).
We offer a supportive environment within an
enthusiastic and skilled team of youth and community development workers, Trustees
and volunteers.
We encourage career development and provide professional supervision
and mentoring to progress personal development.
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Current Jobs
To see if we have any opportunities currently
please use link above
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Volunteers
In addition young people volunteer to help to run and maintain
their centre during the year as well as over 25 year-old volunteers. Volunteers
work for the project helping with anything from painting and gardening to bookkeeping,
youth work, Trustee duties and fund-raising.
Current Volunteering opportunities
To see if we have any opportunities currently please use
link above
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Numbers of staff
and Volunteers:
Trustees/Management 6-7
Part-time Staff 8-10
Full-time Staff
1
Volunteers 50 - 87 per year
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We are very proud of our achievements. Since our inception in 1984, we have:
* Built an exciting Youth and Community Resource Centre (235m2)
* Developed
a continuously improving and expanding programme of Youth and Community
* provision.
* Met our revenue funding targets over the last 13 years
* Improved the opportunities
for isolated 14-25’s including young people who are
* manifesting dangerous
/unhealthy behaviours e.g. drug/alcohol misuse, unsafe sex,
* bullying, poor
eating habits, dangerous driving. Many of the young people have low
* incomes,
self-esteem and limited aspirations.
* Attracted around a thousand visitors
a year.
* Built a more cohesive community - in addition to visitors who access
centre resources, we
* have successfully worked with many parents/carers who
have concerns and are
* unsupported. We developed volunteering opportunities
for over 60 adult volunteers over
* the last three years and hosted many community
events and workshops.
* Created a highly successful volunteering development
programme - Last year we
* supported 50 youth volunteers (64% being young men)
retention has been excellent
* with 82% continuing to volunteer this year. 37
adults volunteered with 35% continuing
* this year (As many over 25’s volunteer
for one-off activities e.g. a talk about their
* profession so retention is lower.)
* Built strong partnerships with agencies involved in youth and family support
* Developed a highly skilled staff team
* Dealt with over 25,000 youth issues
since 2002
* Sessions increased from 96 a year in 2002 to 242 in 05/06.
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What TVYP Does
Currently our core revenue budget is £135,000 per
year, which provides:
1) A Youth Development Team that deliver
* Regular weekly young
people’s sessions including evening drop-ins, after school sessions
* and
project development sessions.
* One to one support for those at risk or in
need of extra help.
* Annual programme of group discussions, workshops and
activities that is fun, engaging,
* accessible and based on young people’s
ideas and interests.
* Volunteering and skill development opportunities as
well as opportunities to try out
* enterprising ideas and work experiences to
equip young people for the workplace.
* Youth committee training and links
to other county youth forums.
* Support and development of Youth Trustees and
youth observers at Board meetings.
* Outreach to isolated individuals.
(See Young people page)
2) Community Development initiatives including:
* Parents/carers of teenagers
information resources library and skills raising/support
* evenings,
* Training
opportunities and adult learning classes
* Support of local groups using the
centre e.g. Baby and toddler group, Tai Chi Chuan,
* Writers group.
* Community
Café events
* Community Film events
* Themed community learning events
e.g. Home Front Recall
* Family Learning
* Voluntary opportunities for over
25’s.
* Community service and reparation opportunities
* Community service
order placement
(See Parents page and
Community
Page)
3) Resource Centre for local people and businesses. This
exciting centre provides training rooms, workshops, café, crèche,
IT suite, health room, garden and offices. Services include:
* Office resources
* Room hire
* Equipment
hire e.g. Display boards, lap top, Digital Projector, Marquee hire
* Desk space
for workers from compatible partner agencies
* Venue for community activities
and classes
* Mentoring and pastoral care of lone workers from other organisations
and local
* community groups who can benefit from our knowledge and expertise.
* Next Step and Connexions information points
* Community notice boards and
local information
* UK Online – Community Internet access
* Community
Café – a place to meet people, relax, access information and cultural
* experiences and to purchase affordable refreshments.
(See Community page)
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4) Expertise and partnership for organisations, individuals and interagency
forums
* Youth engagement and development expertise
* Voluntary sector expertise.
* Funding expertise
* Work force Development expertise
* Resource sharing
I
am sure you will agree this demonstrates exceptional value for money especially
when you consider just 4.4 full-time-equivalent paid staff deliver it.
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Annual Review
Read more about our past projects in our Annual Reviews. Note:
Some of the photographs have been blanked out when we do not have permission
to publish them on the Internet.
Annual Review 2006
to 2007
To view our annual reviews
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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Our Funders
We survive by a mix of funding from many sources each year (see
Annual accounts for examples). We are grateful to our many funders that have
helped us to reach this point. We hope current and future funders will continue
to support us to complete the next challenging and critical developmental stage
of this flagship venture in North Herefordshire.
We have received much regional
and National acclaim for our achievements to date and have already helped many
other groups by sharing our experience and expertise. In 2007 for example:
* Five
TVYP young people came 3rd in Herefordshire Voluntary Action’s Young
Volunteer of the year awards. One young person gained an HCVYS young champion
award, the Youth Committee were recognized by the Nationwide Building Society
awards for Volunteering Endeavour and three young people gained West Mercia
Police Good Citizen Awards with one going through to the regional final in
September.
* We are sharing our experience of youth and community
volunteering with the Herefordshire Young Peoples Volunteering Group contributing
to a countywide application for ‘V’ funding and developing future
volunteering opportunities and support for young people.
* We contribute
to cross sector youth services strategies in Herefordshire through Herefordshire
Council for Voluntary Youth Services and the voluntary sector in general through
the Voluntary sector assembly.
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Annual Accounts
Our latest
annual accounts are available to download.
To view our annual accounts
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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Donations
We have to raise a lot of money every year and we welcome donations
to help sustain the work of the charity.
You can help by holding a
coffee morning
or planning a fundraising event or gaining
sponsorship for an adventurous endeavour?
We can offer displays,
leaflets and help with publicity.
If you would like
to help in this way please contact us
and we will
put you in touch with the Friends who co-ordinate our fund raising
events and will give you support to make your idea a success.
To make a donation please download
the following form complete
it and return it to us.
Many thanks.
Donation Form
We welcome donations
please fill the form by
hitting the download button above and Printing off the information from
the web or right click on the link and choose
save as and send your donation to us.
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Enquiries
If you would like to enquire about any of our projects or hire resources, rooms
or expertise please contact us.
Visit us –
Call in
between 10.30 and 4.00 or telephone ahead to make an appointment if you prefer
to meet a particular member of staff or Trustee.
Come to our annual celebration open evening and AGM We welcome
visitors.
You are most welcome to come to our annual celebration open evening
and AGM. This is generally in November each year.
AGM
Invitation
AGM cover letter and reply slip
To view our AGM 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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