PPPwick
27-Jul-11, 15:30
Pulteneytown Peoples’ Project is looking to set up a Youth Committee to be involved in the direction and drive of the youth facilities in their new Community Centre.
Katrina MacNab, CEO of Pulteneytown People’s Project, explains: “The PPP wants to involve young people in all aspects of the youth facilities; purchasing equipment for the areas, opening times, right through to what they want purchased with the funding secured.
“There are unique opportunities involved with this role and we want to ensure we are seeing things from a youth’s perspective.
“In the design stage we worked with a group of young people and they came up with ideas within the design that we had not thought of. We want it to meet the needs of today’s young people and we can only do this by involving a mix of ages of young people who will be using the facilities.
“We want to take young people to see other youth facilities in the Highlands and to learn from other youth committees how they are involved in their facilities. They will then use these ideas to develop their own facilities in the Centre.
“We are looking to recruit around 10 - 14 young people aged between 11-19 to represent the views and ideas of the young people in the area; we will have a brainstorming session to get ideas, and discuss possible layout of furniture, along with their ideas of opening times and operating procedures.”
There will be a number of benefits, including having the chance to visit other youth groups around the Highlands to gather up some ideas. They will also be involved in how the youth sector is run and what activities are to be run. The hours can go toward a Millennium Volunteering Award.
A short application is available on the PPP website news section (www.pulteneytownpeoplesproject.org.uk/news.html (http://www.pulteneytownpeoplesproject.org.uk/news.html)) or from the office: 41 Murchison Street, Wick, KW1 5HW. Finished applications should be submitted before Friday, August 5, to leona.macnab@btconnect.com or the PPP office.
Katrina MacNab, CEO of Pulteneytown People’s Project, explains: “The PPP wants to involve young people in all aspects of the youth facilities; purchasing equipment for the areas, opening times, right through to what they want purchased with the funding secured.
“There are unique opportunities involved with this role and we want to ensure we are seeing things from a youth’s perspective.
“In the design stage we worked with a group of young people and they came up with ideas within the design that we had not thought of. We want it to meet the needs of today’s young people and we can only do this by involving a mix of ages of young people who will be using the facilities.
“We want to take young people to see other youth facilities in the Highlands and to learn from other youth committees how they are involved in their facilities. They will then use these ideas to develop their own facilities in the Centre.
“We are looking to recruit around 10 - 14 young people aged between 11-19 to represent the views and ideas of the young people in the area; we will have a brainstorming session to get ideas, and discuss possible layout of furniture, along with their ideas of opening times and operating procedures.”
There will be a number of benefits, including having the chance to visit other youth groups around the Highlands to gather up some ideas. They will also be involved in how the youth sector is run and what activities are to be run. The hours can go toward a Millennium Volunteering Award.
A short application is available on the PPP website news section (www.pulteneytownpeoplesproject.org.uk/news.html (http://www.pulteneytownpeoplesproject.org.uk/news.html)) or from the office: 41 Murchison Street, Wick, KW1 5HW. Finished applications should be submitted before Friday, August 5, to leona.macnab@btconnect.com or the PPP office.