Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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The Zone is a registered charity working in Nottingham to meet young people where they are at, and to provide targeted youth projects in order to flexibly meet young people’s changing needs and desires, in terms of available provision. We aim to work with young people aged 11 – 19, on the streets, in the local schools and wherever young people gather in areas of Nottingham defined as being under multiple deprivation. It aims to interface with young people ‘at risk’ through street networking, school contact, drop-in facility and small interest groups. Through its aim it is the projects hope that: •The horizons of young people will be broadened and windows of opportunity opened • Negative labels and stereotype will be reversed creating a positive and life-changing community where all are valued and respected • Young people will find a voice and express themselves • The holistic development of young people will be supported and young people will be empowered to take responsibility and ownership of their community through the experience of community. The Objectives of The Zone are: To support and develop a team of workers who are committed to the holistic development of young people; To run a series of drop-in facilities addressing social and health issues relevant to young people from the area, providing informal counselling, support and a referral service for young people at ‘risk’; To create opportunities for life skill development for young people to access training provision, further education and employment with programmes designed to raise self-esteem and confidence, motivation, and other core life skills; To build links with the local schools to enable the Zone team to carry out essential outreach in the schools and on the streets to build bridges between the schools and community, to build relationships and support young people whilst addressing relevant youth issues; To give young people a voice by involving them in the decision making processes of the project at grass roots and management levels; to empower young people to facilitate change in attitude and reversal of negative labels through media, peer education and promotion of positive events involving young people locally and nationally; To network and develop partnerships with key agencies and groups to support the project’s aims and the health, social, educational, life-skill, arts and spiritual development of young people.
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