There is still £18,000 available to be allocated through the Youth Opportunities Fund in January and February 2012 for projects and activities designed by and with young people aged 13 - 19 (or up to 25 for those with disabilities) who live in the Dudley Borough.
The panel have decided to hold further road shows for applications of up to £750 in January and February to allocate the remaining funding which would need to spent and the scrap books returned by 31st March 2011.
Booking
In order to book a place to see the panel please contact the main youth service office on 01384 815173.
The next 3 dates which young people can meet with the panel are:
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Saturday 11th January - Nine Locks Youth Centre for projects that benefit young people from across the Borough and in Brierley Hill area.
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Monday 30th January - Venue to be confirmed - for projects that benefit young people in Stourbridge and Halesowen areas.
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Saturday 11th February - Coseley Youth Centre for projects that benefit young people in Dudley North and Dudley Central areas.
In order for the booking process to be as fair as possible, a person can only make one appointment per day. Each application requires one appointment.
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The project idea must be new and developed with young people in order for the project to meet the criteria of the grant giving scheme.
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There will be at least 3 rounds where grants are given out over the year.
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An application form must be completed and an appointment made to speak to the panel of young people
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The decision about the application will be given on the grant giving day.
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The maximum amount that can be applied for is £750.00
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Only one application can be submitted by the same group of young people in any one round.
Please note that if projects have outstanding scrap books from last year you will not be able to apply for funding in January and February until these are completed and returned.
What are the important things to young people in Dudley?
Following consultation with 1,700 young people (Dudley Youth Survey 2011 - 2013) young people identified the following things as important to them and therefore projects which develop these ideas will be prioritised:
Places to go and things to do:
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When asked why young people do not attend youth provision, the top 3 reasons young people gave were: it did not offer what they wanted (15%), cultural/ religious reasons (14.5%) and parents did not approve (13%).
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Young people would like to see more signing/ dancing/ drama clubs, computing clubs and more sports including fitness, rugby, cricket, gymnastics and baseball.
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The advice young people would like to see more available within youth clubs are looking at drugs, alcohol and giving up smoking. The most common ages that would like to see this advice available are aged between 14-16 years
Making a positive contribution:
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Young people generally felt (79%) they get on with people from different cultures. However, 11% felt they did not get on or get on at all with people from different cultures.
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When asked are young people represented well in the media 49% responded they felt badly or very badly.
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When asked what would stop a young person from voting, 29% felt there was not enough information available
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Of all respondents 46% thought citizenship lessons are useful. Young people would like to see more information and advice and issue based work within the lessons on sex education, drugs, alcohol, future skills/jobs, relationships, money, and politics and importantly these should be interactive and practical lessons.
Education, employment, training and transport:
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The main form of transport used in order to get to activities outside of school, college or other place of education is by car (33%) and walking (30%)
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When looking for a job or careers advice 16% tend to get advice from school, 15% family or parents/carers and 14% via the internet.
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When young people have a personal problem they would turn to another friend for advice at 32% and 16% go to a teacher
Health Services and Education:
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58% are aware that confidentiality for under 16’s is also available when using these services, 21% were not aware of this and 21% were not sure.
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15% of young people considered themselves to be unhealthy or very unhealthy
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When asked if young people knew of these services that were available to them 21% knew about sexual health services, 20% know about drug and alcohol services, 14% services to support their mental health, 21% to support them to stop smoking and 25% knew about their school nurses
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1,518 responses were received about sex & relationship education lessons compared to 1,478 responses to the alcohol & drug education lessons question. A high proportion feel that both lessons are useful at 48% and 51% respectively.
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The most common barriers young people come across when wanting to use health services available to them are age 22%, not enough information 18% and not open when they require them 17%.
Safety:
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19.8% of young people feel unsafe when out and about in their local area and of these respondents, 70.4% feel most unsafe at night and 17.6% during the evening. The main reasons these young people feel unsafe at these times is because of groups of other young people.
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44% said that crime is not an issue in their local area. However, 27% feel there are issues and 29% feel that these crimes are carried out by young people from within the area.
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A small percent 5.5% carry or have carried a weapon and of these respondents who carry or have carried a weapon, the majority do so to protect themselves at 79%
Please note
The survey asks for young people's opinions and perceptions which is what has been gathered through the survey. Their perceptions are not necessarily statistically accurate but the survey does highlight the views and opinions of young people aged 13 - 19 (up to 25 with a disability) in the borough around specific issues.
If you have any questions then please contact:
Siobhan Lloyd
Senior Officer for Youth Empowerment
Dudley Youth Service
Dudley MBC
St James House
Trinity Road
Dudley
DY1 1JJ
Telephone: 01384 81517
Mobile: 07827 836969
Email: siobhan.lloyd@dudley.gov.uk
