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Adrenalin Alley

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Monday 26^th July

11am - 5pm – Adrenalin Alley – Join us on a trip to the infamous skate park. (Departs from Jules One Stop - Oakham)

Lunch is not provided so bring your own or some money

Planet Ice

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

10am - 5pm – Ice Skating – A trip to Planet Ice in Peterborough. Warm clothes are a good idea and if you are as bad as me on the ice. a cushion.

(Departs from Jules One Stop - Oakham)

Lunch is not provided so bring food and money for drinks.

Virtual Baby Course

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

10am - 3pm - Baby Think It Over

Monday 2nd – 6th August

Our most popular virtual baby course is back to offer accreditation. Learn the realities of having a baby. Take home your own virtual infant and experience first hand the sleepless nights and the responsibility it brings. This is a 5 day course where lunch will be provided.

(Delivered at Visions at CBEC in Casterton)

First Aid for Baby Sitters

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

10am – 2pm – 1^st Aid For Babysitters

Are you thinking of becoming a baby sitter? Already babysitting? This course offers accreditation and practical skills in 1^st Aid for babysitters.

(Delivered at Jules)

Lunch is not provided.

Day Trip to Skegness

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

8am – 8pm – A Day Trip to Skegness

Come and join us for a day at the seaside.

(Departs from Jules One Stop – Oakham)

Lunch is not provided.

A £5 deposit is required when booking this trip but will be returned on the day.

An Introduction to Judo

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

11am – 12pm – An Introduction to Judo

Mon 16th, Tues 17th and Wed 18th August

Come and learn the basic skills of this Martial Art.

(Venue - Vale Judo Club – Oakham)

First Aid - “Help My Friend Won’t Wake Up”

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

10am – 4pm – First Aid - “Help My Friend Won’t Wake Up”

A chance to learn life saving skills to help a friend who may be under the influence of drink or drugs, or has been involved in an accident. This is an accredited 1^st Aid course and will run over 1 full day.

(Venue - Jules One Stop – Oakham)

Lunch will be provided.

Introduction To Digital Photography

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

10am – 4pm – Basic Introduction to Digital Photography

A chance to learn the basic skills of Digital Photography.

An Accredited Course AQA Level 1 Certificate.

(ALIC – Oakham)

Lunch will be provided

Driving Course

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Mon 23rd – Fri 27th August

10am – 3pm
Rutland Pre Driving Course

“Ready to Drive?” Aged 15 – 19? Gain your provisional (if appropriate) or get 2 driving lessons on completion of the course. A course that is aimed to support young people to become safe, responsible future drivers.

(Venue Jules One Stop – Oakham)

Lunch will be provided

Voluntary Action Rutland

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Vouluntary Action Rutland have come up with some new and interesting courses, some are directed at people with specific jobs but there are some useful courses there for anyone who likes volunteering.

The link below should take you straight to the site

www.varutland.org.uk

A New Page

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Raw4youth has a new page. If there is a competition that we hear about and can be entered it will go on the COMPETITION page.

There is one there now

"What do you think of the Youth Service" consultation.

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Youth Service did a consultation about what young people think of the service and the results have just been published. They appear below.

Use the message board to tell us what you think.

Integrated Youth Team Consultation Report

February 2010

As part of the Youth Service quality assurance procedure, an annual questionnaire was sent out to all youth projects asking young people for an evaluation of key aspects of the service.

Each question asked for comments and a rating as follows:

Excellent Good Ok Could be better

48 out of 250 questionnaires were returned with the breakdown as follows:

· Jules -36%

· Rutland Youth Council – 2%

· UCC Enrichment– 20%

· Engage – 4%

· TPAL – 8%

· Uppingham Youth Club – 16%

· Virtual Babies – 14%

No returns from the Rutland Wanderer, GEMS, Jules Wed, Whissendine, lunchtime drop in, Pearls, and Detached.

Environment:

· 26 % Excellent

· 44% % Good

· 22% % Ok

· 8% Could be better

Comments:

- Clean and friendly, good to have small groups

- The majority of excellent ratings came from CBEC and UCC venues

- Need a better pool table at Jules and open everyday

- More computers

- Jules is better on different nights, sometimes not so good on Weds

Youth Workers Relationships and Delivery:

· 42% Excellent

· 36 % Good

· 18% Ok

· 4% Could be better

Comments:

- Kind and helpful

- Excellent compared to other Youth Workers in other places

- Elaine is hilarious!

- Depends on the night and which staff are working

Activities And Services Provided:

· 32 % Excellent

· 38 % Good`

· 24 % Ok

· 6% Could be better

What Things Are Great:

- Playing pool and computers

- Place to be with friends

- Learning about babies

- When we do other things rather than write

- Teamwork

- Exploring real life situations

- Having a change to get our say

- Table tennis

- Group activities

- Talking about topics such as alcohol

- The sofas

- Meeting new people

- The staff

- Poland was ace

- All the activities

- Toast Club

- Learning things that are new to us

- The babies

- I’m doing really good in English and maths

- I love Poland

What Things Aren’t So Good:

- When people don’t show up for meetings

- Some of the people who attend and ruin things

- Writing

- Not enough computers

- Limited numbers

- Too much personal discussions

- English is hard

- Not enough stuff in Jules

What Would You Change To Make Things Better:

· Make Jules bigger and get more computers

· More activities

· More drama

· New pool table

· More group activities and not too personal

· More trips to Adrenaline Alley

· Competitions with prizes

· Keep the people out that ruin things

· A pool table at Uppingham

· More stuff to do outside

· Don’t change anything!

The winner of the £25 voucher was Jemma Smith from TPAL

These results will be displayed at all Youth Service Projects and will be fed into our planning to make sure we have listened to what you have said and make some changes.

Thank you for taking the time to do this.

Rutland County Council Integrated Youth Team

Funding Opportunities

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Raw4youth has a new page called FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. It's a big page but there is all the information you need to access various funds; what type of funding for what type of project; what the criteria are and so on. So if you have a project that needs funding then take a look at this page.

v-involved

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FORUM TO HELP WITH YOUTH VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

IN LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND

An informative and practical forum about the sharing, developing & promotion of youth volunteering opportunities is to be held for anyone in Leicestershire and Rutland working with young volunteers, providing volunteering opportunities, or interested in developing or supporting youth volunteering in their own organisation, group or club.

The ‘Youth Volunteering Forum’ is being organised by the Leicestershire and Rutland vinvolved team, part of v, the national youth volunteering charity that promotes youth volunteering and works with groups & organisations to develop volunteering opportunities and youth-led action for 16-25 year olds.

Anyone who works with young people, involves them in volunteering opportunities, or wants to develop or support youth volunteering opportunities, whether short-term, part-time or full-time, are encouraged to get in touch.

You can hear about what’s going on locally and keep up-to-date with latest developments; find out what’s needed legally and practically; as well as getting advice, help and support in developing or promoting your own youth volunteering opportunities.

The forum will take place on WEDNESDAY 17^th FEBRUARY 2010, 10am-1pm, in Leicester City Centre.

Anyone interested in attending should contact Gordon Warren on 07868 054729 or email gwarren@vasl.org.uk

Further information about the vinvolved team, visit: www.vinvolvedlr.info

THE LITTLE BUILD

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the third newsletter of The Little Build – the project to build exciting new primary school facilities in Oakham. So much has happened, even since the last newsletter in July, and we need to make sure you, the children, parents, carers, friends and neighbours of the new school and associated facilities, know as much about it as possible and are able to share your views about it all with the project team.

For full story log on to www.rutnet.co.uk/thelittlebuild