Facts sheets and case study catalogue
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By involving young people in the Neighbourhood Working approach, through projects such as Change Champions, young people have devised a whole range of solutions to help address local issues. These are captured through a series of case studies which are available to download. In addition there are a number of facts sheets which provide more information on services that would be of particular interest to young people. |
Fact Sheets
Shine
Shine is your guide to all kinds of sports, arts, play activities and youth groups for children and young people aged 5 to 18. Plus we have information on family activities, parks events and what's on in your local libraries.
YorOK Website
The YorOK website is aimed at children, young people, parents, carers and members of the YorOK workforce. Its purpose is to support the priorities identified through the Children and Young People's Plan and act as a key delivery channel for helpful and up to date information.
Case Studies
More sports please
The young people in the Westfield Change Champion event and their peers, perceived there to be a lack of sporting activities available within their neighbourhood. They discussed the sporting activities they would choose to participate in and the local areas of open space they would be able to access easily.
Not in our play area
One of the highlighted issues of the Acomb Change Champion event was older teenagers drinking alcohol in the under 8’s play area. In the discussion that followed, young people talked through how this is currently being addressed, the limited success the action is having and the possible alternative methods of addressing this behaviour.
Promoting activities and opportunities through schools
A reoccurring theme at the Change Champion events is that young people feel that they don’t always receive information from their school about activities and opportunities that are available to them outside school. In the discussions, young people talked through how they currently received information, the different methods used and the advantage and disadvantage of these systems. Two solutions were put forward:
Promoting York Youth Council
At the Change Champion events young people wanted to be able to find out more about what York Youth Council was doing, and particularly, about progress that was being made towards getting the City Centre Café for young people (one of the Youth Council campaigns). The conclusion was that young felt that a new Youth Council website, which was easy to search for and could be updated regularly by Youth Councillor’s was needed. With support from the Family Information Service a website was designed and is now up and running. www.yorkyouthcouncil.co.uk.
Where to play and reporting issues in your community
An issue highlighted in both the Micklegate and Acomb Change Champion event was the difficulty experienced by young people to identify the most appropriate phone number to report common issues to e.g. litter and graffiti. They discussed the difficulty in finding a phone number alongside the added difficulty in finding the right person!
Who to report incidents to
One of the highlighted issues of the Acomb Change Champion event was the difficulty experienced by young people to identify the most appropriate phone number to report common issues to e.g. litter, antisocial behavior. They discussed the difficulty in finding a phone number alongside the added difficulty in finding the right person!
Following a presentation from pupils to the school council, they decided to run the “Safe Skate” campaign and set up a sub group which included members of the school council, concerned pupils and keen skaters.
Neighbourhood Working - Sharing Good Practice
What is Neighbourhood Working ?
It is the council working with residents to shape their own areas and neighbourhoods by developing local solutions for the things that matter most to them. We have used a variety of ways to promote the good work achieved so far and below highlight just a few.
YorOK Website 2012
Since the YorOK website was launched in November 2007 we’ve been striving to make sure it’s always as useful and easy to use as possible. The website is always developing and being updated. However every so often there is a significant development or change. Spring 2012 sees the fourth significant development since the launch of the website. Most of these changes are in how the service directory works. This factsheet gives a summary of some of the main developments that have been introduced.
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