Andy and I applied for funding to do some work with smaller groups of young people, him with eight guys and myself with eight girls, and thankfully we got the funding!
What this project looked like is three (separate) community care projects, two lasting three hours, and the third lasting five, and two residentials (one for the lads and one for the girls).
The community care work was all based in a mainly council owned area – Rowdean close and dean close, which are almost exclusively elderly residents. We in total have worked on five gardens and done two litter picking sessions, and the results are great!
It was a lovely opportunity for us to spend time working with these young people and building up relationships with them. We were able to positively endorse them and what they were doing, and they were able to see that the work they did made a big difference.
The lads residential was apparently fantastic, and the girls one is in two weeks time, so watch this space for photos and more detail on those!