The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “W”) gives an update on work undertaken by the Youth Service in the Bradford West Area in the past 12 months and outlines the direction of travel for the next 12 months.

Recommended –

That the work undertaken by the Youth Service in the Bradford West Area asdetailed in this report be welcomed.

(Mick Charlton – 01274 431155)

The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “W”) gave an update on work undertaken by the Youth Service in the Bradford West Area in the past 12 months and outlined the direction of travel for the next 12 months.

Following an invitation by the Chair, the Strategic Delivery Coordinator presented the report to the Committee.

He commenced with an update on the work that had been undertaken by the Youth Service in the Bradford West Area in 2019-20. In summary, he outlined the following information–

·         On the actual Youth Worker staffing structures in the five Constituency Areas;

·         An update on the Youth Service Activity in Bradford West;

·         An update on Bradford West’s Youth Service allocated base budget, current spend and projected spend for the financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21; and,

·         Outlined future plans and direction of the Youth Service in Bradford West and District wide.

He further gave a synopsis of the work undertaken on a ward basis, as follows–

·         City Ward – Over the course of 12 months the provisions in City Ward had developed and through partnership working had offered 6 provisions weekly. These sessions included 3 open access provisions, a girl’s sports session, an inclusion provision for young people with additional needs and a targeted enrichment programme supporting young people at BIASAN.

·         Heaton Ward – Had 4 youth provisions had been delivered in the Heaton Ward Weekly across three evenings engaging young people in open access, targeted and outreach work. Howarth Road detached session enjoyed a summer of cycling and young people met weekly utilising the green spaces to engage in sports and health based activities.

·         Thornton and Allerton Ward – Had 4 youth provisions and a targeted Looked After Children (LAC) provision had run weekly across the ward. All of the sessions were well attended and the young people had been engaging in a wide range of activities from caving, climbing and boxing to camping, cooking and appearing on the national advert for Children in Need following the Bakers from Bradford Project. Funding received from the local (Saffron Dean Community Association (SDCA) funded 12 young people to engage in a three month weekly project called the Edge Of Crime, the Young people engaged weekly in focussed issue based workshops whilst also having the opportunity to develop their skills Go Karting.

·         Toller Ward – Had 2 open access sessions, a detached session and study support provision running weekly. The young people from the Toller Youth Club had shown a key interest in music, they had worked together and with support created lyrics and songs. The young people have had the opportunity to showcase these at district wide events, the dragon boat festival and at local youth provisions increasing their confidence, social mobility and having the opportunity to meet other young people.

·         Detached in Girlington had developed over the summer and positive relationships have been built with the young people who are now engaging in weekly sports sessions, partnership working is continue to develop and funding was secured which offered young people a variety of positive activities over the summer.

·         Manningham Ward – The Youth Service supported the delivery of 5 sessions weekly in the Manningham Ward these included targeted open access and Youth In Mind Provision Archery sessions have been taking place weekly in partnership with Victor St Mosque with between 40 – 60 young people attending regularly, the young people engage in a 1hr issue based workshop prior to the archery session. The sessions have included awareness of anti-social behaviour, drug misuse, bullying, internet safety and healthy lifestyle’s.

·         Clayton Ward – Had 4 provisions available to the young people weekly; these include 2 open accesses, a transitional provision and a twilight boxing club. In addition the Ward had delivered a number of specialist projects including a reality works babies programme that engaged 12 young girls in a 3 month project educating them around teenage pregnancy, the Little Chef’s project which taught young people to cook wholesome meals on a budget and the boys club that targeted young men at risk of ASB.

The Young people in the Ward enjoyed the holiday activities and participated in the Future Proof programme and residential achieving a recognised accreditation.

The Committee praised the efforts of the Youth Service and all those involved in the arduous work that had been undertaken; the future intended direction of the Youth Service.

The Committee praised the efforts of the Youth Service for the work undertaken over the past 12 months.

Resolved –

That the work undertaken by the Youth Service in the Bradford West Area as detailed in Document “W” be welcomed.

LEAD: Strategic Director, Place