Future of youth activities in Derbyshire

Dates
09 January 2012 to 19 March 2012
Stage
Closed
Topic
Children and Young People

Aim

The move is aimed at giving more young people greater opportunities to take part in youth activities when and where they want them.  

It could mean voluntary and community groups play an even bigger part in delivering activities for 13- to 19-year-olds.

Under the proposals we would:

  • continue to provide qualified youth workers to support vulnerable young people and families facing difficulties

  • no longer provide front-line activities for teenagers including youth clubs and its mobile service - currently we provide around 30 per cent of youth activities in Derbyshire

  • set up a Youth Activities Grants scheme to support new projects, voluntary, community and independent groups  

  • carry out a review of its youth centres to transfer or dispose of the buildings.

The online questionnaire can be found in the how to participate section of this web page. A paper copy of the questionnaire can be found in the supporting documents section, below.

If you wish to submit comments as a group or organisation please write to the consultation organiser Bish Sharif at the address, below.

For more information contact Bish Sharif by email at bish.sharif@derbyshire.gov.uk or telephone 01629 535700. 

Consultation events

We are also holding a series of events around the county in January and February as part of our consultation on the proposed changed. Pre-booking for these events is essential.

To find out when and where the events are being held as well as how to book please see the future of youth activities consultation event document in the supporting documents section of this web page.

Scrutiny committee meeting 

A public meeting of the Improvement and Scrutiny People Committee will be held on Saturday 18 February between 10am and 12.30pm in the Members' Room at County Hall, Matlock.

The purpose of this meeting is to listen to views from supporters and dissenters as well as other interested parties on the current proposals to change the council's provision of youth activities. This is separate from the stakeholder consultation meetings being held by the Children and Younger Adults department and aims to allow the scrutiny committee to gather evidence before responding to the proposals

Councillor Barry Lewis will be in attendance and will give an overview of the changes followed by some public questions and a discussion amongst participants.

If you would like to attend this meeting it is essential that you inform us by email at scrutiny@derbyshire.gov.uk.  

This consultation closed on March 18. Please find further information about the consultation events that took place, and the information referred to at these events, in the 'supporting documents' section of this page.

Consultation aimed at

Area
All Derbyshire (excluding Derby City)
General Target Groups
All

How to participate

If you want to participate in this consultation, you can do it using one of the following methods:

Method
Questionnaire - Online
Questionnaire - Paper

You can also participate in this consultation using our online questionnaire.

Supporting documents

The following document is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)

The following documents are in Word format. You can download the Word software for free from the Word viewer page (opens in a new window) of the Microsoft website.

The following document is in PowerPoint format. You can download the PowerPoint software for free from the PowerPoint viewer page (opens in a new window) of the Microsoft website.

Consultation's organiser

Name
Bish Sharif
Address
Children and Younger Adults, Engagements and Skills,
Chatsworth Hall,
Matlock,
Derbyshire,
DE4 3FW
Telephone
01629 535700
Email
bish.sharif@derbyshire.gov.uk

Feedback

Feedback about this consultation will be available by the following methods:

Feedback
Derbyshire County Council website

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