Get Involved: There are many different ways to get involved with youth work within
Ulverston. Below is a list of all the current sessions we have running.
Tuesday: Spirit of Youth 6:30pm till 8:30pm:
6:30pm to 7:30pm - Project Work
7:30pm to 8:30pm Chill out time, Use computers etc..
Welcome to the very first Ulverston Youth Work newsletter. The aim of this newsletter is to
round up everything that has happened in Ulverston during 2010. It is fair to say it has been
a jam packed and very successful year!
Wednesday: Young Cumbria Sports Sessions: (contact Andrew)
5pm to 6pm: MUGA Honeypot
6:30pm to 7:30pm: MUGA Croftlands
Friday: Feature Youth Club (at Croftlands Community Centre)
Feature 1: 8 to 11 years old: 6pm till 7:30pm
Keswick to Barrow Walk
Up-coming events:
January - Ice Skating in Blackburn.
The trip was originally planned for December but had to be postponed due to the weather.
February - Sponsored Leg Wax.
Andrew Rattigan, Paul Rattigan, Josh Jenkinson, Matthew Dixon and Andrew Brooks are
having their legs waxed to raise money for Ulverston Youth Work. To sponsor, please call
Andrew on 07971645608
March - Sandcastle Water Park
Two new slides are being built during December and January, so we are desperate to try
them out!
In May 9 young people and 7 adults representing Feature
Youth Club took on the gruelling challenge of walking 40
miles in one day. Only 4 of the adults had completed the
walk before. Our charity
of choice was LUPUS UK.
We are pleased to say
that all 16 finished the
walk and in doing so, we
raised £1200 for
LUPUS UK. & £500
towards Keswick to
Barrow charity funds.
A special well done goes to Paul Rattigan, as this was
his 21st time of completing the walk!
Lets hope we can achieve even more in this years
Keswick to Barrow walk.
Contact Us:
Andrew Rattigan
Lead Youth Worker
The Ulverston team
have:
07971645608
[email protected]
Young Cumbria
www.youngcumbria.org.uk
015395 36032 (South Lakes Office)
Feature Youth Club
07971645608
www.featureyouthclub.com
[email protected]
Spirit of Youth
07521892872 (Toyah Newman)
01229 583355 (Youth Base)
Met 489 young
people
Worked with 350
regularly
Helped 67 complete
evaluations
Enabled 25 young
people to
receive accredited
awards
Santa’s Grotto
The Ulverston Youth Work team had a very special visitor during
the Dickensian Festival - Santa came to see us all. The Youth
Base was transformed into a wonderful
grotto and Santa spoke to 260 children
about their Christmas dreams and wishes.
Each child received a present and many had their picture taken with him.
Santa was the main attraction; but we also had an impressive
raffle and BMX Bike competition. As you can see, our winner is very
pleased with his bike - congratulations!
Ulverston Youth Work Staff
Fundraising
This year has seen major changes to the youth work team in Ulverston. We have given a
massive warm welcome to three new members of staff. Let us introduce them to you:
Fundraising for Ulverston Youth Work is a necessity as money is very hard to come by. The
team work hard writing funding bids to various funders. In 2010 we were lucky enough to
receive money from ‘Sir John Fisher Foundation’, ‘N2N’, ‘Frieda Scott’ and ‘Garfield Weston’.
Toyah Newman
Louise Wilson
Dan Thompson
In August we had a massive shock, we sadly and suddenly lost Deyanne. She has been
greatly missed. Deyanne was very passionate about her work with young people and played
a huge part in many peoples lives within Ulverston. Deyanne will never be forgotten!
Croftlands Play Area
Community Afternoon
The youth work team and young people of
Ulverston did a fabulous job consulting
with members of the community and South
Lakes housing to secure a brand new and
exciting play area for Croftlands.
A group of 8 young leaders from Feature
Youth Club planned and organised an
afternoon community event in May.
Over 100 children were involved with
choosing equipment for the new park.
The park is due to be installed in 2011.
40 people attended for an afternoon of tea
and coffee, indoor bowling and bingo!
The young people organised the afternoon
whilst at the Tuesday night evening
sessions at Ulverston Youth Base as part of
an intergeneration project.
New Club
Congratulations
Feature Youth Club volunteer Jenni
Keeble is hoping to launch a new younger
youth club in February half term. The
club will be for ages 6-8 on a Friday
evening at Croftlands Community Centre.
A massive well done
goes to Andrew
Rattigan - Andrew
won the ‘Young
Cumbria Myles
Walker Outstanding
Contribution Award’ in 2010. He was
nominated anonymously and was
overwhelmed to win such an award.
Keep your eyes peeled for further
information.
The Santa’s Grotto provided a great funding opportunity, and thanks
goes to those who were involved. A special thanks must also go to
Georgia Bell who completed a two week sponsored silence within school.
She raised £80 for Feature Youth Club. This must have
been extremely hard for Georgia because she is a very
chatty person. Thank you also goes to Café in the Forest
at Grizedale, who supported Natalie from Feature with
a biscuit decorating activity during a Christmas weekend. Natalie raised £53
for the youth club
If you are interested in supporting youth work within Ulverston please contact us as we
always need extra funding to keep the clubs pushing forward and developing opportunities
for young people in Ulverston and the surrounding villages.
Trips and events - We take a brief look at trips and events
Kick Off Finals Football Competition - A group of 7 young people from the Honeypot entered
the competition and played well against much older opponents.
Isthmus Cottage October - 18 Young People enjoyed the weekend which included swimming,
climbing, shopping & movie night.
Summer Camp at Lakeside YMCA - 35 Young People Attended joint trip with Flookburgh Youth
Club
Croftlands Park Community Consultation Event - 15 Young People Attended
Croftlands Family Fun Day - 250 Young People Attended
Ulverston Carnival - 20 Young People Attended
Kayaking - 8 Young People Attended
Paintballing - 30 Young People Attended
Sandcastle Water Park - 60 Young People Attended; joint trip with Flookburgh Youth Club
First Aid Course - 10 Young People Attended and passed.
Lazerzone— 45 Young People Attended
Isthmus Cottage May— 18 Young People enjoyed the weekend which included ghyll
scrambling, swimming, shopping & movie night.
Santa’s Grotto - Santa met 260 boys and girls over the weekend at the Dickensian
Festival.
Keswick to Barrow – 9 young people and 7 adults walked 40 miles to raise money for LUPUS.
Go Ape - 16 young people swung through the trees in Grizedale
Young Persons Question Time— 3 Young people quizzed politicians.