Live Argyll Community Learning Team - Kintyre Youth Work Update
Argyll and Bute Council · 31 January 2024
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Community Planning Group — 31 January 2024 and its agenda
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liveArgyll Community Learning Team Kintyre Youth Work - January Update 2024 Action Group Youth Led Service Work Kintyre Youth Action Group The Kintyre LiveArgyll Youth Work Service facilitates weekly meetings with the Kintyre Youth Action Group (based in Campbeltown and Tarbert). The Action Group carry out local community projects and regularly volunteer and represent young people’s views in the area by carrying out weekly meetings which involve regular focus groups and large scale youth consultations on a two yearly basis. The input from the Action Group ensures the local youth work service is entirely youth led by focussing on local youth views, issues and areas the young people would like to develop. Action Group members will hopefully be in attendance and provide a verbal update on their activities/focuses during the meeting. Recently Completed Campbeltown Grammar School – Learning Support Employability Group We have just completed our second consecutive employability skills programme for learning support students in Campbeltown Grammar School in partnership with Skills Development Scotland. The programme takes a youth work approach to engaging young people in activities which identify their existing employability related skills to build their confidence and provide them with advice and direction in taking their next steps after school to enhance their opportunities. The participants completed a Dynamic Youth Award for their work to accredit, enhance and recognise their wider learning achievements. All participants noted improvements in their core skills, their employability skills, their confidence, motivation, understanding of what opportunities are available, and a stronger understanding of their current skills and qualities to build on for the future. Recently Started Projects Friday Night ‘Street Sports’ Project This week, we have restarted our Friday Night ‘Street Sports’ Project at the Aqualibrium All Weather Pitch in Campbeltown. Following a successful trial last year, this 6 week programme provides a useful transitions project for P7 pupils about to move up to the Grammar by allowing them to engage in positive healthy mixed sports activities with S1 – S2 pupils and staff from various supporting organisations. Delivered in partnership with South Kintyre Active Schools, this programme is also supported by The Hub, CGS, KADAS, Police Scotland, and others who also provide delivery support and allow young people to engage with a number of services to
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make them more accessible and develop relationship building opportunities with young people in the local area. This time the young people will be taking part in football, touch rugby, bowling, golf, boxing, swimming, rounders, a sponsored cycle and other activities. Funded by the Campbeltown Community Windfarm Fund (CCWF), continued engagement in these positive behaviours is encouraged with young people who complete the programme earning themselves a day trip to Glasgow to take part in fun activities such as trampolining and laser tag. Kintyre Youth Filmmaking Project Another recently started project is our Youth Filmmaking Project. Funded by the Campbeltown Community Windfarm Fund (CCWF), this project is delivered by experienced filmmaker Alasdair Satchel and teaches young people how to come up with an idea for a short film, and then how to film it using their own mobile phone. Following the completion of the sessions, any short films the young people create will be shown on the ‘big screen’ at Campbeltown Picture House. MSYP Support We are also pleased to be supporting our new Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament Alasdair Paisley who is based in the Kintyre area and who will be representing young people from across Argyll and Bute over the next two years, along with his two colleagues from Helensburgh and Bute. Alasdair officially starts his new position on the 1st of February, and we look forward to seeing him flourish in his new role. Alasdair will try to be in attendance today to introduce himself to the Partnership. Regular Ongoing Projects • Music Group • Writing Group • Inclusion Group Upcoming Youth Projects before the Next CPP Meeting • Campbeltown Skateboarding Project • Weekend Intervention Project • Other projects – to be determined by the Action Group and other local young people in response to youth views and issues.
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Kintyre Adult Learning Work Live Argyll Adult Learning continues to work with and support individuals and groups to improve their health and well-being and develop skills for life, learning and work. Working with partners in the local community we are focused on improving the life chances of individuals providing a multi-faceted approach where adults can gain skills, qualifications and take part in well-being activities.