Our Goole - July 2020

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Winner in the Goole & Howdenshire Business Excellence Awards 2019

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Over the last few months schools may have been shut for many children, but there have still been many projects children can get involved in to ensure they are learning

Goole Youth Action is a charity which promotes positive activities for young people in Goole and organisations supporting young people come together to plan. New Life Support and Revive Church are right at the heart of this collaboration. In Goole the partnership aims to put young people at the centre of planning, organising and leading the way for their peers. Goole Youth Hub is a project run by New Life Support. Our Page 14

Goole chatted to volunteer Liz Green to find out more about what the team has been up to. Liz told Our Goole: “The aim of New Life Support is to improve the lives of young people across Hull and East Yorkshire. Resources are targeted at young people aged 11–25. The charity runs alongside the vision of Revive Church and our Goole youth workers are usually based in our popular Goole Youth Hub at Revive Goole, Mariners Street. “Our coordinator Steve Green is an experienced youth work professional having led

work in Hull and East Yorkshire for over 25 years, he can still win at pool and table tennis! All our youth workers receive regular training, are DBS checked and will always be wearing their ID badge. “In Goole the focus for the summer has moved to our youth workers going out and about into the town, rather than the young people piling into our building for pool, table tennis, Xbox, karaoke, positive activities, food and holistic support. “Detached youth work involves


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