YOUTH SERVICE UPDATE

Yo uth Service Update

eynsham Town Council Youth Service offers enjoyable activities to all young people across Keynsham that provide opportunities to learn new skills and meet new people. We run youth club nights, detached sessions at Community at 67 and outreach in the town centre. We recently relaunched sessions with a change in the age ranges to encourage more young people to get involved. K

Our Prog ramme Open sessions Tuesda y 7pm – 9:30pm Timeo ut Yo uth Centre , Bath Hill School years 6, 7 and 8 (ages 10-13) Cost : 50p

Th ursda y 7pm – 9:30pm Timeo ut Yo uth Centre , Bath Hill School years 9, 10, 11 and Sixth Form (ages 13 – 19) Cost : 50p Cook and Chill Frida y 4pm – 6:30pm Comm unit y at 67, Queens Road School years 5, 6 and 7 (ages 8 – 11) Cost : 50p Open Music St udio & Yo uth Caf é 2nd Sat urda y of ever y month 12 noon -2:30pm Cost : 50p

What have we been do ing ? On Tuesday evenings the music studio is open; Assistant Youth Worker, Mike, has been showing young people how to record tracks. Downstairs we have cooking, arts or crafts. On Thursday evenings, our Youth Support Worker, Kelly has been teaching young people basic First Aid skills, covering CPR to burns and everything in between. On Friday’s we have Cook & Chill with Dan and Carrie; members are learning to make tasty meals and sweet treats.

What ’s ne xt ? The youth team will be out supporting the skate park event on 9th May at Memorial Park. The team are busy organising events for the summer and are planning the return of the climbing wall following its popularity in previous years. Look out for more information in the summer edition of the Keynsham News.

On t he st reets The outreach team are out on the streets on Friday evenings. With the dark nights and cold weather, youth workers have been predominantly visiting both Memorial and Kelston Parks. As the weather changes in the spring, the team will be visiting more areas and organising games.

Did yo u know ? We have a fully working recording music studio and rehearsal space, four computers, and FREE wifi.

Come along and t ry fo r not hing ! We have plenty of space for new members in all of our sessions and the first week is completely free.

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