Young People in the Havant Borough
Young People in the Havant Borough
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Telephone: (023) 9244 6625
Email: tracy.vear@havant.gov.uk
Young People in Havant Borough
Havant Borough Youth Council or HBYC was
launched in 2002 to give the young people of Havant Borough a voice
within their community. Since then HBYC has gone from strength to
strength with Youth Council members regularly meeting with the
providers of services and projects to influence and inform how they
can best be delivered. Havant Borough Council recognises the
importance and benefit of listening to Children and Young people to
change, improve and introduce new services.
Any young person, living, working or learning in Havant Borough
and who wants to have a say in what goes on in their community can
get involved in Havant Borough Youth Council.
Young people in the Havant Borough have their own dedicated
website, written by young people and winner of the Hantsweb Award
2007! You can find lots of information about places to go and
things to do, as well as what’s going on with Havant Borough Youth
Council. You can see this site at http://www.youthbeat.net/
Havant Borough Council works with local partners in the
Community to deliver services and ensure children and young people
are able to meet the five outcomes of the Every Child Matters
Agenda:
Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Enjoy and Achieve, Make a Positive
Contribution and Achieve Economic Wellbeing.
Places to go, things to do!
Havant Borough Council offers activities and events throughout
the year, giving children and young people lots of choice and
opportunities to stay safe and have fun.
Streetsport runs throughout the School Holidays and gives
children and young people the chance to try new activities, meet
new friends and gives them somewhere safe to spend their time. To
find out more visit the Streetsport
page.
We also run a large programme of Art Workshops and Events, and
work in close partnership and support many arts initiatives within
the community. To find out more about creative activities, follow
the links below:
Arts Development Service pages >>
Making Space, Leigh Park
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The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre
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Music Fusion >>
The Urban Vocal Group>>
In addition, Hampshire County Council provide many services
for young people and the Havant District Youth Team run several
Youth projects across the borough.
For further information on Childrens Services across the borough
follow the links below:
Hampshire
County Children Services>>
Havant District Youth Team>>
Young Peoples’ Participation – Have Your Say!
The Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme aims to
ensure that policies and services are designed around the needs of
young people, and that they are involved with decision making at
local and at national level. By encouraging Children and Young
People to engage in this way forges opportunities for them to make
positive contributions to their communities. Havant Borough is very
proactive in supporting the participation of local young people in
it’s decision making and service planning processes.
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Havant Borough Youth Council is open to all local young people
between the ages of 11 & 21 years old. The Youth Council
tackle issues in the local community, and also link in with the
Hampshire County Youth Council and the UK Youth Parliament. The
Youth Council are actively involved in consultations and aim to
represent the views of all young
people across Havant Borough. All young people are
encouraged to be active members, regardless of background or
ability, and support is available to enable this to happen. For
more information on the Youth Council, visit their website
http://www.youthbeat.net/ – for
young people, by young people
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