Post in Greville Smyth Park

Jul 22 15:12 UTC

We (S1PYD) are currently employing two detached
reconnaissance youth workers under the supervision
Sally Carter of BCC Youth and Play Services to talk to
young people in various settings to find out what they
want.  An interim report is expected in October and a
final report in January.

S1PYD is South 1 Partnership for Youth Development and
it's something that Brian Hall and myself have been
working towards for a year or so and we have finally
assembled a good team to work with which includes
Youth Services, Fire Service and Police.  We want to
offer the young people in the area services that they
will use and currently this is going along the lines
of us taking the service to them rather than looking
for one permanent location.

Brian and I have also discussed the fact that young
people and their intentions and behaviour are often
plain misunderstood and we'd like to somehow enlighten
the community as a whole as their behaviour and how
they see it.  I'd like to think that we can find an
holistic solution to the problem rather than just
throw any old thing at them.