The SPY project last year worked with 680 different young people. On an average 180 young people per week took part in activities with an average of 234 units of activity being enjoyed. Through members being offered access to 52 hours a week face-to-face activities as part of our weekly core provision. This includes a youth forum, traditional sports, martial arts, junior & senior youth clubs, climbing, women’s & girls groups and drop-ins. (Please see core provision)
- Volunteers recruited 20, number of hours worked by volunteers 1636, hours worked by casual workers 4324.
- Anti-social behaviour from our baseline figure in 2007 of 689 fell to 430 representing a reduction of 39%, hate related crime fell from our baseline figure of 86 to 54 a reduction of 37.21% measured by independent research provided by the crime analyst from the community safety partnership. It should be noted that both figures are increased on the previous year 2007/08 by 0.1% youth causing annoyance and hate crime by 9.3% in real terms that was equivalent to an extra 9 cases of youth causing annoyance and an extra 8 cases of hate related crime. Overall we have sustained the outstanding achievements of the project from out baseline figures in 2006/07. It should also be noted that two of our bases are now registered and encouraging reports of hate related crime.
- Young people involved in planning and evaluating core provision and summer programme activities with and emerging youth council being embedded into the decision making of the project.
- The youth forum held a consultation day with 110 young people participating with an emerging youth council with elections in September 2009.
- Membership of over 700 with an average of 180 different young people taking part in our core provision on a weekly basis.
Evaluation of activities by staff, volunteers and young people has informed future priorities with the project sustaining the present level of funding to deliver on the agreed outcomes.
- Priorities for SPY 2009/10
The quality of the work SPY has done and the contribution to Tameside’s success as a beacon council is acknowledged in the following corporate performance report (extract):
“ Effective work with the voluntary and community sector has included the Ashton St. Peter’s regeneration partnership which has overseen a number of developments in one of Tameside’s most deprived areas. These include St. Peter’s Youth (SPY) which enables residents to become volunteers and access training and employment opportunities with over 50% subsequently securing mainstream employment.”
The council and partners also engage effectively with residents to address local issues which adversely impact on crime and fear of crime for example - SPY has helped to reduce local youth crime by 75% over the last 2 years and to reduce local crime levels by almost a third.
Learning points:
- Recording volunteer hours that fall outside of sessions
- Need all team to concentrate to project milestones.
- To sustain the levels of activities in line with funders expectations
- To develop a database and MIS better able to meet SPY’s needs
- To develop a new governance model with young people through the youth council
- To identify funding for a feasibility study for Holy Trinity Community Centre
- Improve our support to casual workers and volunteers
- To ensure that SPY’s role is better recognised within the wider partnership of children’s services
- To establish an arts project and refocus work on community cohesion
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