Burnley & Pendle

	Programme Name:	Burnley & Pendle
	Programme Manager:	Janelle Roberston
	Telephone:	01282 430 433

Programme Description

From April 2006 this new, re-focused programme will operate throughout Burnley and Pendle initially. The programme delivery team comprises one full time Youth Development Officer - Janelle Roberston and two part time Assistant Youth Development workers - Julia Thompson and Raza Malik.

The programme has worked intensively with young people who have been involved in racially motivated disorder and has engaged them in consultation work, awareness raising and has worked with other agencies to bring them together with young people of different races from other areas for joint activities.

These events included a young women’s day, a football tournament and a residential involving almost 60 white and Asian young people where issues such as identity, crime and racism were explored.

Graffiti Project

Burnley Youth Works has developed a positive art project aimed at educating young people on such topics as the harmful effects of drugs and the destructive elements of crime.

The project has proved very successful with the young people and they were inspired to link their ideas with drugs work to produce a ‘Drugs are for mugs’ mural in a run-down part of the neighbourhood.

Activities progressed from January to April 2006 include :

• Three school inclusion projects are running successfully and 26 young people are set to gain Youth Achievement Awards.
   
• Anger Management sessions are up and running with good reports back from schools about the young people's progress.
   
• Army outreach working in partnership with two secondary schools in Pendle and Burnley and the ACF has been a great success with a further 5 day residential planned for the end of May working with 32 young people in total.
   
• Football team in Colne has thrived and won trophies for first place and second place with a Pendle sports and leisure development league tournament.
   
• An organised fun event at Waterside for the Building Versatility Study was held on the 25 March 2006, which gathered information from the young people in the area of Colne as to what their opinions were to the design of the building.

For information on this programme please contact Janelle Roberston.

July 2006 

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