Pledge 4 - Investing in young people in Salford
Children’s Services
- Involved young people as grant makers in the Youth Bank, which has successfully distributed £300,000 from the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds to support youth projects across Salford.
Community Health and Social Care
- Provided a wide range of activities and opportunities for young people across the city including holiday activities in the 8 community areas.
- Supported the Salford Junior Sports Council as a sounding board for new ideas and projects to encourage more young people to participate in sport and physical activity.
- Continued to provide the BookStart project in every Sure Start area of the city.
- Continued with family friendly and child friendly experiences at Ordsall Hall and Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
- Continued the arts in neighbourhood projects in Irlam/Cadishead, Swinton and Chapel Street and embarked on further projects throughout the city.
Environment
- Continued working with the YMCA to provide apprentices to work within parks.
- Continued promotion of eco-schools and other environmental behavioural change programmes.
- Provision of workplace experience and training in VMS Trading Standards Environmental health and Grounds Maintenance.
- Held successful Environment open day (attendance of over 1000 including students from 13 schools and colleges across the city).
- Investment in new play facilities across the city.
Housing and Planning
- Reconfiguring of Supporting People grant funded services to support young people.
- Urban Vision recruitment of young staff via Salford First Step and Job Centre Plus.
Chief Executives
- A targeted website for 13-19 age groupers in Salford was designed.
- Annual “Through the eyes of a child” calendar 2007 produced for Salford Business Education Partnership using Salford’s primary school children’s original paintings.
- New Deal supported over 100 young people to host their own awards ceremony at Albion High School.
Customer and Support Services
- Developed a on-line service directory covering early years and 14-19 year olds to provide access to community based resources (groups, clubs, services available etc).
- Implemented on-line schools admissions.
- Completion of £50m Salford high schools PFI contract for 2 new high schools.
This page was last updated on 01 June 2007
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