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Working hard for all young people

I want to hear from you

I have campaigned for young people since my election in 2005 so I am delighted with the Governments new proposals for improved youth services for young people.

The Government wants to give young people more power over the ways that their local councils spend money on them. By 2018 young people will be in charge of the distribution of 25% of their local council’s budget on facilities for young people. I want to find out how you want this money to be spent and what interests you

Want to know your rights?

I have produced a leaflet on your rights at 16, 17 and 18. If you would like a hardcopy or would like any more information about your rights as a young person please dont hesitate to get in touch.

Labour Vice-Chair for Youth

In 2007 I was made Vice Chair of the Labour Party with Responsibility for Youth

Here are my top three priorities:

• Engage all young people in politics - not just Labour Party members
• Listen to the priorities of all young people
• Act as a voice for young people on issues of importance to them


In 2005 only 37% of 18-24 year olds voted in the general election. This is not acceptable. Our right to vote is precious and I want to encourage young people to use it.

Locally and Nationally I have always campaigned for young people. I tabled an Early Day Motion calling for an end to the negative representation of young people. 90% of stories in the media about young people are negative. This needs to stop and adults need to work with young people and listen to their views, not just to the stereotypes. I plan to continue my campaign, and am currently working with the Party on innovative new ways to engage with young people.

 

My Life My Say

My Life, My Say

The choices you make now –as a young person- will affect what happens later in your life.

Labour believes in providing a fair start for everybody in life and ensuring opportunity for all to reach their full potential As Vice-Chair for Youth, my promise to you is that I will ensure that your views and your ideas are put firmly on the agenda.

In politics and the media, people often pay lip-service to young people and their needs. Labour doesn’t just talk about young people, we listen. We want you to tell us what is important –it’s your life so have your say!

Visit www.mylifemysay.co.uk`

Funding Streams

Funding Available for Young People


Below is an overview summarising the various funding bodies and the grants available for youth orientated projects.

All the funding below is available to not for charities, voluntary & community groups and profit organisations and groups. There are no funding for individuals unless otherwise stated.

Heritage Lottery Fund

The heritage lottery fund ‘Young Roots’ strand is interested in how young people could be more actively involved in finding out their heritage and sharing it with others.

The scheme is designed for organisations working with young people aged between 13 and 25 with projects clearly relating to the local and culturally varied heritage of the UK whether it deals with issues of the past or how identities may be shaped in the future.

As part of the contract, organisations must work with at least one heritage group or organisation like a museum or a local wildlife trust.

Grants are only awarded for sums between £3,000 to £25,000 for projects with a total cost of no more than £50,000 and completed within 18 months.

www.hlf.org.uk
0207 591 6000

Sport England

Sport England creates opportunities for young people of all ages and abilities to play sport in every community through funding projects with a clear sporting benefit for young people.

Projects must seek to increase participation in sport, sustain participation in sport to provide opportunities to excel at a chosen sport. They also provide funding for projects where sport is a means to an end.

However, funding is not provided for sporting activities where the state has a legal obligation to provide.

Awards range from £300 to £10,000 where projects must be deliverable within 12 months. Projects total costs must not exceed £50,000.

There are no deadlines and you can submit an application at any time online.

www.sportengland.org
0207 273 1551


Awards for All- Big Lottery Fund

Awards for All is the National Lottery’s small grants program which aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people who need it. It funds projects that help access to training and development to improve life skills, to build stronger communities to tackle the problems they face and to improve health and life in urban and rural environments.

Funding will only be given to groups and organisations with a written governing document (e.g. a set of rules or constitution) where at least three unrelated people sit on the governing body.

Grants awarded range between £300 and £10,000 where the same organisation will not receive more than £10,000 in any two year period from the date of the first award.

Applications are ongoing and so there are no deadlines.

www.awardsforall.org.uk
0845 410 20 30


Clore Duffield Foundation

There are a range of funding awarded by The Clore Duffield Foundation. The Clore Duffield Performing Arts Award provides funds for performing arts education initiatives and is available to registered charities, limited companies, early years, primary schools, secondary schools, sixth forms and any other organisation working with young people up to the age of 18.

A letter of application of no more than two A4 pages must be sent via post to the foundation after which, if progress to the second round, a full proposal of the project should be submitted.

Funding is awarded twice a year at the trustee meetings.

Funding is awarded for £1,000 to £10,000 annually over three years to projects with a total budget of no more than £30,000.

Deadline the current round of funding is 16 September 2009.

www.cloreduffield.org.uk
0207 351 6061


First Light Movies

First Light Movies was set up to fund and inspire the making of short films by young people aged five to 19 years. First Light Movies is not just about young people devising the idea and acting in the film, it’s about them being given the necessary skills to make their own film.

There are three main funding streams: Script Award where young people are teamed with script professionals; Pilot Award for one-off short films; and Studio Award for a range of short films.

The total maximum funding award for each stream, respectively, is £3,000, £5,000 or £30,000. However, each award must be matched with a percentage of funding from other sources as outline below:

Award % Match Deadline(s)
Script 10% 07 July 2009 18 Aug 2009 13 Oct 2009
19 Jan 2010 27 Apr 2010

Pilot 20% 31 Mar 2009 07 July 2009  13 Oct 2009
  19 Jan 2010  27 Apr 2010

Studio 40%  5 Oct 2009


www.firstlightmovies.com
0121 7534866


The Princes Trust

The Princes Trust provides practical and financial support to the young people who need it most by developing key skills, confidence and motivation, enabling young people to move into work, education or training. The programs are aimed at encouraging young people to take responsibility for themselves – helping them build the life they choose rather than the one they’ve ended up with. It specifically targets the unemployed, those in danger of underachieving and ex-offenders.

The Princes Trust Community Cash Awards provides funding for community campaigns led by and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25. Community campaigns must be either new or in development with a clear benefit for the community.

Up to £1,000 is available for 14-16 year olds and up £5,000 for 16-25 year olds.


The Princes Trust Business Program is a program for young aspiring entrepreneurs which aims to helps people explore and test their business ideas, write business plans and start their own businesses or achieve alternative goals in education, training or work. Advice and support is given throughout

There is funding available for starting up a business.

It is open to applicants between the ages of 18-30 and are unemployed or work less than 16 hours per week.


www.princes-trust.org.uk
0800 842 842

Young people in Brent

 

Organisation Information
Brent Eton Summer School Brent Eton Summer School (BESS) provides an opportunity for year 11 students in Brent to spend one week in one of the country’s most prestigious educational establishment (Eton College). All the secondary schools in Brent are eligible to put names forward of young people of young people who wish to take part. The aim of the week is to try to focus the participants to point them towards their aspirations by encouraging towards higher education. This project is not for just A* students or those who are gifted and talented, it is primarily for those young people who have tried their best, show potential, and the ability to aspire.
Supporting Excluded Pupils The exclusions team works closely with schools and parents to identify children who may be in danger of exclusion, and try to prevent this happening.
B.E.A.R.S Youth Challenge (Brent Education Art Recreational Service) is a registered charitable voluntary organisation for young people that has been actively working in northwest London for approximately 14 years.
Boys2MEN Designed to assist boys – particularly young black and ethnic minority boys and young men – in their transitions from boyhood to adulthood and on to fatherhood. A short eye-catching homily is printed in purple on boys2MEN brochures: “A boy…a male…and a Man are not the same…A male is a biological term, a boy is in a state of transition and a Man is defined as someone who has a purpose and a greater sense of responsibility… We need to teach our children the difference…”
Dennis Jackson The Organisation runs several activities to enforce young people’s academic education such as, Youth clubs/ After School clubs. Homework, IT, Arts & Craft.
Granville Plus Centre Situated in South Kilburn. The Centre provides a variety of youth arts programmes for young people aged between 11-19 years old. They provide Arts focused activities: Vocal training, fashion as a business, cheerleading, video, technology and street dance.Brent Youth Service has developed a good track record of youth achievement in the arts including music technology, dance and singing. The Youth Service links up with experienced artists to provide skills workshops for young people.
Carlton Handicapped Club Opening Times: Thursdays 7-11 pm Saturdays 12.30-6.00 pm
Age Range: 8-25 years
The club provides educational and fun activities as well as trips and outings for young people with severe learning difficulties. The club also tries to arrange two weekends away and trips for both groups each year.
Brent Summer University Variety is the spice of life and that’s certainly true when it comes to, which this year offered more than 70 free courses to nearly 1,000 young people across the borough. Accredited courses for age: 11 – 25 years.
Bang Entertainment Ltd BANG Edutainment is a charitable company that provides innovative training and activities to develop young peoples personal and career skills.
Life FM Life FM provides a community radio station for local people, offering a range of personal, educational and practical skills-based learning activities in community media. We broadcast on the Internet, throughout the year and we have just acquired a 5 year community license which will allow us to broadcast on the FM band for 5 continuous years.
MATHEMATICS Registered Charity, Partially Funded by Brent Council. Fundraising for the poor in Muslim countries. (Zakat: Donations much appreciated) Activities for people all ages. Youth group (young people under 25 years) Grandfathers and toddlers group, Chess club, Woman’s Circle.
The Prince’s Trust We’re a UK charity that helps young people overcome barriers and get their lives working.
Through practical support including training, mentoring and financial assistance, we help 14-30 year olds realise their potential and transform their lives.
We focus our efforts on those who’ve struggled at school, been in care, been in trouble with the law, or are long-term unemployed
New Refugee Integration Website The Home Office has launched a new website to provide information for people working with children. The website also provides guidance and examples of good practice to support the integration of refugee children. It should be of interest to all professionals working in educational settings because it provides a focal point for individuals working with refugees to share information and examples of practice. Refugees can also identify a lot of valuable resources to them.
Islamic Cultural Centre
(Wembley)		 Facilitate the Muslim needs in all areas from elderly people, male, female, teenagers and children. Football and children’s classes for Arabic and Islamic studies.
(Area Served: Brent,Wembley)
Wembley Sports Association We are a non-profit making sports organisation run by volunteers. We comprise three major sports clubs: Wembley Cricket Club, Wembley Tennis Club and Old Manorians Football Club. We have senior teams playing good standard amateur sport and youth teams for tennis and cricket, both boys and girls. We provide coaching for cricket and tennis. We are situated in the middle of Vale Farm Sports Ground, adjacent to Wasps Rugby Ground. Access is through the Sudbury Avenue entrance; follow the signs for Wembley Sports Association. Car parking is available next to the tennis courts. Nearest stations : North Wembley (BR) and Sudbury Town.
Wembley & Sudbury Tennis, Squash and Social Club Provides competitive/social tennis and squash with coaching for beginners. It is a private non-profit making club owned and administered by its members. They are concentrating on strengthening and extending the junior sections and are involved in promotion of ball games and other sports and recreation for children of school age, particularly in the holiday periods. Participate in LTA schools-link programme. Socially, there is a pool table, table tennis and darts to provide a healthy atmosphere for people aged 8 to 80.
Wembley Manor Floral Arts
Chalkhill Youth & Community Centre Youth Club, Football Coaching, basketball, IT, Arts & Crafts, Fashion & Design, Music activities, Black history Month, Various activities through October.
Chalkhill Dynamos Football Club
Sudbury Court Horticultural Society We welcome new and junior members and exhibitors. Only £2.00 Annual subscription per household per year. Classes for non-members. OUR SCHEDULE INCLUDES Horticultural (General Floral, Fruit & Vegetable), Floral Arrangement, Photographic, Domestic, Handicraft and Children’s Classes. ON SHOW DAY, exhibitors bring along their entries and stage them in the hall in preparation for judging, after which the hall is opened to the public for viewing of all the exhibits. Children’s prizes are presented on show day. COACH TRIPS to garden venues of interest are organised yearly… We also have a very popular Spring Bedding Plant offer each year. AGM meetings are held at which trophies and prize monies are presented. All events are hosted by the Sudbury Court Horticultural Society (SCHS).
AAC Presents Opera for All AAC presents Opera For All is a multi-cultural company based in Brent, whose aim is to bring opera in English to the community. We perform innovative opera productions in English. They are fully staged and costumed and have a small orchestra.
Muslim Welfare Association Organisation for welfare of the Muslim community
Brent Indian Association To manage and maintain, within the resources of the association, an adequate day to day advice and advocacy service. To support and develop various social care and educational projects for elderly women and youth from the Indian community. To undertake activities for increasing awareness about various legislations and administration rules and their impact upon the members of the association. To organise social, cultural and religious events for promoting better understanding of the Indian cultural and social diversity. New Computer Training Centre has now opened in association with North West London Online (NWLOL) – offering English classes.
Sudbury Court Badminton Club http://www.sudburycourtbc.co.uk/We are a friendly but competitive badminton club who play in Kingsbury, North West London. We offer a decent standard of badminton catering for all ages from youth to veterans both male and female.We have established men’s and mixed doubles teams competing in the Hillingdon Badminton League. Coaching is also available.
6th Wembley (Tokyngton) Scout Group
7th Wembley Northern
Pioneer Scout Group
Red Sea Community Programme We provide sport, leisure and cultural activities, together with advice, information and support for Somali refugees. Information, advice, advocacy, interpreting, referrals and signposting, numeracy, literacy and cultural lessons, telephone advice daily, discussion meetings, monitoring, feedback and consultations (monthly), cultural festivals and events (quarterly) outings, seaside, theme park (yearly), and networking, training and community representation. All these services are free of charge.
Tokyngton Community Association We are a community organisation with an aim to provide facilities, activities for the community with an aim to bringing different cultures, ages together. We also feel that it is important to provide children of all ages with positive role model, and opportunities to see their environment as the world rather than their immediate surroundings.
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of Brent The Bahá’í Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent religions. Its founder, Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá’ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad. The central theme of Bahá’u’lláh’s message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá’u’lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification. One of the purposes of the Bahá’í Faith is to help make this possible. A worldwide community of some five million Bahá’ís, representative of most of the nations, races and cultures on earth, is working to give Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings practical effect. Their experience will be a source of encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.
British Muslim Women’s Welfare Association Arts Craft and Music
Education Employment and Training
Leisure Sport and Entertainment
Willesden Cycling Club
Siri for Mental Health Users The establishment of SIRI Behavioural Health (formerly AKPESIRI for Mental Health Users) is about a VISION. It is widely recognised that the second largest non white group in London is Black African closely followed by Black Caribbean. Yet the history of misunderstanding and discrimination continue to disproportionately affect the appropriate mental health and criminal justice services they receive.
Gujarati Literary Academy To educate people in Gujarati literature, language and culture. Undertaking Gujarati examinations. Teaches training.
Tamil Association of Brent A voluntary organisation designed to meet the social and cultural needs of the Tamil Community.
3rd Sudbury Scouts
Springfield Youth Football Club Football club providing coaching, training and competitive games for all children aged 6-18 years.
South Kenton & Preston Park Residents Association The Association is a non-political, non-sectarian organisation serving the residents of the area of Wembley.
London Refugee Rehabilitation & Human Rights Concern International Rehabilitation of refugees and Asylum seekers. Organises refugee training programmes offers a mobile care unit for the elderly in Brent. Give advice on Human Rights and Fair judgement including police arrests, housing problems, discrimination, unfair dismissal, racial hatred. Services are also available for families and welfare with assistance to the bereaved members in the event of death, promotion of sporting activities.
Dennis Jackson Centre A youth club which provides services primarily for Asian Communities. Activities include: Sports, homework Club, Dance, Music, Counselling.
Baladia Youth Club
Brent Youth Matters 2 Brent Youth Matters 2 is a user forum for young people in Brent. It is open for all youth forum to come and discuss their ideas/ concerns. This meeting is chaired by a member of Brent Youth Company LTD and a councillor. These meetings are four times a year in Bridge Park complex.
Bigga Fish We aim to focus the energy of urban youth, giving them knowledge and opportunities to achieve their goals.Bigga Fish is able to operate so successfully because of its knowledge of youth culture and its ability to understand and even influence the ever-developing trends within urban modern music. Workshops provided by Bigga Fish include DJ MC, Dance, Event Promotion, Fashion Design, Flyer Design, Event Management, Stage Design and many others.We provide mobile modular music based workshops to Schools, Colleges, Youth centres, youth clubs, Secondary support units, and in the near future Young offender institutes. Since 1998 we have worked just over 1400 hours with young people from all backgrounds.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme The Award Scheme has been running successfully from the Roundwood Club for many years and provides young people aged 14 to 25 years the chance to take part in expeditions and challenging activities to gain a bronze, silver or gold award. Kingsbury High School has developed an Award Scheme with the assistance and support of the Youth Service and the Scheme is being extended to other sites in Brent to give more young people the opportunity to take part.
Positive Activities for Young People P.A.Y.P (Positive Activities for Young People) is an organisation that was set up to provide activities for young people during the holiday periods (Christmas, Easter, Summer and half term breaks). If an organisation feels that they can facilitate a programme during these holiday periods, they apply to us for a grant to facilitate their programme. The team in Brent comprises of 7 Keyworkers and the role of the Keyworkers is to work with the young people and organisations throughout the holiday periods and after. Our main office is in the Bridge Park Complex.
Brent Community Friends BCF is a project and forum aimed at looked after young people in Brent.
RightTrack Project The Right Track Project is run by Brent Youth Service and was established in January 2003 for pupils who have been excluded from school for periods of up to 14 days. While attending Right Track Project they will continue their school work under the supervision of Youth Workers and Teachers as well as taking part in activities, which will look at behaviour and the reasons for their exclusion.
Equipped 2 Go Bus The ‘Equipped 2 Go Project’ is a unique and exciting initiative. The project is delivered on our mobile resource centre that is attractive and equipped to provide a young person friendly environment.
Mosaic Youth The Mosaic Youth project is for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people addressing issues like coming out, sex and relationships and health issues.
Youth Counselling Service The Service employs Youth Workers who are also trained counsellors and can provide counselling to young people.
Harmony Centre
Gateway Club The Gateway Club is a voluntary organisation providing for a wide age range of young people and adults. They also run summer projects for their members.
Jobseekers advice Free careers advice is on offer at Harlesden library in craven park road each Tuesday afternoon from 2-4.30pm. Jobseekers can get help with CV’s and application forms, internet job searches and courses and training.
R U Thinking About It?

Got a question about sex? If so, go to www.ruthinking.co.uk or if you want free confidential advice call 0800 28 29 30
Reducing Sexual Risk: Empowering Britain's Teens to Make Informed Choices

Held on Tuesday 17th of April 2007 at Immarsat Conference Centre. The event showcased the film, Project Blue Movie by Sexual Health On Call (SHOC). This film, created by residents of Brent, provides a graphic and infomative portrail of sexually transmitted diseases. The event also featured many high calibre speakers Simon Blake, the Chief Executive of Brook and Robert MacPherson the National Policy Manager of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit DfES among others.
If you work for a youth organisation and your organisation’s details are not on here please email your details to dawnbutlermp@parliament.uk with the heading: For the attention of Miriam Shindler
Promoted by Ray Collins, General Secretary, the Labour Party, on behalf of the Labour Party, both at 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HA.
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