Detached Youth Worker for Foxhill - update
After many months asking about when another youth worker for Foxhill would be in place, the latest news is that we are to get to share 17 hours detached youth work per week with Odd Down Ward. That is something, but just 8.5 hrs a week makes it more difficult to build up ongoing contact and trust. I am waiting to hear more about this post, and when it will start.
At the last PACT Meeting (Partners and Community Together) Youth work provision and facilities was seen as high priority. Within B&NES Youth Services cuts in funding are being executed, and youth projects have suffered. We learnt at the meeting that PCSO (Police Constable Support Officer) Nigel Penney has formed the Foxhill Fishing Club for young anglers and some Parents. PCSO David Hall has been coaching some of the Combe Down youth in soccer skills, which is very good news, good for them. I am sure if any parents want to help, that would be welcomed. We also heard at the PACT Meeting that work with the young people is something Catherine Vaughan, Holy Trinity Foxhill worker, intends to do with the new facilities planned for the St Andrews Site.
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