Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney
Supporting the Bailiwick's Young People
Youth Club Schedules
Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney
Supporting the Bailiwick's Young People
Provisions and Projects
The Youth Forum is a group of young people from across the Bailiwick who represent the views of their peers and issues important to young people. The Youth Forum engages with business and community leaders, senior civil servants and politicians.
The Youth Forum’s primary focus is to provide a voice for young people within the community, and to ensure that young peoples’ voices are heard by those making strategies and decisions, including the 2016 States Election.
Contact:
Charlie Cox
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charlie.cox@youthcommission.gg
t 01481 226099
Les Ozouets, St Peter Port, GY1 2UB
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award provides a challenging programme of activities for 14 – 25 year olds across three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
Each award is split into 4 sections: including volunteering, physical skills and expeditions. Participants take part in weekly activities, for up to 12 months.
D of E aims to inspire, guide and support young people in their self-development and recognises their achievements: it is offered to all young people across the Bailiwick either directly through secondary school, through our “open groups” or through other organisations including the Army Cadets, Boys Brigade, Youth Justice Service and Les Nicolles Prison.
Contact
Taz Talbot
DofE Manager
Liz Hayman
DofE Administrator
t 01481 226099
PROJECT WEEKS
The YC introduced this new provision at the start of 2015. Project Weeks: aimed at providing young people of secondary school age with intensive low ratio intervention and skill building. These week long activities are focused on key areas of our curriculum. Projects are driven by the needs of young people from across Guernsey and Alderney with young people selected onto Project Weeks through a referral process. These are concentrated weeks, often done as residentials (Tile Barn in Hampshire). Themes for these weeks have included: creative video making, arts, upcycling, photography or healthy lifestyle choices. Each project creates new friendship opportunities and positively pushes young people out of their comfort zones.
