Youth Cornwall
Last updated: 08/05/2012
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Youth Cornwall provides services for young people aged 13 to 19
and for those up to 24 years with additional needs. As well
as our aim to provide more and better services for children and
young people, Youth Cornwall enables young people to make a
significant contribution towards community life and help in
building new and improved provision. More specifically, Youth
Cornwall addresses the needs of older young people through:
- Empowering young people to make choices with things to do and
places to go
- Promoting young people as citizens able to make a
contribution
- Supporting young people's choices with improved advice and
guidance and support; and
- Ensuring that all young people are achieving by reforming and
improving the targeted support available to young people when they
most need help.
The Cornwall Youth Offer entitles all young people to access
services which provide them with:
Positive Activities
- A safe social meeting place staffed by appropriately qualified
youth work staff
- Three hours of sports activity per week outside of the school
setting
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Access to cultural, creative and artistic activities
- Opportunities to celebrate achievements
- Support to overcome barriers to services including improved
transport, and financial support.
Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)
- Young people receive high quality, impartial IAG in places of
learning
- Young people have access to holistic, multi-agency information
and support through community based young people's centres
- Young people can access IAG through range of media, including
Chew TV, ICT and the freephone.
Targeted Youth Support
- Young people have access to additional support according to
identified need, provided in universal settings
- Need is identified and addressed early
- Support provided with the help of a lead professional.
Further Enquiries
For general enquiries, please contact Youth
Cornwall at youngpeople@cornwall.gov.uk