COY highlights for June 2015

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Community of Youth Halton

MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS

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Month covered: June 2015

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General COY news

We supported Youth Feds Ngage at COY to involve two vulnerable young people, one via music

and the other via cooking. We also continue to support Talent Match programme at Lords Taverners

COY and helped new sign ups to the Youth Fed program. We have recruited more young volunteers

for COYACTION and NCS participants for this summer’s program. With help of Riverside housing

we acquired a table tennis table from Murdishaw community centre. We attended area forum and

also ran a children’s party. Training attention have also continued to use our venue with their

groups.

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Star wars chess comp aaron entertains us

summer evening football in the grounds

New volleyball net in the grounds


Open universal sessions ran Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 6-9pm with Friday running

7-10pm. A lot of activities have taken place outside and we are now hoping to get some giant

garden games so we can utilize that more with the weather and light nights but also for the junior

club.

COYMUSIC

Josh and Jamie as volunteer music leaders on the COY music project have been working to take the

studio and music dcelivery to the next level by aquring more equipment that was badly needed in

order to progress and enhence our offer and delivery in this area. They have been supported via lead

the change funding via Well Being enterprises and have continued to meet with Sara Buls from

Well being in planning and delivery.

Electric piano donated to our club via Youth Fed

Halton NCS- #changingyounglives

Final taster of summer took place at COY on June 30th with summers program for Halton now

virtually being full once again. Some of our older COYACTION volunteers aged 18/19 have got

support worker posts on the summer program and most of our year 11 members are now signed up

to participate in July and August. Also Halton NCS CYL have had the chance to work with Halton

community radio this month 10-12 on Fridays with the possibility there may be a regular NCS show

to promote the NCS, recruit as well as talk about social action with young people playing their part

and also being in the show.


NCS taster at COY

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Members received first aid certificates from St Johns ambulance and some have also done

Safeguarding training this month. They also held a barbeque party as a thanks for their work. They

attended the area forum at Brookvale community centre and some stood up infront of everybody

and told their story of divesre challenging backgrounds and how COY has supported them onto a

more positive path and a journey into volunteering. They had the chance to speak with the new

mayoress and all the local councillors to. Some have also been confirmed as support staff on

summer NCS.


More certificates…this time…St Johns First Aid!! And happy faces, these guys just keep gaining

more and more skills..pictured from COYACTION are Shaznay, Rachel, and Luke.

Our young volunteers also helped out at a kids party,both helping to set up,clear away as well as

help keeping en eye out and even dressing up as superheroes for the afternoon, we did however give

them ten minutes on the bouncy castle afterward

Shaznays story:-


I started at COY first as a member then they got me onto NCS and I started as a young coyaction

volunteer about a year and half ago. When I first started I was shy but also could get involved in

arguments and couldn’t control my temper often. When I was at school I was bullied and was

kicked out of school to and ended up at the PRU in Grangeway. I have had a lot to deal with in

mylife at home to and went of the rails and would have lots of arguments and haveeven been kicke

dout for that to, I would drink a lot which I nearly lost my life over and relationships were hard as I

would get angry all the time. I cant thank COY enough forwhat the people have done in there for

me, they gaveme confidence, help me gain more with programs and the training they have put on

like NCS and I am now not only volunteering at COY but helping NCS to. COY has helped me get

out of bad habits like drinking and everyone who volunteers are like one massive family that I love

being a part of.

Shaznay told this story to the area forum and has kindly agreed to let us share this outcome to

highlight the poositive outcome of COY on her life and her story is quite common and we have seen

many similar grow and develop and take a positive path.

CHAPS

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The Chaps clubs are now running every Thursday and continue to be supported by our

COYACTION young volunteers. The senior session is now being extended to run longer as it is

proving very popular with members.


Some CHAPS club members with COYACTION volunteers outside our club.

COY 7-11

Junior 7-11 club running Monday to Friday 4-6pm. Membership is now in double figures and

growing as word is finally travelling. The club has given many fun opportunities in play, games, art

and music. This month members had the chance to make their own homemade pizzas with 100%

natural ingredients, showing them how to make fast food healthy and on a budget. Many are

enjoying expressing themselves on the mic being able to sing and do karaoke using our music

equipment and generally enjoying the many vast oportunities our junior club offers.


We are always looking for your kind support and funding so we can put on

more activities and build our equipment for the benefit of local young people and to enhence the skills and training of volunteers. Everyone is a

volunteer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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COY highlights for June 2015

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