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May 2014
Wendover Youth Forum As readers may be aware the youth forum was commissioned by the Local Area Forum to carry out a local priorities survey. The full results can be found on the Wendover News website and Facebook page.
Youth Parish Council quite daunting whilst feeling very privileged to be invited to present. As they completed the different tasks they grew in confidence and awareness of community needs. When meeting the girls they talked about the process with excitement and there was a real buzz as they conveyed their experience. They felt like had been involved in something bigger than them. Both girls really benefited from the process and were glad to make a difference in their community.
The Youth Forum is led by Dave Rollins of Aylesbury Vale Youth For Christ and gathers together young people from the Wendover Deanery. Anna, Zoe, Gavin, Sarah and Zac all got involved with the Youth Forum originally, through the help of Paul Wendover Youth Centre Hammett, to help raise funds for the WYC held their AGM on 31 March and Amazing Donkey Youth Club and for their revealed some exciting new developments. own personal development. Tony Playle, welcomed a healthy number to The young people didn’t fully realise quite the proceedings at the Youth Centre and what was involved at the start as their announced that a huge amount of progress journey took them from speaking to their had been made since last year’s AGM at which peers canvassing opinion on youth activities he was inaugurated as Chair of the Trustees. to presenting to Wendover Parish Council. At a Produce Market they found the courage “Last year we announced that Bucks County to approach a variety of people. They all Council had withdrawn financial support processed the results of the survey together. and that we at WYC must stand on our own two feet or face closure. We also Becky Murgatroyd, the Wendover Youth announced an aspiration to employ a Youth Centre and St Mary’s church youthworker, Leader to spearhead the care for recently caught up with two of the young Wendover’s youth and we are now two leaders from Amazing Donkey Youth Club to months into Becky’s tenure which has find out how the process was for them. Anna breathed life into the Centre and put flesh and Zoe found the prospect of meeting with on the bones of the Trustees’ vision.
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“This has only been made possible by the people of Wendover who answered our plea for support and I would like to thank the LAST, LAF, Parish Council, St Mary’s church, those who have become ‘Friends of WYC’, Kings Farm and the Shoulder of Mutton and the people of Wendover for contributing to our campaigns and events.” Following the financial report Tony introduced new Youth Leader Becky Murgatroyd who, in turn, introduced some of the young people she has been working with. Mark, Anna and Sarah spoke enthusiastically about the Duke of Edinburgh Award training and the many other activities that their three respective youth clubs allowed them to experience. After a presentation from Premier Sport, who now base themselves at the Centre and run before/after school activities and holiday clubs, a further appeal for sponsorship was announced to build upon the success of the last year - please contact martin@wyc.com.uk or call 07742 689930. WYC have announced that they will be throwing their doors open on 25 May for the day of the Wendover Celebrates event so, if you are planning a party, why not pop in and see if the Centre fits your needs?