Youth Enfield Magazine Autumn\Winter 2014

Youth Enfield Enfield Council’s magazine for young people aged 13-19 • AUTUMN/WINTER 2014

Superb Summer Success to Amazing Autumn Opportunities Find out more inside

Packed with fun and exciting things to do in Enfield; jobs and training; new challenges; great opportunities and so much more!

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Contents:

Success to shout about Pupils who attended Enfield’s secondary schools succeeded in receiving excellent exam results (page 8); record numbers of Enfield’s looked after young people achieved their first Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (page 4); and hundreds of young people benefitted from taking part in the Summer Uni 2014 accredited activities (page 10).

Autumn is also the time to advance to your next step in attaining your goals.

Congratulations on securing your university or college place, job or training opportunity.

However if you have left school and are still looking for an alternative option we, along with our colleagues in the Skills for Work Service, are here to help so please get in touch to find out more. Call 020 8379 5800 or email youthenfield@enfield.gov.uk

Looked after young people achievements

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Cllr Rohini Simbodyal interview

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Exam success

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Career Academy

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Summer Uni 2014

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Youth Engagement Panel

12-13 Youth centres accredited activities 14

Young people emergency contraception survey

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

16-17 Voluntary organisations 18-19 Healthy lifestyles 20-21 Keeping safe 22-23 Show review

In this exciting edition you can also read about an interview with Cllr Rohini Simbodyal, the new lead Councillor for Culture, Sport, Youth and Public Health, by members of Enfield’s Area Youth Forum (pages 6-7), together with articles about the work of Enfield’s Youth Engagement Panel (page 11), the voluntary organisations helping young people who have come from other countries (pages 16-17) and the accredited activities available at our youth centres which are now open to 11 and 12 years olds too (pages 12-13).

Happy reading and season’s greetings too as the New Year seems to be approaching very fast this year.

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Acknowledgements & Credits: Youth Enfield magazine is produced by Enfield Council’s Youth and Family Support Service with contributions from young people engaged with the service, programmes and activities.

Thank you to all who have provided articles and quotes.

Artwork for the magazine design was originally created by designers Everyone’s a Winner, www.everyonesawinner.net

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For more information about this magazine contact the editor Vijay Jeshram: Enfield Youth and Family Support Service, 3 South Way, Claverings Industrial Estate, Edmonton N9 0AB. Telephone 020 8379 4804 or email: youthenfield@enfield.gov.uk

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Autumn is a great time to reflect on what you’ve done so far this year and to congratulate yourself for the success you have achieved... and there’s so much to shout about.

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Make your mark On 14 November, Members of Youth Parliament (MYP) will meet in the House of Commons in Westminster to debate and vote on their campaign for the year ahead. What gets discussed is voted on by young people up and down the country through the ‘Make Your Mark’ campaign. Members of Enfield’s Area Youth Forum were out and about getting other young people in schools, colleges and other youth groups to vote. They then helped out with the exciting vote count.

Maya Caddle one of Enfield’s MYPs said: “Make Your Mark is the largest youth consultation in the UK. It was an honour to represent Enfield and ensure that Enfield’s youth voice is heard and debated at the House of Commons in November. This year Enfield received more ballot votes than ever and nationally over 865,000 votes were cast by 11-18 year olds. The top 5 issues voted on by young people this year and to be debated in the Commons are: Votes at 16; Everyone should be paid at least the living wage; Better mental health services; More work experience and Bringing back exam resits in Maths and English. Thank you to everyone who helped.

Enfield has definitely made its mark.”

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rum members counting the ‘Make Your Mark’ votes

17+ year olds - get ready to vote…

If you are 17 or over read this!

You have every right to hold politicians to account and ensure laws are made that reflect your views. The best way to do this is to vote. But before you can vote you need to be registered to vote.

There are now a number of different ways to do this. You can register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote on your smart phone, tablet or computer, or you can ring the Council for advice on 020 8379 8582.

By registering now you will have the chance to cast your vote in the general election next May and elections for the Mayor of London in 2016.

If your name isn’t on the register it may affect your credit rating, making it harder to rent a house or to get a mobile phone contract.

Don’t miss out – it only takes 5 minutes to guarantee one of your fundamental rights as a citizen.

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Awards for young people in care There are nearly 300 children and young people cared for by Enfield Council. These include children and young people who live in foster care, residential homes or have recently left care. There may be others too who are on a child protection plan.

KRATOS is the name for Enfield’s Children in Care Council. This is the group of children and young people in care and care leavers working with Enfield Council to get the voices of others in care heard.

Together with the efforts of KRATOS we are getting more looked after young people in Enfield taking up our activities and getting involved. One fantastic achievement is seeing 24 looked after young people attain their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) certificates for completing individual sections for the Award.

To get the award they needed to undertake a period of volunteering, learn a new skill (e.g. leadership) and participate in a sport for three to six months.

The DofE Award forms part of the accredited learning offer available from our youth centres or through other targeted youth engagement programmes. All looked after young people can access these on a regular basis. The skills they gain can help them into further education or employment and can be tailored to their interests.

Having a good sized group allows for the possibility of organising one expedition for all looked after young people to attend at the start of the

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2015 expedition season. This will be great for morale as the young people can all learn the necessary expedition skills together and can walk with people they know already.

Kat, 17, explains: “I have been supporting the Junior KRATOS Club.

This is a place where looked after children aged 8-13 years old can come and learn new skills. I come every week to volunteer my time and have been developing my leadership skills. Both activities helped me to work towards gaining my DofE award.

It’s so important for younger children in care to have older mentors who are in care to look up to and aspire to.

We have a shared experience, living in foster families and having social workers. We can now look forward

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to sharing achievements and the experience of an expedition through the DofE programme”.

KRATOS the future is in our hands t h e c h i l d re n i n c a re c o u n c i l

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Double, Diana Award for KRATOS Enfield s Children in Care Council

The Diana Award rewards young people who inspire the lives of others just as Diana, Princess of Wales, did.

Earlier this year the young chair of KRATOS was the proud receiver of a Diana Award in recognition of his active campaign work. Now all 16 of the children and young people aged between 8 and 25 years old who make up KRATOS have been recognised with the same prestigious award.

The award recognises the work they do in supporting the development of the care service in Enfield and their ability to help others to achieve their full potential. It also rewards their encouragement and support to get others in care involved in social action who can then make a difference to their lives of others in care.

The Diana Award also recognises the leadership skills from KRATOS achieved through the successful launch of Junior KRATOS. These sessions are aimed at facilitating the voices of young people in care and their siblings aged 8 -13 years old. They were applauded for their mentoring support and commitment to hearing the voice of others in care.

KRATOS are always looking to influence how others in care are being looked after. They are already involved in the

recruitment and selection of foster carers and social workers.

More recently they created a promotional DVD for looked after children and siblings in foster families. This informs them of their rights and entitlements and the services that are available to them. You can see the short film clip at www.enfield.gov.uk/youth/ kratos

Diana Award Ho lders KRATOS w ith Ray Lewis and CEO of Diana Award Tessy Ojo

If you are a young person being looked after by Enfield Council become a KRATOS member and take part in fun and positive activities, build new friendships and help us improve on the services you receive. To find out more visit www.enfield.gov.uk/ youth/kratos

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JUNIOR KRATOS club A fantastic club for Enfield looked after children and foster siblings aged 8-12 years old to: › › › ›

make new friends enjoy exciting activities learn something new share your ideas

Join us for exciting events and sessions at Unity Hub @ Craig Park, 2 Lawrence Road, Edmonton N18 2HN.

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Meet Councillor Rohini Simbodyal Cllr Rohini Simbodyal has been a councillor for Enfield since 2009. She started when she was only 21 years old – making her one of the youngest elected councillors at that time.

Following the Council elections in May she also became a Council Cabinet Member in charge of Council services and policies relating to public health, youth, sport and culture.

Some members of Enfield’s Area Youth Forum met Cllr Simbodyal to ask her some questions about herself and her plans for improving the lives of Enfield’s young people.

How did you become interested in politics?

I did work experience with my local MP when I was 15. It was amazing. I did one and half weeks in Westminster and the rest of the week in his constituency office. It genuinely changed my life and got me very interested in politics. I pursued A-level politics and joined the local party that aligned with my views the most. In 2009 I became the local party candidate and went up for the local councillor elections and won. And here I am today.

What do you hope to achieve this year?

I have set myself some really clear aims about what I would like to tackle.

This will be youth unemployment and tackling youth crime and particularly gang crime. I also want to tackle childhood obesity especially when I found out a quarter of children in Year 6 are obese - more than the healthy weight they should be. I would also love to see more vulnerable or disengaged young people involved in sport.

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How will you do this?

The key will be about setting clear goals and targets but also looking at building on what works. As a Council, we should be ensuring young people have positive activities to do in Enfield and that young people have a say about what these are.

What improvements would you like to make?

In Enfield we need to have opportunities for young people to pursue different pathways. Going to university is not for everyone but why is this route seen differently to someone who takes up an apprenticeship? I want to challenge this view and see more apprenticeships created in the process. Public sector organisations in particular, such as schools and hospitals, can create apprenticeships in the same way we expect private businesses in retail or construction for example.

Why is Children’s Services of such interest to you?

This area is huge and touches on so many important elements for society.

The work I find very interesting is youth offending. It’s a real challenge, not just for Enfield but for the whole of the UK to prevent young people Youth Enfield / 4YP Enfield

from becoming involved in youth crime and gang activity. We are currently reviewing what changes we can make to steer young people away from committing crime and we want to work with all community groups and young people to help achieve this.

Do you have much contact with young people?

I have been on school visits when I chaired the Children and Young People’s services scrutiny panel and I am now going to youth centres and youth groups in the borough. I am really looking forward to coming along to an Enfield Youth Parliament meeting too. I am also keen to hear from young people so if there is an issue you wish to raise please do get in touch.

Are there any projects in particular you would like to promote to young people?

I really want young people to vote. Far too often when we knock on doors in the neighbourhood young people will feel that it’s their older members of the family that we should be speaking with. My answer is it’s you who is depending or relying on the services delivered by the Council so you should have a voice about what we spend our money on too.

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Cllr Simbodyal meets members of Enfield’s Area Youth Forum In life, who inspires you?

My nan was such an inspiration. She came to this country from Guyana in the 60s along with my granddad and worked really hard to build a life. I come from a single parent background and she and my mum have always encouraged me to be ambitious and go for my goals. My nan was pretty strict which did help keep me in line but she was really caring and supportive too. She was just a really strong independent woman.

What do you usually have for lunch?

Well if you asked me a few years back I’m afraid it would have been fast food. But now I am making a real effort to eat healthily and make my own lunch. This has helped me to save money too. So it’s lots of food beginning with ‘s’ such as soups, salads and not forgetting spinach.

If you were a dessert what would you be and why?

I’ll say a fruit salad to highlight that everyone should eat more fruit!

Name something you have always wanted to do.

I always wanted to travel. The place I would love to go to is Guyana which is where my family are from but I have never been to, yet.

Cllr Simbodyal’s closing comments:

“I have been asked

about things that I have never

been asked about since I started 5½

years ago. Young people are important

to me so having the opportunity to speak to

young people direct and having them remind me

about why I am here is just fantastic. It is really

important that young people keep quizzing all the

councillors and asking ‘what are you doing for us?’.

The more young people tell councillors what they want the more likely it will be delivered for them and it’s as simple as that. So if there is an issue you wish to raise with me

please do get in touch. So well done and

AYF’s comment:

keep doing it.”

“Cllr Simbodyal

came across as very

passionate and was very

easy to connect with which makes us all feel that our

voices will be heard. Can’t wait to meet her again.”

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Enfield’s Area Youth Forum is where young people aged 11-19 (and up to 25 with learning difficulties or disabilities) meet every month to get their views about local issues heard, discussed and acted upon. See the What’s On calendar on the Youth Enfield website www.enfield.gov.uk/youth for the next meeting dates or call 020 8379 5800 or email youthenfield@ enfield.gov.uk for more information.

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Enfield Exam Excellence Congratulations to everyone in Enfield who passed their A-Levels and GCSE exams this summer.

All your hard work helped Enfield schools to achieve improvements in their pass rates. This means more young people are on track to achieving their goals – whether it be further education, finding a job or training opportunity.

This year, with 98.2% of A-level passes, students in Enfield schools have not only beaten the national average of a 98% pass rate but also raised the Enfield pass rate from last year which was 97.9%. Nationally there has been a small decline in the A*-C pass rate, but in Enfield’s schools 76% of subjects were graded A*-C, which is 2% up on last year’s result. Considerable progress was made by Bishop Stopford’s, Broomfield, Highlands, Oasis Academy Hadley and Winchmore Schools.

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And this year’s GCSE results also demonstrate that young people in Enfield schools are achieving good results and improving on last year’s performance. Over 64% of Enfield pupils secured the benchmark 5+ GCSEs at A*-C grades including English and Maths, which is in line with the 2014 national average, and well above the 2013 average of 60%.

Schools that made significant progress are Lea Valley High up 8%, Winchmore 7%, Enfield County 11%, Oasis Hadley 5% and St Ignatius 10%.

With A-Level and GCSE results improving, Enfield’s young people can be proud of their achievements and their schools. They can now look forward to a bright future ahead.

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Open doors to the worlds of Business and Travel and Hospitality Are you considering a career in business or travel and hospitality?

Get ahead of the rest with the Career Academies that specialise in these areas available from the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London. The Career Academies are special – not only because they are the only ones available in Enfield – but also because many students achieve spectacularly well. Some begin their learning journey with relatively few qualifications or as in many cases speak English as a second language yet they go on to thrive in the College’s supportive and motivated environment.

The College’s Business Career Academy has recently been graded ‘outstanding’ – and turns students with a passion for business into skilled, driven and highly employable junior executives. The recently launched Travel and Hospitality Career Academy is the first in London and has top industry leaders on board to guide College learners to employment and academic success. The Academies are open to Level 3 students aged 1618 years old. Both offer many excellent opportunities, such as mentoring by successful business men and women, paid internships with cutting-edge blue-chip companies, master classes with business leaders and great networking opportunities.

Career Academy students at the College’s Enfield Centre

six week internship with management consultancy Accenture and is now at Brunel University, studying Business Management. Diandra Shortte completed her internship with Moody’s Analytics and is now employed by one of their subsidiary companies. Atish said: “It was a fantastic experience, which provided me with the necessary knowledge and skills that I needed to be successful in the future.”

The College’s Academies are run in partnership with Career Academies UK. If you’d like to know more about studying business or travel and hospitality at the College visit www.conel.ac.uk or call the Course Information Line on 020 8442 3055

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the enfield summer university programme 2014...

Over the summer hundreds of young people in Enfield took part in Summer Uni 2014.

This offered a range of activities and workshops held in locations all over the borough. There were 46 activities and workshops as well as 23 ‘turn up and play’ sport activities such as football, badminton, tennis and netball. Many young people also gained nationally recognised qualifications in emergency first aid, football coaching, manicure diploma, film making and event planning.

Art Attack was three days of learning new skills and developing young people’s expression and individuality through jewellery making, clay work, mask making, mosaics, and t-shirt design. One participant said, “I found it very fun and interesting because I really love exploring my creative side and seeing where my imagination takes me. My favourite thing that I created was my wire sculpture.”

Another young person who took part in the popular “Young Apprentice” course said, “This activity has opened my eyes to the work and effort of others. I can see how you have to try and encourage and motivate people, and how to lead a team.”

Young people learnt new skills such as “Introduction to Domestic Electrics” “Digital Web Design” and how to balance the books with “Smart Money”. Other popular courses were ”Assertiveness Techniques” and “Build Your Confidence”.

The Summer Uni programme was supported by 27 Peer Motivators (13 to 19 years old) who took part in training that included speaking with confidence, conflict resolution,

disability awareness, dealing with the public, and team building activities.

The summer programme concluded with a fabulous ‘Celebration Event’ at the Millfield Theatre that was hosted by the Peer Motivators and attended by 290 proud family members and friends. The showcase included singing and dance performances, animations, films and art made by young people over the summer.

Roll on Summer Uni 2015. But if you would like to take part in activities like these before then keep an eye on our website www.enfield.gov.uk/youth and Youth Enfield Facebook and Twitter pages for the latest opportunities in our Youth Centres.

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Enfield Youth Engagement Panel The Enfield Youth Engagement Panel (YEP) is a charity that helps young people make good decisions about the issues they face in life.

The uniqueness of YEP’s support is that staff and volunteers are local young people from the community that have had first-hand experience of the same issues as the young people they support.

Rukaya Rana, YEP’s Young Persons Violence Advisor

This could be getting arrested, being homeless, unemployed, ejected from school or having been the victims of bullying or violence.

So when they tell other young people ‘I know what it’s like’ they really mean it. YEP successfully helps young people by providing someone who can help them understand what is happening in their lives. This can be either in a group setting or on their own through having a mentor.

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A recent addition to the YEP team is Rukaya Rana. She has been appointed as the Young Persons Violence Advisor (YPVA) for Enfield. As she explains, ‘My role is to help young people who have been the victim of violence from an abusive relationship. If you know someone in this situation or maybe you have been a victim yourself then get in touch with me at the YEP. I may be able to help you directly but if not I can point you in the direction of someone who can to make sure the violence stops and you can get any support you need”.

You can also find out more about the work YEP do by: - checking out their website www. yepenfield.com - following them on Tw

itter @yepenfield

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New range of youth centre activities

11 and 12 year olds can n ow join us too !

We’ve just launched a brand new range of exciting activities for young people aged 11-19 years at our youth centres. These focus around the fantastic facilities we have across our venues including 5-a-side football pitches, dance studio, media suites, music studios, motor vehicle workshop and indoor climbing cave.

All the new activities are accredited. So as well as learning new skills young people can attain a nationally recognised award (such as Duke of Edinburgh’s or ASDAN Awards) which can contribute to helping them succeed at school.

These are some of the exciting activities and courses young people can take part in:

Football Academy

• Football Skills Challenge – coaches from Tottenham Hotspur FC test and develop young people’s football skills • Football Leadership Programme – young people can take part in the Junior or Community Sports Leaders Award developing their skills in leadership and be in with a chance for a place on a football coaching course • 5-a-side Football Leagues and Competitions – enter a team as well as receiving the opportunity to gain nationally recognised awards and qualifications

In addition to this young people can get involved in: • Bike and motor vehicle maintenance courses • Indoor climbing • Leadership and volunteering

• Work experience courses • Healthy living programmes • Workshops on staying safe

To find out more about our youth centres and projects visit this section on the Youth Enfield website www.enfield.gov.uk/youth

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Music and Media Academy • Take music courses in music production, event management, sound engineering and vocal coaching • Take part in music and media industry work experience and leadership programmes • Help to plan and run music events • Participate in a range of multimedia courses that are on offer including media production, film making and journalism

Dance Academy

• Take dance courses in street tap, contemporary, salsa, ballroom, swing and African beat • Take part in dance industry work experience and leadership programmes • Plan and run dance events

We’re proud to be making a difference to young people’s lives. This is what some of the young people we’ve supported have said: “I would not have got my music scholarship and be where I am today without getting involved in the music project at the youth centre” “Going to my local youth centre boosted my confidence to perform on stage and has opened up many opportunities for me musically” “I have had so much great support with my dance and it has given me the confidence to go further with my dance career” “I took part in the work experience and leadership programmes at the youth centre and learnt so many new skills which helped me to get an apprenticeship” “The coaches from Tottenham have helped me to improve my football skills and fitness” “When I was 15, I completed a football leadership course. Then when I was older that helped me to get a job as a football coach” “I took part in a film making project and produced a short film that has been watched online by thousands of people” www.enfield.gov.uk/youth

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What do young people know about emergency contraception?

A leading sexual health charity of the UK, FPA, surveyed over 2000 sexually active women in the UK and released their findings during the Sexual Health Week (15-21 September).

Here are the key findings for the 16-24-yearolds that took part These led the FPA to call for better education to help young women avoid unplanned pregnancies.

14% thought health professionals provide enough information on the different methods of emergency contraception that are available

thought asking for emergency contraception can be embarrassing and said there is still a stigma around it

70%

FPA’s Director of Health and Wellbeing, Natika Halil, said: “Our research showed that only 37% of women aged 16 to 24 had learnt about emergency contraception at school or college. This was higher than older age groups, but still woefully low. We need to prepare young people who become sexually active for inevitable situations, like a condom splitting, or what happens if you forget to take a pill, if they are not ready to become parents.

52%

of the sexually active women who had unprotected sex in the last two years and were not planning a pregnancy did not use emergency contraception afterwards.

46%

“There are so many contraception myths, half-truths and misconceptions. Through our survey we heard almost one-quarter (24%) of 16-24-year-old women think repeat did not know where they use of emergency contraception can could get emergency make you infertile, almost half contraception if they thought it was like an abortion need it and just under one-third (30%) thought under-16s need permission to get emergency believed emergency contraception. contraception had to be used within 24 hours to be “None of these are true, but effective, or weren’t sure believing them could stop young

59%

women from accessing the help they need, when they need it.”

Want to see the full survey results?

47% wrongly thought using emergency contraception was like an abortion, or weren’t sure.

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Read about it and more information about the FPA sexual health week here: http://tinyurl.com/ngsqsej

Where to go for emergency contraception in Enfield You can find more information on Enfield’s free emergency contraception scheme here: www.enfield.gov.uk/youth/sexandrelationships @YouthEnfield / @4YPEnfield

Special Educational Needs and Disability The Government has recently changed the laws in relation to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND). This will provide them with more choice and control about their futures. It will also help to ensure they are aware of the options to support them as they move into adulthood.

This could be about going to college, taking up apprenticeships or supported internships, health and wellbeing and living independently.

One of main changes is that young people with Statements of Special Educational Need or a Learning Difficulties Assessment will have this converted to one of the new Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP). If this applies to you the EHCP will need to be in place at some point between now and March 2018. You will be invited to participate in the development of your EHCP so that your views and opinions can be taken into account. You will be offered training and support and details for this will be sent to you shortly.

Another change is the development of Enfield’s Local Offer. The Local Offer is an online source of information, advice and support. Take a look at the Local Offer here (www.enfield.gov.uk/SEND) particularly the information for young people and let us know what you think. The Council will be developing this web based information source over the coming months, including having a mobile app. We would very much like to involve young people in its development.

Please contact cheviots@enfield.gov.uk if you would like to get involved.

Find out more...

You can access a number of fact sheets, films and posters to help you understand the changes on the Council for Disabled Children website www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk To read more about Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) visit the Council webpage at www.enfield.gov.uk/EHCP

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New youth groups for new communities in Enfield Enfield is changing all the time and our communities are becoming much more diverse. Enfield Children and Young Person’s Services (ECYPS) works with the many voluntary organisations in the borough that offer services, activities and opportunities for young people from all communities to enjoy. ECYPS is keen to make sure that young people can access activities in the borough even if they have not lived here for long or do not have English as their first language. They are helping two new youth groups to start up in Enfield – Shpresa and Welwitschia.

Shpresa Luljeta Nuzi is from Shpresa an organisation that supports the Albanian speaking people in the UK. As she explains: “Our aim is to maintain our cultural identity and improve the confidence, health and well-being of the Albanian speaking community in Enfield. Our Children and Young People Project in particular aims to improve the life, education and the wellbeing of the Albanian speaking children as well as enabling their voices to get heard.

“We run youth activities every Saturday from 11am-4pm at Alan Pullinger Youth Centre, 1 John Bradshaw Road, Southgate, N14 6BN. We also run photography, dancing, Albanian language classes every Friday afternoon from 3.30pm to 5:30pm, at Churchfield Primary School, Latymer Road, Edmonton, N9 9PI.” If you want to find out more about Shpresa please contact Luljeta Nuzi – call 020 7511 1586 or email shpresaprogramme@yahoo.co.uk

Albanian young people group Shpresa

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Welwitschia Pedro Lunguela is from Welwitschia – a project that helps young people from Portuguese speaking countries integrate into British society. As Pedro explains: “We are the only organisation that supports the Portuguese speaking communities to settle and prosper in the UK. Some of the young people activities we are organising in Enfield will teach them about the drama, music, dance, arts and poems that come from the Portuguese speaking countries of the world. This will include the very interesting traditional dance from the West African country Angola called ‘Kizomba & Semba’.

We also plan to run a homework club so that young people can get assistance with subjects they may be struggling with. There will also be workshops to teach a range of life skills such as budgeting, cooking, communication skills and relationship building.

“We will soon have a venue to deliver all of the above. So if you want to be included in the announcement about where it is and on what days and times please get in touch.”

Pedro Lunguela is based in Enfield every Friday and can be contacted by phone on either 020 8808 1255 or 07904 400 109. His email contacts are: info@wwcuk.org or pedro@wwcuk.org

Hang Out at the Hub Pedro from Portuguese speaking young people group Welwitschia

If you are aged between 11 and 13 and live around the Bounces Road area in Edmonton you can make use of the Bountagu Hub every Thursday from 4pm to 5.30pm.

These sessions offer arts and crafts, smoothie making, t-shirt printing, poetry, drama, cake decorating and business enterprise.

There is no need to book, just drop in and find out what’s happening.

Bountagu Hub, 229 Bounces Road, Edmonton, N9 8LP Tel: 020 8292 5626 www.bountagu.com

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Having a Healthy Lifestyle Having a healthy lifestyle can help you feel better, be confident and live longer. One key factor that can help towards this is having a healthy weight. This is when your body weight is appropriate for your height and you experience additional health benefits from that.

As mentioned in the interview with Cllr Simbodyal on page 5 there is a concern in Enfield about greater numbers of school children being obese. This is when the excess weight (body fat) causing young people to be overweight is affecting their health and wellbeing.

There are important steps children and young people can do to keep healthy. These centre around healthy eating and regular physical activity.

The eatwell plate

You can improve your diet greatly when you know about the food and drinks to eat more of and the ones to have less of. A well-balanced and healthy diet involves eating less of the foods with high fat and sugar content and more of the following in ideally the proportions as shown in the eatwell plate: • fruit and vegetables – at least five portions per day • starchy foods – such as bread, rice, potatoes or pasta at each meal • protein foods – such as meat, fish, eggs, beans, or lentils at each meal • milk and dairy foods

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Fruit and vegetables

Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods

Meat, fish, eggs, beans

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• plenty of fluids – especially water throughout the day

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For more information on healthy weight in Enfield visit http:// tinyurl.com/m2wubwp

Easy tips from the NHS Change4Life campaign can help you eat well, move more and live longer find out more at http:// tinyurl.com/kvsh4wm

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Healthy eating

Use the eatwell plate to help you get the balanc e right. It shows how much of what you eat should come from each food group.

Be active Regular physical activity is an important step to living a healthier lifestyle. These could be playing, walking or cycling to school, other recreational activities or even household chores.

Enfield Council provides a great programme of sports and events for young people aged 11-19.

Most of these are free to take part in.

To see the current programme visit www.enfield.gov.uk/sport and the Council Facebook page for teenage sporting programmes and events www.enfield.gov.uk/sportsvoice

What do you eat on school days?

Having a healthy school meal can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Enfield Catering Services provide the meals for some of Enfield’s secondary schools. They recently achieved the Soil Association’s Bronze BRONZE Catering Mark at Enfield County (Lower & Upper) and Bishop Stopford’s schools and hope to have the award across all their other sites very soon.

This means that at least 80% of the food on the menu is freshly cooked on site with a commitment to using local and seasonal produce that respects the environment and animal welfare – such as free-range eggs, sustainable fish and farm-assured meat.

To find out more about healthy school meals from Enfield Catering Services visit: www.enfield.gov.uk/schoolmeals

Be Safe Be Seen As the early winter nights approach, pedestrians and cyclists become less visible to motorists.

Wear something bright or fluorescent to be seen during daylight and be sure to wear something reflective to be seen at night.

High visibility clothing can help you to be seen from up to 160 metres away.

Get the latest updates of the sports activities and programmes for young people aged 11 to 19 years in Enfield.

Take extra care when out and about...

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Like the Sports Voice Enfield Facebook page Follow @sports_voice on Twitter

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Drug classification for khat

Khat fact sheet for England and Wales The Government has decided to make khat an illegal Class C drug. The ban on khat will come into effect on 24 June.

Why is khat being banned?

The government has classified khat as a Class C illegal drug. This means there are serious consequences if you are found to be using it or passing on to anyone else.

Anyone 18 or over found in possession of khat will receive a Khat Warning in the first instance followed by a £60 fine if caught again. Further possession is likely to lead to arrest.

For young people aged 17 or under possessing khat is likely to lead to a youth caution or prosecution.

Please be aware that giving khat to friends is considered ‘supplying’ under the law. Anyone supplying, importing or distributing khat could end up with a maximum 14 year prison sentence.

Khat contains natural ingredients which are already controlled drugs both in the UK and internationally because they are harmful. To help protect local communities from the potential health and social harms associated with khat and to ensure that the UK does not become a hub for international khat smuggling, it will become illegal to produce, possess, supply and import or export khat without a Home Office licence.

What will happen if you use khat from 24 June in England and Wales?

From 24 June 2014, police will be able to use khat warnings and penalty notices for disorder (PND) for £60 to adults. This means that if the police find you with khat which is meant for your own personal use, you can: • be given a warning for the first possession offence • be given a penalty notice for disorder (a £60 fine) for your second possession offence • face arrest for your third possession offence.

Will the ban on khat apply in both public and private places?

Yes. Khat will become an illegal Class C drug and this will apply UK wide.

There is a government factsheet that provides more information about the reasons for the ban and penalties for use. You can read the factsheet available in a number of different languages here: http://tinyurl.com/lv68fr6

Sort It! Compass in Enfield offers free and confidential substance misuse advice and support services for both young people and adults with drug and/or alcohol needs – this includes khat. Under-18s can contact them by calling 020 8360 9102 or they can ask an adult to contact the service on their behalf. People aged 18 and over can contact Compass by calling 020 8379 6174. Alternatively, their email address is sortitenfield@compass-uk.org Visit the drugs and alcohol page on the Youth Enfield website www.enfield.gov.uk/youth to find out more.

Fearless in Enfield Have you been affected by crime? Want to make your community a safer place?

Fearless.org enables you to pass on information about crime 100% anonymously.

As a charity they are independent from the police so do not require you to leave any personal details like your name, address or phone number. It’s a safe and secure way to pass on any information about crime if you’re worried about who to turn to.

You can give information online by visiting www.fearless.org/give-info-anonymously

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Gang helpline from children’s charity NSPCC ChildLine is the free 24/7 confidential helpline run by children’s charity NSPCC. Young people can call 0800 1111 or get in touch online at www.childline.org.uk about anything that’s worrying them.

With one in six 13 to 15-year-olds saying they know someone in a street gang NSPCC are anticipating receiving more calls from worried young people about gangs.

The NSPCC also have a new helpline that adults can use if they are concerned about a young person they know being involved with gangs. They can contact the NSPCC using the free, 24 hour number 0808 800 5000, emailing help@ nspcc.org.uk, texting 88858 or using an online reporting form at www.nspcc.org.uk/reportconcern They can choose to remain anonymous if they wish.

By offering specialist backing and support, this service empowers parents and others to help the young people they are concerned about to find help, turn their lives around and leave the destructive life of gang violence behind them.

Preventing Radicalisation’ The government has backed a national campaign aimed at preventing young people from travelling to Syria and Iraq.

The ‘Families Matter’ campaign has been launched by Families Against Stress and Trauma (FAST), a community organisation which helps vulnerable families and individuals across the country.

This campaign helps young people who are thinking of travelling to understand the fear and distress felt by those they leave behind. FAST also hopes the campaign will encourage concerned families to reach out and seek help.

Anyone travelling to Syria and Iraq is putting themselves in serious risk and the government strongly advises against it. It believes the best way to help is to donate or volunteer with UK registered charities that have ongoing relief operations. The government has committed over £600 million worth of aid to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Syria. This is being used to provide essential food, clothes and medical supplies. To find out more visit www.familiesmatter.org.uk

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Free show tickets from Millfield Arts Centre There’s a wonderful range of shows, events and pantomimes to entertain all the family from Millfield Arts Centre. They manage the Millfield Theatre, Dugdale Centre and other venues across the borough. They have just launched their new website so check it out and let them know what you think www.enfield.gov.uk/ millfield There’s more exciting news too! Millfield Arts Centre have teamed up with Youth

Enfield magazine to offer a small group of young people between aged 16-19 years (5 max) free tickets to see an upcoming show suitable for this age group. We just ask that the group writes a review of the show to be featured in the magazine and Youth Enfield website www.enfield.gov. uk/youth. So if you, along with a friend or two, want to be included in this great opportunity register your interest by emailing youthenfield@enfield.gov.uk and we can tell you more about it.

5’s a Crowd Review

Vanessa Amankwah went to see 5’s A Crowd at the Dugdale Centre over the summer with a few friends and offered the following review: “5’s a crowd is a piece comprising of a talented cast of 5 actors who play 22 characters, over 3 generations, from 2 cultures, all in one comical family! The fantastic performance begins with a monologue from the mother of the house Agatha Akinde who lures us in with her heart felt story and takes us along to the world of the Akindes which is made up of traditional, African husband Solomon, and three unique children Keisha, Kendei and Tayo.

Each person has a different story and aim in life.

“We are led to believe Agatha is in a fairly pleasing marriage with Solomon but not until her teenage lover comes along one day and knocks on her door allowing her to reminisce about all the romantic memories they had and she is left to pick between her hard hearted, head of the household husband or her rhythmic, Reggie ex-lover.

“Meanwhile, Solomon is having troubles of his own. He’s been jobless for months and has found another temporary job working in a nightclub. But he hasn’t told his wife Agatha and makes up nuisance excuses to get out of the house and go to work.

“Their list of problems unfolds further with their only son Tayo who is misbehaving in school and has got himself tangled up in bad company. He has plans to meet a girl at the same club where Solomon is working at.

“On the other hand the two sisters are in a love circle of their own. Keisha has the looks but Kendei (the older one) has the brains and for this reason all the men are enticed in the appearance of Keisha and isolate Kendei. But it all changes when they go to (yes you guessed it!) the same club where Solomon works and an American guy falls for Kendei.

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So with everyone in the same club at the same time this is where they end the drama and dance the night away!

“If this show returns to Enfield I would definitely recommend this piece written by Ashley J Francis and directed by Roger Griffiths to watch with friends and family as it is a very well written drama and leaves you wanting more and more!

“When the cast found out we were doing a review they came out to meet us which was very exciting too.”

Vanessa Amankwah

Let’s talk about Talkies Community Cinema You may already know about the two main cinemas in Enfield (Cineworld on Southbury Road EN1 and Odeon Lea Valley N9) but have you heard about Talkies Community Cinema?

Talkies is a community pop-up cinema with venues in Palmers Green, Southgate and Enfield Town. They offer a wider film experience by showing different films which members get to choose. These can be just released films, often from other countries and re-runs of classic older films.

However Talkies is not just about showing movies - they try to provide additions to enhance the evening, such as food and drink, music or introductions by film professionals. They even have the occasional fancy dress opportunity such as the Halloween Special.

They are keen to get more young people involved so that they can influence what films are shown. They would not be able to do what they do without the help of volunteers. So as well as turning up and watching young people could be helping with the showings and events too.

Visit www.talkies.org.uk to find out more and to see their future screening and events programme go to www.talkies.org.uk/future-events

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Skills for Work Service Traineeships - Apprenticeships - Adult & Community Learning Skills for Work = Skills for Life

Traineeships

Traineeships are designed to help young people who want to get an apprenticeship or job but do not yet have appropriate skills or experience, gain valuable work experience and preparation training needed to get an apprenticeship or a job.

Family Learning in Enfield

Family learning courses help parents/carers develop the skills and confidence they need to support their children’s learning. We encourage both adults and children to enjoy learning.

Apprenticeships

1 year placements available in a variety of fields including Hairdressing and Barbering, Business and Administration, Health and Social Care, Teaching Assistants and Childcare. Gain nationally recognised qualifications, NVQs, technical certificates and improve your Maths, English and ICT skills.

The Academy of Hairdressing offer courses and

apprenticeships from introductory up to advanced level 3 NVQ. Tel: 020 8804 1134, 461 Southbury Road, Enfield EN3 4HX.

Study Programme

Qualified teachers who are passionate about the subjects they teach.

A learning support officer to improve the learning, attendance and punctuality, personal development and progression of students core skills in Maths, English and ICT. Progression to GCSEs in core skills subjects once a L2 qualification is achieved.

Progression of students onto apprenticeships, further education or employment is assisted, supported, tracked and monitored.

Skills for Work Service 1st Floor Marsh House 500 Montagu Road Edmonton N9 0UR 020 8379 8850

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