Most people agree that the loss of youth workers and youth clubs has been a disaster for young people across Britain. New pressures that face young people through the growth of technology and social media are driving an epidemic of mental ill-health in the young, and savage cuts to publicly funded youth work have only worsened their position.
You may be surprised, therefore, that one local charity that for forty years has been successfully raising funds to provide youth work to some of our most deprived local young people is threatened by a very different challenge; the challenge of finding local people willing to help steer the project over the coming decade.
Derwentside Detached Project, which started life as the Consett Churches Detached Youth Project in the wake of the steelworks’ closure, has been guided by a largely unchanged team of trustees for the last 15 years. The challenge is that some of the trustees were pensioners when they started and are now no longer able to provide the drive and energy needed to progress the project. That is why they seek new trustees with a passion to help young people, and a willingness to give some of their time and energy for the benefit of the next generation.
Anyone wanting to find out more about the project, and how they could help it move forward, is asked to contact the Project Manager Jackie Forbes on 01207 501863 or consettchurches@btconnect.com
Contacts:
Jackie Forbes
Project Manager
01207 501863
Owen Temple
Treasurer
07931512623
oltemple1950@gmail.com
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