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Berkhamsted Youth Town Council

 

Minutes of the Meeting – 9 July 2008

 

Present:

Youth Council – Alistair, Emily, Tom, Ella, Harriet, Will, Elliott, Gemma, Ash as observer

 

Clare Muir, Sue Lyus, Alex Ferguson, PCSO Steve Patton, PCSO Adam Booth, Sandra Jenkins

 

Apologies:- Natalie, Molly, Amelia

 

Sandra Jenkins was introduced as the new ESCO for Ashlyns and was welcomed to our meeting.

 

As this will be Harriet’s last meeting, Clare thanked her for all her hard work over her time with the Youth Council and wished her well in all that she does in the future.

 

  1. The minutes of the meeting on 18 June 2008 were approved.

 

  1. Matters arising. 
bullet Inflate Day.  Clare has booked a bungi-run following members requests.
bullet Electric Guitar.  Clare has purchased one at a cost of £80

 

  1. Treasurers Report.  Ben was not present to give a report.

 

  1. Gigs. Dates for next gigs:-

·         11 July

Ella and Emily need to come to the Swan to print off the Bands Contract.  Clare will look at dates for September to December and then Jim can start booking bands.

 

  1. Video Project. Emily fed back info from the last meeting.  The storyboard is done and another meeting needs to be arranged.

 

  1. Late Night Travelling.  Elliot has not had any luck getting in touch with Arriva. He will however, work on a letter to taxi firms re the late night discount card.  This will be done with PCSO Steve at the Police Station. 

·         Suggested that for safety purposes, it needs to say on the card something like ‘give a password to the driver when arranging to be picked up’

·         So far suggested Taxi firms are Choice, Lynx Cars in Hemel 01442 266644 and Kims.

·         There needs to be a trial period of say 6 months and we need to keep arrangements with the Taxi firms simple and then review .

·         Card can be in form of credit card size or keyring. 

 

  1. The Berko / Tring Thing.  Info from the meeting with Tring was fed back.

·         T-shirts will be printed on purple with white writing.

·         BYTC compares – Ali, Harriett and Ella want to do it – only need two.

·         BYTC Judges at the Audition – Tom + need one more

·         BYTC Judges at Pendley  - Emily & Elliott

·         More judges need to be invited.  Sandra will ask some ex Ashlyns pupils.

·         Clare will ask Paz and Dan

·         Need to have another meeting early September either 3 or 10th.  Alex will sort with Tring and get back to us.

·         Pizzas for crew at the auditions

·         £1 to get in to the auditions if watching.

 

  1. Police 10 Minute Slot.  Discussions took place including that of ‘Knife Crime’

 

  1. Any Other Business

·         Police Open Day.  Steve said this will be in October and all members would be welcome.

·         Youth Work Training for Young People.  Clare reported on this training course for 15-21 year olds and if anyone is interested, please let her know.

·         Transition Town Berkhamsted.  Information was given out and Harriett said she would be interested in attending their next meeting to find out more.

·         Activities for the Elderly It was suggested that a letter re should be sent to Douglas Gardens Sheltered Accommodation as there has been little response from the other two homes that we sent letters to.  Steve will get the contact name of the manger there.

·         Image Consent Forms.  Alex said she has had very few back.

·         Compass.  Ella suggested that at next years Feeling Good event in February run by Compass, the youth council could help with the event and publicity. 

 

 

Date for next meeting

4.30 - 6 pm

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Swan Youth Centre

 

Berkhamsted Youth Town Council

 

Minutes of the Meeting – 9 July 2008

 

Present:

Youth Council – Alistair, Emily, Tom, Ella, Harriet, Will, Elliott, Gemma, Ash as observer

 

Clare Muir, Sue Lyus, Alex Ferguson, PCSO Steve Patton, PCSO Adam Booth, Sandra Jenkins

 

Apologies:- Natalie, Molly, Amelia

 

Sandra Jenkins was introduced as the new ESCO for Ashlyns and was welcomed to our meeting.

 

As this will be Harriet’s last meeting, Clare thanked her for all her hard work over her time with the Youth Council and wished her well in all that she does in the future.

 

  1. The minutes of the meeting on 18 June 2008 were approved.

 

  1. Matters arising. 
bullet Inflate Day.  Clare has booked a bungi-run following members requests.
bullet Electric Guitar.  Clare has purchased one at a cost of £80

 

  1. Treasurers Report.  Ben was not present to give a report.

 

  1. Gigs. Dates for next gigs:-

·         11 July

Ella and Emily need to come to the Swan to print off the Bands Contract.  Clare will look at dates for September to December and then Jim can start booking bands.

 

  1. Video Project. Emily fed back info from the last meeting.  The storyboard is done and another meeting needs to be arranged.

 

  1. Late Night Travelling.  Elliot has not had any luck getting in touch with Arriva. He will however, work on a letter to taxi firms re the late night discount card.  This will be done with PCSO Steve at the Police Station. 

·         Suggested that for safety purposes, it needs to say on the card something like ‘give a password to the driver when arranging to be picked up’

·         So far suggested Taxi firms are Choice, Lynx Cars in Hemel 01442 266644 and Kims.

·         There needs to be a trial period of say 6 months and we need to keep arrangements with the Taxi firms simple and then review .

·         Card can be in form of credit card size or keyring. 

 

  1. The Berko / Tring Thing.  Info from the meeting with Tring was fed back.

·         T-shirts will be printed on purple with white writing.

·         BYTC compares – Ali, Harriett and Ella want to do it – only need two.

·         BYTC Judges at the Audition – Tom + need one more

·         BYTC Judges at Pendley  - Emily & Elliott

·         More judges need to be invited.  Sandra will ask some ex Ashlyns pupils.

·         Clare will ask Paz and Dan

·         Need to have another meeting early September either 3 or 10th.  Alex will sort with Tring and get back to us.

·         Pizzas for crew at the auditions

·         £1 to get in to the auditions if watching.

 

  1. Police 10 Minute Slot.  Discussions took place including that of ‘Knife Crime’

 

  1. Any Other Business

·         Police Open Day.  Steve said this will be in October and all members would be welcome.

·         Youth Work Training for Young People.  Clare reported on this training course for 15-21 year olds and if anyone is interested, please let her know.

·         Transition Town Berkhamsted.  Information was given out and Harriett said she would be interested in attending their next meeting to find out more.

·         Activities for the Elderly It was suggested that a letter re should be sent to Douglas Gardens Sheltered Accommodation as there has been little response from the other two homes that we sent letters to.  Steve will get the contact name of the manger there.

·         Image Consent Forms.  Alex said she has had very few back.

·         Compass.  Ella suggested that at next years Feeling Good event in February run by Compass, the youth council could help with the event and publicity. 

 

 

Date for next meeting

4.30 - 6 pm

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Swan Youth Centre

 

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Meeting – 9 July 2008 

Agenda

·        Approve minutes of the meeting 18 June 2008      

 

·        Matters arising

 

·        Treasurers report

 

·        Gigs

 

·        Video project update

 

·        Late Night Travelling

 

·        Big Berko / Tring Thing

 

·        Police 10-minute slot

 

·        Date of next meeting

 

·        Any other business

 

 

 

Minutes of Last Meeting Wednesday 14th May

Present:

Youth Council – Alistair, Molly, Emily, Tom, Harriett, Elliott, Natalie, Ben, Jim as Observer 

Clare Muir, Sue Lyus, Alex Ferguson, PCSO Thomas Montgomery, PCSO Ben McGregor 

Apologies:- Amelia, Ruby, Jorge, Alex Ferguson 

Clare read out letters from Chris who has felt the need to resign due to other pressures, and Nicole Conners who has changed jobs. 

  1. The minutes of the meeting on 19 March 2008 were approved.
     
  1. Matters arising.  
bulletCounsellor for Young People.  It is proposed to hold a pilot project for 6 weeks from Half Term till the Summer holidays with a Counsellor attending the Swan Youth Centre for one night a week.  The Extended Schools Consortium will fund this and if successful, members of the Youth Council who have expressed an interest, will help apply for continued funding.
 
  1. Treasurers Report.  There is £1821.35 in the bank and Clare presented the members with a year end printout showing all the expenses for the past year.
     
  1. St Georges Day Parade.  Alistair reported that the Scouts who organised this parade have donated £400 from the proceeds to the Swan Youth Centre.  Alistair also said that he presented a speech in the Church after the parade.
     
  1. Town Council Annual Meeting – Feed back.  Members who attended the event said that it was a good opportunity to showcase what they have been doing over the past year.
     
  1. Gigs. Dates for next gigs:-

·         16 May

·         13 June

·         11 July

Clare asked members in Ruby’s absence, whether they would like to hold another benefit gig to pay for Aids Awareness training for the young people in Wamba, North Kenya.  The Youth Council did a benefit gig a few years ago to raise money for resources for a primary school in Wamba.  It was agreed, but suggested to wait till the autumn as numbers attending gigs in the summer drop off.

  1. Video Project.  Molly fed back the minutes of the last meeting of the Video project and asked for different members to perform different roles.  A future meeting for this project has not been arranged yet.
     

  1. Late Night Travelling.  Since the last meeting, Elliot has done a lot of research into late night travelling, following his concerns that public transport is very unreliable and many young people have had problems getting home when buses don’t turn up.  The main concern is from Red Rose who put on buses after 7pm at the weekends and are very unreliable.  It was suggested that Elliott contact them and invite a representative to our next meeting.  It was also discussed that it would be good for young people to have a small credit card sized card with a few reliable taxis numbers on including ones who have female drivers.  The taxis could be asked to give a discount for any young person who shows them the card.  All members will look into reliable taxis firms by asking friends etc and bring numbers to the next meeting.
     

  1. The Berko / Tring Thing.  Following the last meeting, Tring will put together a poster and BYTC needs to sort out two members who will help compare the night with two Tring members.  It was suggested that anyone wanting to do this should prepare a 2-minute presentation for our next meeting and present to the other members.  2 will then be selected.  Ali, Ben and Jim want to do it and anyone else not at the meeting can put themselves forward.  Clare has found judges who are willing to help at the auditions and Final (but not famous)!!  Ben will come in a  write a letter that can be given to potential judges.
     

  1. Stanley Sharpe Award.  The criteria for this annual award was discussed and how it should be publicised.  Young people would be nominated for their contribution to their community and be publicised in the local press, schools, shop windows and notice boards.  It was felt that youth council members and reps from the Swan Trustees should be the judges.  There would be a financial reward for the winner to their project or charity of their choosing and a small voucher for themselves.  A date in to year to hold the event needs to be agreed.
     

  1. Police 10 Minute Slot.  Discussions about antisocial behaviour and graffiti took place.  Thomas will find out whether the police will fund summer activities for young people and an art project at the Skate Park.  Also from the last meeting the idea was raised about getting a small basketball/football pitch.
     

  1. Any Other Business

·         Summer Activities.  Discussions took place about whether the Youth Council would fund more activities this summer if the Police are not able to.  The trip to Thorpe Park and the Inflate Days were a great success last year and members agreed that they would like to run them again.

·         Summer Residential.  Members were given information about the summer residential to the Forest of Dean and told to secure their place soon as possible as places are running out.

·         Half Term Activities. Sue Lyus gave out information about different activities to be held at Ashlyns over the May half term.  Sue will bring flyers to the Swan to publicise.

 Date for next meeting

4.30 - 6 pm

Wednesday 18 June 2008

Swan Youth Centre

 

Pictures of recent activities are here

PAST INITIATIVES OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL
Other Initiatives include organising discos for 10 to 14 year olds!
where trained Youth Workers are in attendance.

Look at the Youth Council's more serious Dacorum-wide role below.

 In Local Democracy Week

Participation at Berkhamsted Town Council full Council Meeting, during 'public participation'.

Presentation 'Dacorum 2015'. Mischke Weinreb and Daniel Ayers presented Young People's views on how Dacorum should be developed. [NB: The PowerPoint presentation is a sequence of slides which should start when opened. if not, after a few moments re-click the link. The speed of pictures can be advanced by using the 'Page Down' button. However, EVEN for those WITH broadband, saving and then viewing is recommended.]

Government for Young People
UKYP—United Kingdom Youth Parliament
BYC—British Youth Council

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