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First Meeting of the 2008 year
The day was so nice that we supported the local economy by going to the Pure Juice Bbar on Angel Hill (for delicious drinks) which we took down to the Abbey Gardens to have our meeting! With a great turn out of the core group (missing 2 from the 11) we were able to confirm the new leadership, various budget and banking details, and look at our upcoming gigs along with the possibility of getting qualifications thanks to www.cegtheatreservices.co.uk! The meeting minutes will be posted on the meetings page soon.
New Sponsors
Thankyou to the Explore Card who have given us £1500 to meet up and undertake various local projects over the next year. Become a sponsor too & earn our forever gratefulness.
Great Success
Our event; A Rocking Easter Monday Showcase was a great success. Approaching capacity, we collected a lot of views from young people, gave many yp the chance to show off their musical talent & even more the chance to experience it! Well done to everyone involved.
Get Into Theatre
A new website for young people about getting into theatre (especially back & offstage) officially launched on Friday the 7th March. The conference in London which saw Emrys (our chairman) as a Speaker also saw the launch of a marketing Video featuring a number of young people from Bury St Edmunds! See the film at www.getintotheatre.org.
Mix 'n' Blend
Deemed a huge success. See, read, and hear what happened here.
Mix 'n' Blend
After great success from BurySound 2007 the youth council has teamed up with the organisers to bring you a new, heavily influenced by young people, Mix 'n' Blend event the night after valentine's.
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Mix 'n' Blend
After great success from BurySound 2007 the youth council has teamed up with the organisers to bring you a new, heavily influenced by young people, Mix 'n' Blend event the night after valentine's. Get the info here.
Sexual Health Services in Suffolk
Members of the youth council have been helping to collect information on how YOU want the sexual health services in suffolk to look & be, right through to actually influencing the design and wording if the questionnaire!
Participation Under the Spotlight
Led by the National Foundation for Educational Research with the Local Government Association, National Children's Bureau, National Youth Agency, & the CfBT Education Trust this was a conference based in London interrogating policy and practice and defining future directions of and for CYP participation. Emrys was one of the 4 Young Facilitators for the day and guided various sessions into answering particular questions for outcomes. A full report and the position paper can be found from www.nfer.org.uk.
New meetings and more
The BSEYC is now getting into the swing of things well, now planning for the February Mix 'n' Blend Event, carrying out evaluative research into youth facilities, gaining young peoople's views on various things, and notifying them of useful information and events. Coming soon is the Media Box, Recruitment tours and Christmas Party!! If you want to get involved then please feel free to join us or keep up to date with our mailing list.
BurySound - The Final
Yet another brilliant event gone by for another year... It was sold out in a day!! Just goes to show the quality of the nights, and the BSEYC even had assessors or shhall we say evaluators in on the event too. Their feedback is valuable along with the vast number of young people we spoke to directly too and a report will be made available in the early part of 2008 along with a number of other youth facilities in and around Bury St Edmunds. There are pictures on the St Edmundsbury website @ stedmundsbury.gov.uk. And also at the BBC Suffolk Website: www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk
Suffolk PCT & Sexual Health
Among numerous opportunities received lately as advertised at BurySound we have received an email from the Suffolk Primary Care Trust (the people that run the health care services in suffolk) about Sexual Health. Take part in the consultation by getting more info here.
Bury Sound - The Final!
After another great BurySound Heat we are now entering the final of the competition, to be held at the corn exchange on the 2nd of November. But the tickets are selling fast! You can get tickets from the Tourist Information Centre, Bus Station, The Rehearsal Rooms and Sounds Plus. Get more details and heat 1 pictures @: stedmundsbury.gov.uk
Sudbury Music Collective
If BurySound isn't quite your scene then how about joining the Sudbury Music Collective at: Acton village hall, nr sudbury, suffolk - Doors Open @ 7.30pm. For more information see their myspace page @ MySpace
BurySound 2007 - Heat 1 & 2
It was a great night with some good music, great atmosphere and a full house!! Tickets sold out, so if you havn't got your tickets yet for Heat 2 then get them quick!! You can get tickets from the Tourist Information Centre, Bus Station, The Rehearsal Rooms and Sounds Plus. Get more details and heat 1 pictures @: stedmundsbury.gov.uk
BurySound 2007
We have teamed up with St Edmundsbury Borough Council to help with the Bury St Edmunds Battle of the Bands Competition. It is a great series of events for young people that also allows a celebration of young people's talents and work in the music world. It has a slightly new look this year that boasts it to be one of the best ever. Come join us in the Corn Exchange on October the 5th & 19th and November the 2nd. Catch the details @: stedmundsbury.gov.uk
NHS - Suffolk PCT
Exciting invitations galore over the summer where the youth council is getting up to so much good for our community. A week after the Exploire card work 2 members were off to represnt the council at a Suffolk PCT Ethics Workshop. In fact it turned out we were the only young people to attend for the whole of West Suffolk! We were joined by other people from organisations such as the Patient involvement forum, Age Concern, the WI, and West Suffolk Crossroads among others. We were there to look at the ethical decision making process of what to fund in Suffolk on the NHS, from prioritisation of programmes and ranking of criteria for funding. We will make the final report from the PCT available as soon as it has had its public release as a public document.
The Explore Card Consultation
New member Lewis joined Emrys in Ipswich with Suffolk Passenger Transport to talk about the Explore Card. We covered issues such as where it works, and where it doesn't, who else should participate and how the opportunities are marketed. We also focused largely on the brand new website for the explore card which promises to be something special and useful for young people in Suffolk. Great feedback was received from the newcomer and we certainly got a lot from the meeting.
The Explore Card Consultations
Members of the BSE Youth Council have been given the opportunity to meet with other young people from across suffolk to discuss the explore card, how it can be improved and the website redesign as just some of the ideas. As a great opportunity for partnership working and making a real difference to the lives of young people in our community and having such a positive impact on our public service provision this is a great opportunity, watch out Ipswich, we're on our way over... Tell us what you want said at the forum or by contacting us.
The Gold Arts Event
Thankyou to those involved in the arts event for young people, with a range of people taking part and just watching people seemed to enjoy it alot and great feedback has been received, please visit the Gold Arts Event Website to leave your feedback on it...
Suffolk PCT / NHS Consultations
Members of the BSE Youth Council will shortly be attending a workshop in Newmarket shaping how staff are recruited and services improved for young people in suffolk. Tell us what you want said at the forum or by contacting us.
Ask What If? A new website as an information portal has been set up by the ASC to bring information to young people about careers in certain areas of work. It covers everything from youth work to environmental officers, Architects to transport planners, or even community arts officers and police community support officers. As you can see there is information on a lot of topics, and what's better than this? Being able to ask questions and get answers, from experts and peers!!