| Positive Futures - Wednesbury Positive Futures |
Positive Futures - Wednesbury Positive Futures
Geographical Area: Harvills Hawthorn and Friar Park within the area of Wednesbury.
Age Range Min: 10
Age Range Max: 19
Gender Specific: no
| Culturally Specific: no
Method of Access: Referral pathways have been set up with third parties – Social services YOT & DAT, West Midlands Police and On Track (a branch of the Children's Fund).
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| Description |
| Fairly new Positive Futures site set up at the end of 2003 offering sports activities such as basketball, football, arts, dance and drama. There is no direct drug education although all staff have relevant qualifications to deal with drug issues. As with other Positive Futures sites this one is situated in an area that has been targeted as being high risk. The aim is to engage the young person and to give them an activity to do on a regular basis to divert them away from substance misuse. |
| Objectives |
| • National aims of Positive Futures – “By engaging marginalised young people in sport and other activities, Positive Futures aims to build relationships between responsible adults and young people based on mutual trust and respect, in order to create new opportunities for alternative lifestyles. • The programme aims to use sport as a catalyst to encourage participants to make decisions for themselves, and to take self-determined steps towards a positive future. Steering young people towards educational and employment opportunities is at the heart of the programme’s agenda.” |
| Staff Profile |
| I manager, 1 project co-ordinator + sessional staff from other agencies such as sporting bodies. All staff have relevant qualifications to deal with drug issues. |
| Linked Organisations |
| Links with Pertemps training and other sporting bodies who provide sports coaches. |
