Project History
MYPP Update - March 2009
Last Updated (Tuesday, 03 March 2009 17:00) Written by eric Thursday, 19 February 2009 13:48
Over ten years ago young people in the Malpas area asked for “somewhere to go and something to do”. This was the start of Malpas Young Persons Project. Along the way we created a Young Persons Council who helped to design our Centre (now next door to the Fire Station) and “hit the jack pot” with a National Lottery grant application which funded it.
Now, the Centre is over 5 years old. Its design has stood the test of time. The place has been looked after and not trashed as some pessimists had expected. In this last year we have had 114 young people attending sessions: Mondays after school for Year 6 upwards; Wednesday evenings for Year 9 and above; and Friday evenings for juniors aged 8 to 12.
The History of MYPP
Last Updated (Tuesday, 13 January 2009 19:55) Written by Iain Friday, 18 April 2008 17:56
Goodies or baddies? After encountering vandalism or yet more litter, there is a tendency for the community to conclude that young people are a problem. It’s understandable but hardly fair to the great majority of young people who are law abiding and enterprising. Faced with this issue four years ago, Malpas Parish Council decided to go for encouraging the positives in young people. We wanted to see what would happen if we gave young people their head.
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