Scheme on track to help youngsters
By Katy Edwards on Thursday, 17th August 2000.
A SEVEN-YEAR On Track scheme to keep young people on the straight and narrow is taking shape in Haverhill.
The Government project aims to give children aged four to 12 a boost in life, to help them succeed at school and beyond.
Haverhill, as one of 22 areas chosen to pilot the scheme, is set to receive £300,000 a year for seven years, match-funded after the fourth year.
The Suffolk Youth Offending Service, managing the scheme, has now submitted a delivery plan to the Home Office, with a view to getting On Track by September.
Agencies will work closely together, providing staff and liaising with community groups and local schools to provide support for children and their parents, wherever it is needed.
John Gregg, county manager for the youth offending service, said there were plans for a drop-in centre in Haverhill and a mobile unit to tour outlying areas, run by Suffolk ACRE.
He said: “People might feel they need a facility for mums to come and discuss things they’d like to see in the community.
“It might be by a youth club in a village where kids don’t have very much to do, or somewhere they could go to set up a homework club.”
The scheme aims to increase success rates at local schools and reduce the number of pupils who drop out early. It also hopes to achieve a reduction in anti-social behaviour and offending.
On Track will be constantly evaluated, with families asked to provide feedback.
Staff will be provided by Suffolk Police, social services, the education service, Suffolk Health, NCH Action for Children and Suffolk ACRE, with the Haverhill Partnership overseeing it.
Anyone interested in getting involved can contact the youth offending service on (01473) 583390.
The Government project aims to give children aged four to 12 a boost in life, to help them succeed at school and beyond.
Haverhill, as one of 22 areas chosen to pilot the scheme, is set to receive £300,000 a year for seven years, match-funded after the fourth year.
The Suffolk Youth Offending Service, managing the scheme, has now submitted a delivery plan to the Home Office, with a view to getting On Track by September.
Agencies will work closely together, providing staff and liaising with community groups and local schools to provide support for children and their parents, wherever it is needed.
John Gregg, county manager for the youth offending service, said there were plans for a drop-in centre in Haverhill and a mobile unit to tour outlying areas, run by Suffolk ACRE.
He said: “People might feel they need a facility for mums to come and discuss things they’d like to see in the community.
“It might be by a youth club in a village where kids don’t have very much to do, or somewhere they could go to set up a homework club.”
The scheme aims to increase success rates at local schools and reduce the number of pupils who drop out early. It also hopes to achieve a reduction in anti-social behaviour and offending.
On Track will be constantly evaluated, with families asked to provide feedback.
Staff will be provided by Suffolk Police, social services, the education service, Suffolk Health, NCH Action for Children and Suffolk ACRE, with the Haverhill Partnership overseeing it.
Anyone interested in getting involved can contact the youth offending service on (01473) 583390.
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