Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney


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Guernsey Registered Charity number CH119 *


*The Guernsey Registry is responsible for administration of the registers of charities and non-profit organisations. The number indicated above was originally issued to the charity, but this is not an indication that registration is up to date. Please see www.guernseyregistry.com/charities for a current list of registered organisations

Description Aims and Objectives

The Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney (Youth Commission) is an independent local charity responsible for the delivery of youth work in the Bailiwick. We provide children and young people aged 4 - 25 with seamless access to a range of universal and specialist services ensuring they can take part in activities or get the tailored support that is most relevant to their individual needs.

We offer a range of services to children and young people in the community, responding to the changing needs of our society and the issues young people face.  Our services are available to everyone in the community however a number of our services prioritise supporting children and young people who for a variety of reasons experience adversity.

Support – We offer free and confidential emotional health & wellbeing support to children and young people aged 9 – 18.  Children do not need to be referred to our service which means that we provide early intervention to families who otherwise may not be able to access support on a range of topics. Within our Support service we also offer specialist support in child sexual exploitation and provide bereavement support to children aged 4 – 18 through our Sunflower Project. In 2019, we supported children with over 1,400 one to one sessions focusing on their emotional health. 

Activities – We offer a range of opportunities to children and young people with the focus being to reduce barriers to positive activity and provide equity of opportunity for all.  We know that Guernsey and Alderney have a wide range of activities for children to take part in but these often have financial, physical and aspirational barriers for families. We run 16 youth clubs a week as well as project-based activities for children to have new experiences.  We also run a holiday playscheme for primary school age children. Playscheme is an inclusive scheme and over the past three years we have worked to ensure we can offer the scheme to children with additional needs.

Voice – We are passionate about children and young people having a voice where decisions are being taken that affect their lives.  We facilitate a Youth Forum where young people are elected by their peers to represent youth voice in strategic decision making.  Young people have consulted on food waste, voting age and many other issues that will impact their future in the Bailiwick.  We also support individual young people who are going through Child Protection proceedings or corporately parented to not only understand the meetings they attend but help them to have their voice and share their views, wishes and feelings with professionals.

Learning – We work closely with schools to provide independent expertise in a range of areas.  We see every secondary school age child to raise awareness of domestic abuse as well as deliver sessions on LGBT+ and child sexual exploitation.  We deliver the Princes Trust Achieve Programme to young people identified by schools as benefiting from a more holistic approach to learning in a different environment. 

We facilitate the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) scheme which challenges young people to get involved and try new experiences.  We support schools to effectively deliver DofE and also run community groups to engage with young people who would not normally put themselves forward for the award.  In 2019, we have had young people who are home-schooled and young people in the prison achieve their DofE through our Youth Commission Open groups.

Network – In order to effectively work in partnership, we support other organisations working with children and young people with practical help, advice and guidance.  We deliver training to the third sector as well as providing buildings, minibuses and support with DBS checks.  In November we ran a successful conference in National Youth Work Week for volunteers, professionals and parents featuring expert trainers from the UK.


Organisation and Management

The Youth Commission has an active Board of Directors who support the CEO and Leadership team with the direction and strategy of the organisation.  


 

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Contact Details

http://www.youthcommission.gg
Charlie Cox CEO
01481 756099
info@youthcommission.gg  

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