London Borough of Croydon

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Introduction to youth services

Croydon Council Youth Service

The Youth Service provides Croydon's young people aged 13-19 with a range of opportunities to engage in positive and fun activities out of school.  The Service delivers its activity programme through six designated Youth Centres and three Specialist Centres strategically located across the Borough, supported by ten part-time Neighbourhood Youth Clubs.  The youth work programme includes the performing arts and a variety of sports and challenging outdoor activities, eg Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Urban Adventure and water sports. 

The Youth Service's Detached Team operates on streets and estates, away from youth centres and clubs, to establish contact with young people who do not or cannot access premises-based youth provision.  The team develops positive relationships with the young people they meet and works with them to identify their needs and to help to them access youth and other support services.

Increasingly young people are becoming directly involved in the planning and allocation of funds for youth services and they are encouraged to engage in discussion and strategic consultation on topics of immediate concern to them, eg the environment, bullying at school and equality issues. 

For detailed information on the overall Youth Service programme please see below or pick up a leaflet from your school, college, library or youth centre (if unavailable please ring the Youth Office on 020 8760 5598 and ask for a current leaflet).

The Youth Service also delivers a number of targeted services on behalf of other departments and agencies.  These services include key elements of the Connexions Service, eg the provision of Targeted Personal Advisors and the Positive Activities for Young People programme, as well as, for example, Sex and Relationships and Drugs and Alcohol Awareness Education both in and out of schools.

Contact Details

Contact name
Youth Services
Department
Children, Young People and Learners
Telephone
020 8760 5598
Email
youth.service@croydon.gov.uk

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