YOUTHINC celebrates first birthday
Derbyshire County Council’s youth services brand, YOUTHINC celebrates its first birthday this month.
Designed by young people, for young people, with a website offering advice and information on all areas of life from something to do, to someone to talk to, YOUTHINC has got a lot to show for its first year. Some of the achievements from the past 12 months include:-
- Youth workers putting on 4,194 youth group sessions which involved 65,048 young people;
- More than 11,000 young people finding out about learning and career options at Derbyshire Skills Festival events in Chesterfield and Derby;
- Careers advisors helping 6,488 young people with their career options;
- Chesterfest – Chesterfield’s music festival – being enjoyed by more than 2,000 people.
Derbyshire Youth Council and members of the UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) also had the opportunity to speak in parliament to decide the two most important issues facing young people in the UKYP’s Make your Mark campaign.
Councillor Damien Greenhalgh said:
“Since we launched YOUTHINC we’ve provided thousands of young people with information, advice and guidance as well as safe and fun places to meet with one another. We’ve provided careers advice and helped people develop their skills for employment, listened to and supported our youth councillors with their campaigns and arranged work experience placements for young people in care.
“We want young people to have every chance to be happy and fulfil their potential in learning, employment and life.
