Project - The Box Youth Project

Address of Organisation:
The Box Youth Project
Hall Farm Road
Hall Farm
Sunderland SR3 2UY

Telephone No: 0191 5225031

Fax No: 0191 5228460

Email Address:

theboxyouthproject@googlemail.com

Website Address:

www.theboxyouthproject.co.uk

Name of Manager : Lisa Wilson

(David and Lisa)

Name of  Person responsible for  work with Young  People:
Melanie Pounder

Status of Organisation:

Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered Charity: 1098708

Year organisation was established:

2002

Areas of Sunderland  you work in:

Doxford and St Chads and Wards

No. F/T employees

1

No. P/T employees

7

No. Volunteers

1

Funding  sources:

Commissioning contracts with City Council (Youth work), City Council SIB, Connexions, Trusts and Charities

Key partners:

Children’s Services, Connexions, Farringdon Community Sports College, Gentoo, Springboard, Community & Cultural Services

Mechanisms for Quality Assurance:

• Youth Development Group QA Framework (youth work)
• 14-19 QA Framework (Silver Standard) (educational work)

Nature of work with Young People

Age range of young people  engaged:

8-19 years

Specific target groups:

• All young people living in the electoral wards of Doxford and St Chad’s.
• Young people who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET
• Young people who are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education.
• Young parents
• Looked After Young People
• Young people who are involved in or at risk of becoming involved in anti-social behaviour

Project venues / locations:

• The Box Youth Project
• Farringdon Community Sports College

Average no. of young people using the project/week:

80

Core work programme:  

• Centre based youth club activities (4 evenings/wk) These sessions incorporate a range of activities that include music, sport, arts activities, drama & media projects etc. The activities offered are changed regularly in response to the changing needs and expectations of the young people.
• Girls work - one evening / week.
• Youth Committee
• SHOWT Drop-in
• Detached youth work (2 evenings / wk)
• Alternative education provision for young people at risk of exclusion from school
• Personal development programmes to support young people who are NEET (not in education, employment or training) to re-engage.
• Weekend and school holiday activity programmes .    

Accredited outcomes offered:

• ASDAN Liferoutes
• ASDAN Short Courses
• ASDAN (CoPE)
• Duke of Edinburgh Award