Project - Pallion Action Group

Address of Organisation:
Pallion Action Group
5 Eastmoor Road
Pallion
Sunderland
SR1 2QF

Telephone No: 0191 5142011

Fax No: 0191 5657496

Email Address:

Pag5uk@yahoo.co.uk

Website Address:

www.pallionactiongroup.co.uk

Name of Manager : Doreen Buckingham

Name of  Person responsible for  work with Young  People:
Karen Woods – Volunteering Project
Paul Jenkins – Senior Youth Worker

Status of Organisation:

Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered Charity:

Year organisation was established:

1993

Areas of Sunderland  you work in:

citywide

No. F/T employees

No. P/T employees

No. Volunteers

Funding  sources:

City Council (Youth Opportunities Fund)
VFunding
Trusts and Charities

Key partners:

• Children’s Services
• Connexions
• Gentoo
• Youth Development Group
• Extended Schools
• CVS,
• Job Linkage
• CEED
• Timebank

Mechanisms for Quality Assurance:

Involvement in  local / city networks:

• Sunderland Voluntary Sector Youth Forum
• Sunderland Community Network
• West Area Forum
• East Area Forum

Nature of work with Young People

Age range of young people  engaged:

Specific target groups:

• Young people aged 16-25 years who are NEET and who are interested in volunteering
• Young people aged 11-19 years living in the Ford, Pallion, Millfield areas of the City
• Young people who are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education.
• Young parents
• Young people who are involved in or at risk of becoming involved in anti-social behaviour

Project venues / locations:

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

• Core work programme: 
  Centre based youth club activities
• Volunteer project
• Training
• Welfare rights/money/debt advice
• School holiday activity programmes
• SHOWT Drop-in , Chlamydia screening
• Youth Committee
• 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.

Accredited outcomes offered:

• ASDAN Short Courses
• Duke of Edinburgh Award
• First Aid
• Health & Safety
• Paediatric First Aid
• Keyfund