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Project - Pennywell Youth Project (PYP)


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Address of Organisation:
Pennywell Youth Project
Petersfield Road
Sunderland SR4 9BB

Telephone No: 0191 5345357

Fax No: 0191 5341010

Email Address:

pypsunderland@hotmail.co.uk

Website Address:

www.pennywellyouthproject.co.uk

Name of Manager : Gordon Langley
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Name of  Person responsible for  work with Young  People:
Lisa Thompson / Sophie Smith

Status of Organisation:

Registered Charity 1044736
Community Interest Company

Year organisation was established:

1988

Areas of Sunderland you work in:

Primarily St Anne’s and Pallion Wards, although some activities are delivered citywide.

No. F/T employees

12

No. P/T employees

10

No. Volunteers

15
Annual Turnover not provided

Funding sources:

not provided

Key partners:

  • Connexions
  • Children’s Services
  • City of Sunderland College
  • Northumbria Police
  • Local schools
  • Gentoo
  • Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust
  • local community organisations
  • local residents.

Mechanisms for Quality Assurance:

14-19 Quality Framework (Silver standard) PQASSO
Working towards NYA youth work standards

Involvement in local / city networks:

Common Assessment Framework Meetings

Nature of work with Young People

Age range of young people engaged:

10 - 125 years

Specific target groups:

all young people

Project venues / locations:

Pennywell Youth Project
Detached youth work
Outdoor activities at various locations

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

100 young people/day
Core work programme:
Centre-based youth work activities (Mon, Thurs, Fri & Sat evenings)
Detached youth work (Mon & Tues afternoons & Thurs & Fri evenings)
Girls work (Thurs 6-8pm)
Gardening Project (Wed 5.15-7.45pm)
ASK Group (Tues 6-8pm)
Youth Committee (Mon 6-8pm)
CONNECT programme for 16-19 year olds(Mon –Fri 9.30am-4.30pm)
Friday ALIVE (Fri 1-3.30pm)
SMART Group (Sat 10am-12.30pm)
School holiday activity programmes during all school holiday periods
Outdoor activities
SHOWT drop-in
Employment Drop-in (Thurs 1-3pm)

Accredited outcomes offered:

  • ASDAN short courses
  • ASDAN Liferoutes
  • Duke of Edinburgh Award,
  • John Muir Award
  • Mayor’s Award
  • CONNECT
  • AQA qualifications
  • Young Navigators Award
  • BELA Award
  • First Aid
  • Junior Sports Leaders Award.

 

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