HORNSEA YOUTH RESPONSE PROJECT

Published: 27 July 2023

As with all youth work, detached youth work uses the principles and practice of informal

education to engage young people in a constructive dialogue about their needs, interests,

concerns and lifestyles to support them in their personal and social development. Unlike centre based provision, detached youth work takes place in ‘non-institutional’ settings, spaces young

people have much more control over. Primarily, but not exclusively, the work takes place in the

street, but also in parks, cafés, shopping centres, and other spaces young people have chosen

to be. This makes it accessible to young people who are unlikely to attend building-based

provision.

The aims of detached youth work:

● to make contact and be available to young people in the settings of their choosing;

● to work with young people through programmes of personal and social education, which

help them gain knowledge and recognise new opportunities in the world around them;

● to build effective and meaningful relationships with young people through regular

contact, mutual trust, respect and understanding;

● to identify and respond to the needs and agendas of individuals and groups of young

people by developing appropriate strategies for action which are both educational and

fun;

● to support and challenge young people’s attitudes and action towards issues such as

unemployment, drugs, poverty, racism, sexism, disability, health, sexuality, criminality,

peer, parental and community pressure;

● to enable young people to take more control over their lives and create experiences with

them which enable them to make informed choices;

● to support appropriate action that young people take resulting from their own ideas and

suggestions;

● to bridge the gaps in understanding between the local community and young people;

● and to highlight issues affecting young people and act as advocates for and with them

within the wider community and world.

We intend to bring this all together with lots of fun, regular events across the summer months and undauntedly some terrible jokes along the way. You will know who we are from either Josh trying to do “Just Dance” when we checked out the local youth club, Phil and his florescent jacket (apparently not very good for a game of hide and seek) and Gav trying to catch the dog of one of our more elderly residents!! If you see us out, give us a shout. Don’t walk, stop and talk.

IF YOU THINK WE COULD HELP AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE HORNSEA YOUTH RESPONSE TEAM PLEASE EMAIL:  youthresponseteam@hornsea.gov.uk