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Barnsley has been criticised for

quite some time for its lack of


education, unemployment and
people claiming benefits, who The Youth Development is pro-
have controversial views this is viding accommodation and basic We currently have 299 mem-
what the media can only see life skills for 16-18 year olds
Barnsley Positive bers on the group
these bad stereotypes. They don't in South Yorkshire to prepare
look at the positives they just them to become valued members
of society. If you would like to support us
criticise without further investiga- by joining us on the group
Cllr Tim Cheetham, Cabinet tion. They don’t realise that there Our presence on Facebook is please click on the link. We
Spokesperson, Corporate Services, are a lot of good things about promoting our organisation on
Barnsley i.e. would really appreciate it
the Social Networking Enterprise
said: “It's further proof of The Youth Development, which is very important to
Voluntary Action Barnsley and Thank you.
Barnsley's growing reputation as young people. The group repre-
Connexions. sents what we do as an organisa-
one of Britain's most digitally tion. We have a lot of friends on
Barnsley Council will be keeping the group particularly young
advanced places and its just up the good work in improving people who wish to help us out We also have a presence on…...
our community despite failing to by making suggestions on how
the start, we hope, to have a
make the shortlist for city of to make South Yorkshire a better
wider collaboration with one culture. place. Hopefully, we can make
the Social Networking Enterprise
of the world's biggest com- the heart of our organisation .
Also Barnsley is a very pleas-
panies. ant community, has lovely Please go on the link below
co u ntr ysid e vie ws, cheap
housing and most importantly http:www.facebook.com/
very friendly people #!/group.php?
Barnsley has been awarded gid=215030966348&ref=ts
£5million from The Microsoft As well as a football club which
Britain award. This will be con- reached the FA cup semi final
verted into 54,500 vouchers and in 2008.
2100 exams which will be dis-
tributed to centres rather than
individual learners. Barnsley has
been given this award as
Microsoft Britain has seen Community Computer
the potential of Barnsley being Solutions.
the most digitally advanced city I am a friendly and honest young
CCS provides services to the
in Europe. The man with good timekeeping
skills and a strong ability with unemployed by giving them
Youth Development will be work-
ing with Barnsley Council and IT. I live with my parents and a Personal Web-Profile where
Barnsley College to help deliver my brother in B a r n s l e y and I employers can view what type
this service. Accreditations will My name is Adam Bowler. went to Holgate High School of person they are, what quali-
be rewarded to help reduce the I am 18 years old and I live in fications they have and their
17.9 % of Barnsley residents who Barnsley. I enjoy watching and playing work experience a n d also
have not got a Qualification I was referred to the Youth Devel- football and the team I support is references.
opment by Barnsley College. At Barnsley F.C. My most memora- CCS Barnsley supports low
the start I had low self-esteem ble moment was watching my
income families by reselling
and a short attention span. team in the F.A cup semi final at
Wembley Stadium. recycled computers. giving
Through the Youth Development I enjoy socializing with my them a better future by gaining
I have developed my IT skills and friends and family, going to skills via appropriate training
grown in confidence. My ambition the gym and playing my Playsta- which is needed from the
is now to successfully run my tion3. growing IT industry.
own business. I am currently run- I love sitcoms especially
ning a project called Community Everybody Loves Raymond.
Computer Solutions The aim of
the project is to lower unemploy- My most embarrassing moment
ment rates by teaching IT skills was losing my shoe during a
to people who don't have regular sports day event and went back
access to computers. to pick it up. in front of a big
In a couple of years I would crowd.
like to develop my company In the future I would like to have
by becoming a Public Limited a nice house and a loving family.
Company and making a profit.
My name is Alice Hello I’m James Perry, I’m Jemma Hawkshaw I
Morton. I am 18 my age is 18 I'm from am 19. I live in Gilroyd
years old I live In Bolton Upon Dearne, and Barnsley. I’m a volunteer
Worsborough and I went to Dearne High. I for the Youth Develop-
went to Kingstone was referred to the Youth ment. I’m a very friendly
High school. I’m a Development from person as well as a very
young volunteer for Barnsley College. I am talented artist. Although I
the Youth Develop- currently working on 2 projects. need to improve on my
ment because of problems at home. Before I My first project is raising awareness of health and punctuality as well as my confidence skills. The
joined The Youth Development my main fitness in the community. The second project is main- project I’m working on is based around graphic
problems were that I talked too much and taining Youth Development properties. My project will design inspiring the young people in Barnsley into
had a lack of focus. My ambition is to give be financed by fund raising. graphic design and showing them how to become
young offenders in Barnsley a creative outlet. successful artists. I will fund my project by applying
I will do this through LYDIR (Live Your I live with my parents and my 2 sisters Megan and
for government and community grants, as well as
Dream In Reality ) it is a Creative Progres- Ella as well as my dog Lulu and 2 cats. Kevin and
selling my own artwork.
sive Mentoring program aimed at 13-19 year Roney
olds to prevent them from entering the Judi- I live with my parents, my 16 year old brother
One of my vices is not getting on with my family.
cial system therefore reducing crime rates.
Some good things about me are that I am a friendly Adam, 2 dogs and 2 cats. I like watching football
My aim is for the project to be privately run and eating seafood and socializing with my friends
person and I have a good work ethic.
in the future. As a person I am friendly and and family. My most memorable moment was
My dream is to have an excellent job and a nice
easy going and have good artistic ability I when I got my first pet dog. I aim to have a family
house. I Love karate and playing on Halo
live with my mum, dad and my 14 year old and a nice house.
ODST on my Xbox 360.
sister as well as my 2 dogs and I hope to
have a nice house and family and ducks.

My Name is Dzintars Lubiks I am 16 years old and I live in Barnsley. I was referred from Barnsley College.
Before I came to the Youth Development I had a low self-esteem and a poor attention span.

My ambition is to be a software designer for Microsoft , I am currently involved in publishing the Youth Devel-
opment newsletter, marketing and media. The aim of the newsletter is to inform the community about the
Youth Development that is an innovative company. Showing how young people like ourselves are benefiting
and developing their skills. I would like to finance my project partly by government and community grants also
I would like to freelance for big companies. I am a friendly and sociable person with a good sense of humour. I
have good IT skills which I hope to develop.
I live with my mum, dad and my brother and my dog Ricky.
In my spare time I enjoy boxing and playing football my favourite football team is Chelsea F.C

My favourite TV channel is VIVA and I enjoy playing Fifa 10 on my PS3. My most embarrassing moment was falling off the
Rope in P.E in front of my class. In the future Im hoping to achieve a nice house, a nice family and a buy Honda Clarity.

Hello my name is Susan Fryer I am 18 years old. Growing Unemployment

I studied at Deane High School and I have GCSE`s in ICT,


Food Technology and Child Development.
The Charted Institute of Personnel and De-
I am currently studying at Barnsley College and I am on a work
placement at the Youth Development in Barnsley. I suffer from velopment said it was ‘alarming’ that the
Cerebral Palsy, this is the reason why I want to do this project. number of 16 and 17-year-olds out of work
This is so that people with disabilities have a chance to join in for more than a year had almost doubled-to
competitive sports and be able to join with able - bodied people more than 20,000– in the past year. It has
instead of feeling left out. called for a six month work placement sub-
When I was younger I would see my friends playing in the park it used to upset me because sidy of £1,250 offer vital help to younger
they seem to be enjoying themselves and I felt isolated. jobseekers. Meanwhile the CBI wants part
of the government’s £500million recruit-
The reason why I want to do this is because I want to change people’s views of people with dis- ment subsidy to go on 50,000 new appren-
abilities and hopefully this will help disabled people feel more confident about themselves. ticeships it also recommends setting up a
£25million fund to encourage businesses to
train more apprentices than they need .

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