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Myplace Big Lottery Fund bid
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Councillors are hoping to secure £1.3 million of lottery funding to develop a new world class facility for young people in Walsall.
Cabinet members are next week (9 June) expected to approve a business plan for the new state of the art facility they hope to develop on the Joseph Leckie school campus subject to funding being secured from the Big Lottery Fund's 'myplace' initiative.
Young people from the borough have been actively involved in putting together the business plan which sets out to deliver:
* an attractive and safe place for young people to go to in their spare time and get involved in a wide range of exciting activities
* a range of positive activities to support young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds
* provide more young people information, advice and support
* create a partnership involving public, private and voluntary sectors
Once built the new centre would become the flagship of the newly formed Integrated Young People’s Support Services or IYPSS*, which is creating a new way of working to offer young people a full package of support and guidance.
Cabinet member for children's services Councillor Rachel Andrew said: "We are very hopeful that we will get the go-ahead from the Big Lottery Fund.
"We want to ensure that as soon as funding is in place, we are ready to go with a proper business plan for the use of the building.
"If we do get approval, the new centre would be the icing on the cake to our new visionary approach to young people's services in Walsall and would involve a wide ranging partnership from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
"Young people would be at the heart of the centre, right from its conception through the development stages and have a huge say in the types of activities it provides."
* The newly Integrated Young People Support Services (IYPSS) has three main strands offering young people:
- information, advice and guidance, including careers support,
- positive activities
- targeted youth support, including the youth offending team.
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