Parents
This page has been designed to provide
information to parents and carers who are living in Sunderland.
Empowering Young People Pilot and the 'Letsgo' Card
Sunderland is one of only nine local authorities, selected by
the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to take part
in Empowering Young People Pilot from 1 April 2008 to 31 March
2009. Sunderland’s Empowering Young People Pilot will be known
as 'Letsgo' card. Access will be through the promoting positive
activities website
www.letsgosunderland.com.
Letsgo card is a smartcard allowing disadvantaged young
people to take part in positive activities.
Once registered, young people receive their card, which is
credited with £33 per month for the duration of the pilot. Up to
£99 of credits can be saved to pay for more expensive
activities. Up to 100 Positive Activity Providers including
statutory, voluntary and private sectors will be registered in
the pilot.
198 young people purchased tickets for activities to a value of
£5,110 during the school holidays. Letsgo Card has a Free Phone
Helpdesk number available 8am to 9pm everyday 0800 0850 037.
There are a number of services available
and below outlines two of the schemes run by Sunderland Youth
Offending Service which are designed to help parents and carers of
children and young people who offend or who are at risk of
offending.
We have also included a letter from one of our parents indicating
how our services can help.
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Is your child aged between 8-13?
Is your child often getting into trouble?
Are you worried about your child smoking, drinking or
taking drugs? Has your child been excluded from school?
Wear Kids is a free voluntary support scheme for Young
people aged 8-13 and their families in Sunderland. Our
aim is to help young people stay out of trouble and prevent
anti social behaviour
Wear Kids can be contact on 0191 566 3114 or
send any queries to our e-mail address wearkids@ssd.sunderland.gov.uk
Barnardo's project is part funded through Neighbourhood
Renewal Funding
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 Barnardo's
is dedicated to assisting parents/carers of 10 to 17 years
old children, or from 8 years if referred through the
Youth Inclusion Support Panels (YISP), and their main
aim is to reduce youth offending and non school attendance.
They offer a wide range of services which can be tailored
to suit individual needs. These services include:
- Individual work either home based or at another
agreed venue.
- Joint work with couples.
- Group work sessions for both make and female
parents/carers.
- If they are not the appropriate service they
will assist you in accessing the right assistance.
For
more information on Barnardo's SunGate Parenting Project
please visit our projects page. |
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