SOMEWHERE TO GO, SOMEONE TO BE: Select Committee Report on Provision of Activities for Young People in Kent March 2009 Kent County Council County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ 08458 247247 1 [email protected] 2 Contents Foreword.................................................................................................................................................9 I Executive Summary.......................................................................................................................11 Committee membership...................................................................................................................11 The Terms of Reference....................................................................................................................11 Evidence gathering............................................................................................................................12 Reasons for establishment of the Select Committee .......................................................................12 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................13 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................15 Glossary.............................................................................................................................................19 II National and Local Policies and Strategies ...................................................................................21 Youth Matters ...................................................................................................................................21 Integrated Youth Support .................................................................................................................21 Positive Activities ..............................................................................................................................22 Medium Term Plan ........................................................................................................................... 23 Towards 2010....................................................................................................................................24 Kent Youth Justice Plan.....................................................................................................................24 Other Kent Strategies........................................................................................................................24 III What is there in Kent for young people?......................................................................................25 Youth Matters Next Steps.................................................................................................................25 District Youth Strategies ...................................................................................................................25 Ashford..........................................................................................................................................25 Canterbury ....................................................................................................................................26 Dover.............................................................................................................................................26 Swale.............................................................................................................................................26 Maidstone .....................................................................................................................................27 3 Tonbridge & Malling .....................................................................................................................27 Tunbridge Wells ............................................................................................................................27 Kent County Council......................................................................................................................28 Maps of youth provision in Kent.......................................................................................................28 What are young people doing?.........................................................................................................31 Music concerts and gigs....................................................................................................................32 One off music events ....................................................................................................................33 Sport in Kent .....................................................................................................................................35 KCC Sports Leisure and Olympic Service.......................................................................................35 High adrenaline activities in Kent .................................................................................................36 Arts in Kent........................................................................................................................................37 Cinemas and Theatres...................................................................................................................37 Kent Arts Development Unit.........................................................................................................38 Kent Youth Service ............................................................................................................................39 Libraries.............................................................................................................................................41 Mobiles .........................................................................................................................................41 CAFÉ IT ..........................................................................................................................................41 Community Librarians...................................................................................................................41 Extended Schools..............................................................................................................................43 Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations .............................................................................46 Silver Cross Youth Club .................................................................................................................46 Girlguides ......................................................................................................................................47 Scouts............................................................................................................................................48 IV A Level Playing Field......................................................................................................................49 Cost ...................................................................................................................................................51 Finding freebies.............................................................................................................................51 Financial support for talented sportspeople ................................................................................52 4 Leisure Pass...................................................................................................................................52 Positive Ticketing ..........................................................................................................................53 Cost of KYS centres .......................................................................................................................53 Hidden costs..................................................................................................................................53 Transport...........................................................................................................................................54 Freedom Pass................................................................................................................................54 Community Transport...................................................................................................................56 Transport issues raised by the Youth Service ...............................................................................57 Issues affecting particular groups of young people..........................................................................58 Profiling Communities...................................................................................................................59 Mosaic...........................................................................................................................................60 Aiming High for Disabled Children................................................................................................62 me2 ...............................................................................................................................................64 Disabled athletes...........................................................................................................................64