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Positive Futures/Activities for Young People Project

What services does your agency offer?

Positive Futures is a national social inclusion programme that uses sport and leisure activities to engage with disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.

It aims to have a positive influence on participants’ substance misuse, physical activity and offending behaviour by widening horizons and providing access to lifestyle, education and employment opportunities within a supportive and culturally familiar environment.

Within Newport we currently target the 10-19 age groups who are considered to be at risk of substance misuse, school/social exclusion and youth offending.

We target young people who are involved in the Education Other Than at School (EOTAS) System, Youth Offending Team (YOT), with Substance Misuse agencies and young people in the Bettws, Pill, Duffryn and Ringland areas of Newport.

Who can contact your agency?

Any agency, who feel that they have a young person, or group of young people, who fulfil the criteria above and may benefit from our intervention. Young people who access the community programmes do so, on a self referral basis. In all activities the young people involved are there by their own admission.

What age range of clients does your agency provide a service to?
We provide a service to young people between the ages of 10 and 19.

Which geographical areas within Newport does your agency operate?

We work with agencies that have groups of young people from all over Newport as part of the day time ‘referral’ programme. However, we operate specifically within Bettws, Pill, Duffryn and Ringland areas of Newport as part of the ‘open’ access community programme.

What happens when someone first contacts you?

We can arrange to meet the agency worker or young person/people involved to explain more about the Positive Futures programme and to assess or identify the needs/interest of the young person/people involved. If there is interest in the programme an appropriate activity or taster session may be able to be set up.

Does your agency provide prescriptions?

No

Does your agency offer residential care?

No

Contact Details

Positive Futures/Activities for Young People Project

Newport Tennis Centre, NISV,

Velodrome Way

NP19 4RR

Tel: 01633 671806

Operating Hours

Monday- Friday (occasional weekends) Varies between 9am – 8pm

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