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Hi, Im Sarah Im the youth project worker for a young peoples project in Warwickshire. With me today is Rich and Becky who work on the project with me, Im going to hand over to them now so they can explain all about the project and the work we do.

Hi my name is Becky Im an Assistant youth Project worker My name is Richard My Job role is Assistant Youth Project Worker

We work for New Ideas on Project Nirvana which is for all young people aged 16 to 25 with or without Disabilities

Project Nirvana means No Judgements and Everyone's Equal. This was decided by one of the young people on the project who thought it would describe the project well.1RevolveDavidAmina Hope

New Ideas Richard BeckySarah Denise

Meet the staffProject Nirvana is funded by the Big lottery.

This is the people who work for project Nirvana, some pictures are missing!

Revolve and New Ideas Advocacy work together to run this project, both of these organisations are part of Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action.

reVOLve is a youth volunteering project for North Warwickshire. They put on a series of fun and rewarding volunteering projects for young people.

New Ideas is an advocacy organisation who work with people with learning disabilities of all ages to support them to speak up and make informed decisions.

Revolve and new ideas work together on project nirvana because we want to support people to be integrated.

2Steering groupTeam of young people

Meet every month

Discuss what young people need to know and what they would like to do

Decide what projects or activities we do

Project Nirvana is run by a group of young people that are called the steering group.

The steering group has 6 young people, some of them have learning disabilities and some dont.The young people all respect each other and their opinions.

They meet every month to talk about what is important to young people and what they think they should know about or what they would like to do.They then decide what projects or activities we run.

The steering group came up with the name Nirvana because it means that everyone should be equal and people shouldnt judge each other and the young people thought this was a good thing to work toward.

The steering group also designed our leaflet.

3What we doYouth ClubMondaysHatters Space in Nuneaton4.30 until 6.30

We have a youth club on a Monday evening from 4.30 till 6.30 at Hatters Space in Nuneaton.

We do different things there that encourage young people to get to know each other better and think about what they can do in their community to make a difference.

Some of the things we have done include:

Pool competitionsArt and craftsCooking; we did a cooking project for 6 weeks where young people worked in teams to create healthy meals on a budget.Volunteering workshop; we explained to the young people all about volunteering and how it helps your future

Next week we are hoping to do a disability awareness session to help young people understand what it is like to be in a wheelchair or be visually impaired, etc.

4What we doVolunteeringPhotography in London for Bromford HousingCake baking for Doorway CharitySponsored cycle for the Tree of HopeGraffiti Art ProjectJumble sale

We provide opportunities for young people to get involved in volunteering, by doing this we hope young people will become more involved and passionate about their local community, gain different skills and add to their CVs.

Some of the things we have done include:

A photography project, where young people went to London to take pictures of landmarks, they edited these and put them onto canvas to donate to Bromford HousingWe baked cakes and made sandwiches to donate to a young peoples homeless charity called Doorway

We have three projects coming up soon which areA sponsored cycle in Nuneaton town centre to raise money for the Tree of hope foundationA graffiti art project and A jumble sale5What we doProjectsResidential

Talent show

We support the young people in Project Nirvana to organise their own events or projects, this helps them to practice working together, think of others, learn negotiating and budgeting skills and try new things.

We have a residential coming up in August where we will be taking a group of young people to Derbyshire for some glamping!

We are also planning a talent show where young people can take part to show off what they are good at and raise money for charity.6Contact us Call us on 02476361800

Email us on Info@projectnivana.co.uk

Find us on Facebook

7Any questions?

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