the YOF/YCF fund

hi, ive only just been able to get a new account or whatever so thats why i havn't written for a very long time lol

the youth opportunity fund is all about helping disadvantaged young people in croydon so we really should look deeper into this when chosing what we should do. i met a gril the other week who has been living in a home nearly all her life and had recently moved into a hostile. she told us about all the young people who have given up on life and don't see the point on making an effort. working on the management team has taught me alot about what it means to be disadvataged and that is exactly what this money which has been given to us is all about. weve been given this money to help disadvantaged young people and so when deciding on the activities were going to be programing i think that we should look at what people really want. maybe we should ask people what kind of events people would want? if were going to make these workshops a success then i think that we need to do alot more market research and actually go out there and ask people what they want! maybe we could do questionnaires or something and invite people from hostiles and that and get them involved in things from the clocktower aswell as our workshops.

its just an idea but it really fits in with the aims of the YOF fund and i think we should really take them into consideration maybe ?!?

loVe Jess

p.s. im sorry i havn't been to the last couple of meetings, i had my last exam and then went away to a uni summer school thing.