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to earn some money or get some vouchers?
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Scroll down and look for something that you would like to do.
R U Interested in being a Consultant? Do you know about computers and IT?
Check out the news about your G2G card
Young Cambridgeshire's Got Talent
Global Xchange volunteer abroad
for 6 months
Hunts Youth Bank want you!!
Community Cash Awards from the Princes
Trust NEW Age ranges 14 - 30!
Kids Aloud Launch
Building Schools for the Future
Global Youth Action Project - join
the group
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LSCB need a Someone who is interested in Computers. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Safeguarding Children Board are working on an e-safety strategy which aims to:
- help children and young peope to be safe from abuse on line
- be safe when using other forms of ICT (Information & Communications Technology)
- raise public awareness (particularly with parents & carers)
- develop the skills of professionals in recognising and dealing with e-safety incidents
If you know about things like this and, more importantly, how to deliver messages to people your age, about how to report abuse, stay safe, etc Josie wants to hear from you. Over the next year or two, Josie needs two or three young people from Cambridgeshire to work regularly with the E safety officer, and with a CEOP worker to make the best strategy we can. Contact Josie Collier - josie.collier@hotmail.co.uk
CEOP stands for Child Exploitation and Online Protection !!
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Young People Weight and Health - There's a new multimedia health website www.YouthHealthTalk.org -
This site is hoping to interview young people
aged 16-20 about a range of issues to do with weight and health,
including: body image, size & shape, exercising, struggling with weight,
food & eating, dieting, being told you’re overweight, and losing &
gaining weight. They want to hear about your
experiences of being overweight and what it's like trying to manage your weight. If you want to help them have a look at this leaflet - it tells you know what they want.
If you want to talk to someone just call Krysia Canvin on 07805 828792
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The G2G card Autumn Newsletter is just out. To read it and find out much much more about where you can use your G2G card and what you can use it for have a look at this link
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Young Cambridgeshire's got Talent
Have you got someone in your club/youth group/organisation who has talent? Do you want to be involved in an exciting new event that will celebrate the talent of young people within Cambridgeshire! If so, then enter Young Cambridgeshire’s Got Talent.
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Global Xchange want you for their 6 month exchange programme. If you are 18 to 25 and you are keen to travel, meet new people and do something helpful, this might be for you.
Visit their
website www.vso.org.uk/globalxchange/
or read all the details in this attached Global Xchange letter
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Fancy volunteering with Hunts Youth Bank - Huntingdonshire Youth Bank Panel is looking to recruit young people, aged 13-19 who want to help give out grants to other young people in the area. For more information see the attached flyer.
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Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000
available to help young people who want to improve their local area. This
could be your chance to start sorting out those transport issues in your
rural area that stop you getting out and about? The grant is targeted
at young people in the most disadvantaged areas and provides the opportunity
for young people to set up projects to raise awareness of issues in their
local area. Anyone who is aged 14-16 and in school, but struggling, or
anyone aged 14 - 30, unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week.
Grants of between £1000 - £5000. For More info visit the Princes Trust Website: www.princes-trust.org.uk/
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'Kids
Aloud' is new in Cambridgeshire. Children aged 5 to 11 are having their
say through ‘Kids Aloud’ groups. The groups are based in South
Cambs, East Cambs, Fenland and Hunts. The aim of 'Kids Aloud' is to make
sure that every single child in Cambridgeshire has the opportunity to
have their voice heard. To find out more about Kids Aloud you can visit
their website: www.get-involved.org.uk
- there is a questionnaire for you to let the County Council know what
you think about issues like bullying, parks, school. The five best entries
get a £20 Argos Voucher.
To contact Kids Aloud you can send them an email kids.aloud@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
or call Poppy on 01223 718086
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Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is a £100 million project to redevelop six schools in Fenland. The schools involved with BSF are:
Cromwell
Community College, in Chatteris
Fenland Junction Pupil Referral Unit, in March
Neale-Wade Community College, in March
Meadowgate School, in Wisbech
Sir Harry Smith Community College, in Whittlesey
Thomas Clarkson Community College, in Wisbech
Members
of Fenland Just Us group worked with Sam McLaughlin, from the BSF team
to record their ideas for their new schools. Read
this to find out more....
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Global Youth Action - are active in Cambridge....
The Local Collective meets at the Arbury Community Centre between 7-9 o'clock every Monday. The Global Youth Action Project seeks to empower young people (13-25) to take action on global issues. The project is supported by Development Education Association and also the Big Lottery Fund.
Read this to find out more about GlobalYouth Action and how to get involved
Stuff to do - Updated 6 January 2009
Sorted on-line is a listing of things for young people to do
Young Lives - give you a chance to help someone else
Cambridgeshire.net is a database of activities
