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2021-12-31-accounts

Passion Trustees Annual Report

Passion Youth Project exists to fulfil the following objectives:

  1. To act as a resource for young people primarily up to the age of 18 living in Shepshed and the surrounding areas, by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:

(a) advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;

(b) advancing education;

(c) providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.

  1. To advance the Christian faith for the public benefit in Shepshed and the surrounding areas in such ways as the trustees from time to time may think fit.

During 2021 Passion was able to fulfil the objectives through the existence of the evening drop-in running 2 nights a week, offering the young people of Shepshed a safe space to meet, utilising recreational facilities including a pool table, computers, and games consoles. The young people also have access to several volunteers who all bring their own experiences and use these to advise and guide young people. The existence of the drop-in sessions has been praised by the police and the local authority as it helps to reduce anti-social behaviour in the local area.

Projects run in 2021 were as follows :

Car Park Coffee Mon and Fri 7.45 – 8.30am. Offering free tea, coffee, and hot chocolate to anybody. The youth worker and a volunteer stand outside a church hall on a main route for young people to get to the local schools. Everything but the hot chocolate and take away cups is donated. This also offers an occasion for any young person to speak to the youth worker before school if necessary. Passion regularly engaged with 50+ people every session. Most of these were young people, but some were members of the community enabling the youth worker to explain the strategy of Passion.

Chat and Chomp Thurs 4 – 6pm with the young people. This is again an opportunity to talk to the most vulnerable young people about their safety and staying safe. It is also an opportunity to try out new recipes for the food fundraiser event. These sessions were more intimate with around 7 young people attending the sessions.

Drop in Youth Club Thurs and Fri 7-9pm. Open to 11-18 years old. We offer advice and assistance within this drop in. We also offer normal youth club activities such as pool table, table tennis, computer consoles. Free food and drinks, financially provided by the community. We offer the C Card at these sessions to those young people 14 and above, which allows young people access to contraception in the evenings when others are closed. This gives the youth worker the opportunity to talk about sexual health and safety.

Around 30 young people would attend each session. These would not always be the same 30 young people so I would estimate seeing around 50 young people per week in total.

We continued to have issues with Covid-19 in 2021. The staff and volunteers kept in touch with the young people by offering sessions on the park and outreach work. This was helpful for the local community to understand that Passion was around even though the normal services couldn’t take place.

The youth worker continued to perform 1-2-1 youth work with young people as and when they requested. These requests also came from parents struggling to deal with various issues. These sessions include mental health and mentoring work. They are always conducted with the permission of not only the parent/guardian but also the young person. This has included supporting young people into apprenticeships, education, and employment. From the application through to commencement offering guided support to enable the young person to reach their full potential.

March 2021 was the induction of a brand-new business called Shepshed Community Café . This project was introduced to young people in March via Zoom. The group then, with a blank sheet of paper, began organising and creating a café. The group was made up of 10 young people aged 11-18. The young people were able to open the doors in September 2021.

Passion collaborated with Leicester City Community in the Summer of 2021. Together we were able to offer sessions around the Parkour and BMX track, also using the local park for group games. The youth worker at Passion was able to use their experience to enable Leicester City to understand what is required when completing outreach work.

Passion also collaborated with Stephenson Studio School in Coalville with student work placements. The students were given the remit of opening an eBay shop. The young people were very successful at understanding the workings of opening an online shop. They were then able to complete work around the building, such as painting and decorating. This allowed some of the group to expand their knowledge that they have learnt from school.

Passion worked with Peter Le Marchant Trust, enabling a young person to engage with voluntary work. Within this weeklong training programme, they were able to build the resilience required to finish the course. This was a young person that due to other issues was unable to gain employment, training or education but is now able to volunteer their time for another charity.

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