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ELGIN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP
March 2014
Issue 10
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Welcome to Issue 10 of our
newsletter - we are
pleased to announce
details of our Easter
Holiday activities, and give
you news and updates of
everything that has
happened in with us since
last October.
Included in the newsletter
is an introduction to our
new youth worker and
hospitality team, an update
on our afterschool clubs,
photos from recent events
and an overview of what
we’ve been up to.
We would like to wish a
very warm welcome to
Donna Breen, the latest
addition to our staff
team within the Youth
Cafe. Donna will be covering Jillian’s youth
work maternity leave
until at least January.
Donna has many years of
Youth Work experience in
many different fields, and
will be a huge asset to the
Cafe and the staff team.
Donna believes in healthy
lifestyles, and to this end
brings this personal
interest with her to deliver
both healthy eating and
fitness after school
programmes for our
young people. These
programmes have already
started with good
numbers attending, and
Donna has said: “I guess
it’s not surprising that as
a health promoting Youth
worker that I have had to
hit the ground running –
Inside...
ceptional even though the
Curly Kale Chips almost had
them running in the
opposite direction! A huge
thank you to everyone—
Hospitality
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Afterschool Clubs
3
Recent Events
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Easter Holiday program
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Delta Force & Divas
Adult Volunteers
Within the Café:
Jillian (Centre)
young people, staff team,
volunteers and directors for
the warmest of welcomes as a
new employee and great
generosity in giving of their
time and support.”
page 3 inside!
thankfully not from the
young people whose welcome has been ex-
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Divas ‘n Heroes
Delta Force
Job placements
1-1 support
Arts & Crafts
Games & Activities
Band Nights
Internet & Wifi
Recognised accreditation
Youth Achievement Award
Saltire Award
There is more from Donna on
Donna (left)
Social Enterprise Update
Funded By:
BBC Children In Need
The Robertson Trust
DIAGEO
Parish Development Fund
Volant Trust
Gannochy Trust
Four Acre Trust
Cashback to Communities
HIE
Many local funders
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Social Enterprise Update
We’ve had a busy start to the year
with lots of different groups using
the Youth Cafe and the Inkwell for
venue hire and catering – with
groups such as Diabetes UK, Moray
Business Womens’ Network and
Moray Rotaract to name but a few!
We’re glad to see the building
being used by so many different
groups in the community, and of
course any profits made are directly
reinvested back into the charity.
We were thrilled to be awarded with
the Keystone Award at the
beginning of the year, an SCVO
award which recognises best
practice in village hall and
community venue management.
Hospitality
We are pleased to announce that we
have just recruited a new hospitality
team, again on four month
contracts. These four young people
aged 16-18 will be trained to work in
both the bar and kitchen areas of the
cafe. For some of these young
people it will be their first experience
of work. They will have the
opportunity to learn new skills and
gain qualifications whilst in post that
should hold them in good stead as
they progress towards leaving
school and entering the big bad
world of work. Welcome aboard to
Gemma, Chloe, Tori & Kezia, our
new hospitality team.
The head of Moray Council came to
the youth cafe to present the award.
Finally, we’ve also launched
“Inkwell Connect” – a free online
hub which will allow members of
the community to find people in
Moray with similar interests and
meet up.
If you’re over 16 and have a
hobby and want to find like
minded individuals then visit
http://www.inkwellmoray.co.uk/
inkwell-connect.html#/ or the
Inkwell Connect Facebook page
for more information.
Hiring space in the Inkwell (Large room)
Chloe Bitters and Shannon Bitters
bonding whilst making cakes!
The catering staff hard at work!
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Afterschool Clubs
Donna
A big part of my inspiration is to
build on the excellent work and
momentum that Jillian had built up
with the two afterschool clubs:
healthy cooking/eating and activity/
fitness club and these have both got
off to a good start!
Joining the world of social media
was the scariest thing I have to do so
far and thanks to Tori for helping
me! My Twitter biography probably
sums it up in a nutshell: Youth
Worker with a mission for a
Common 'Health' Games legacy in
Moray. Oh and potato baker in the
cafe to give the deep fat fryer a night
off. Baked Mars Bar anyone?”
Gourmet Grub
Fitness
Enthusiasm and energy is very
Gourmet Grub continues to meet
visible at our regular group
from 4pm -6.30pm on a Tuesday
meeting at Elgin Academy Gym on
afternoon and has places for 8
Wednesday afternoons from
young people
4 -5pm. Newcomers are
S1 –S6, with a Offering healthy choices within always welcome at this
EYC Café:
focus on
group, as it continues to
healthy
Our youth work staff have also grow without such a
cooking and been working with young
limited capacity in
eating. Two people and the Divas & Heroes comparison with our
four week in particular on the menu
other after schools
programmes offered by the Youth Café.
clubs! Active Schools
have been There have been talks of a a coordinator Laura
planned and potato baking oven, smoothies, Stewart has been great
the first four fresh fruit and our own
at getting people
weeks have prototype of an EYC healthy motivated as we train for
seen every- snack.
our own mini-triathlon
thing from
for Comic Relief. There
Curly Kale Chips (quite a talking
are lots of other plans in the pipepoint!) to light Chicken Korma, deliline, including taking part in Race
cious fruit sorbets and lots of
vegetables . The challenge of making for Life, possibly the Six Harbour
healthy eating enjoyable and fun is Walk in May, one aspiring
being met head on and the young Edinburgh ‘Moonwalker’, the
people’s enthusiasm, cooking July Baton relay event at Cooper
skills and tolerance are all to be very park on 3rd July and a Glasgow
much praised and admired. Huge Common Wealth Games legacy
thanks to Carola for her unfailing Project.
support as a volunteer for keeping
the Ready Steady Cooks on track
and smiling through the
organised chaos which always
somehow still manages to end in a
delicious sit down meal. It’s also
worth looking out for
Brunchersize in the Easter holidays.
10am – 1pm Super-healthy
energising breakfast, health topic
activity, followed by one hour’s
exercise once it’s digested!
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Recent events at Elgin Youth Café
Some of our recent activities include;
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Post-xmas reopening
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Burns Night celebration
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Valentines party
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SSPCA fundraiser
Fair Trade evening—including
baking and Delta Force support
Independence debate
Burns Night
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Boys night in
Christmas ‘Inkwell Abbey
party)
Mivas (Mini Divas) election
Delta Force—Wrapping Xmas presents
Inkwell Abbey Party
Transition Town Forres
Archery—run by Divas for young people
Delta Force at the Xmas lights
SSPCA Fundraiser—award of cheque
Bronwyn showing some love for
Fair Trade at the Delta Force
supported Fair Trade Event
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Easter holiday program
Easter Holiday Programme
The Easter holiday programme has been finalised (above) and we are proud to say
that with the exception of one day, every day has at least one activity running for
young people. With limited spaces on most of the activities, young people should
sign up for the activities as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Evening Activity Programme (Post Easter Holidays –
Summer Holidays)
The youth team are currently putting together our evening activity programme that
will run from after the Easter holidays right through to the beginning of the Summer
holidays. We’ll take what has worked from previous evening programmes and add
some exciting new things to it. The programme will be finalised and ready for
distribution by the end of March, so keep an eye out.
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Delta Force
2014 marks a new year and for Delta ⇒ Cornerstones gardening
Force, means starting to look for new
projects. We’ve started to build ⇒ Fairy & Elf day with Earthtime
together an exciting agenda moving We’ve agreed to continue to meet
forward including the following;
every 2 weeks on Friday evenings, with
new roles appointed for the new year
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Moray Food Bank—painting
within Delta Force. A planning date has
also been promised for the near future,
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Milnes smoothie bar with CFM
and it’s starting to look like a
promising year so far with plenty of
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Trees for Life project
interesting projects cropping up and a
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National Trust—Brodie Castle
fresh feeling to the committee with the
rotation of roles.
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Scottish Day with Elgin BIDS
SSPCA Cheque award
Young people are silent for Charity
Young people from Elgin Youth
Cafe’s Delta Force programme
completed a 24 hour sponsored
silence in aid of the SSPCA. After the
SSPCA visited the group in
November, the young people were
determined to do their part and raise
money for the charity. Three young
people raised over £270 by getting
their friends and family to sponsor
them to be silent for a 24 hour
period.
Delta Force, a youth volunteering
programme run by Elgin Youth Cafe
encourages young people to become
active members of their community by
Bronwyn with freshly made Fair Trade biscuits for the Fair Trade evening in February
Delta Force have had a busy couple of
weeks, including our Bingo Evening on
“My sister got her dogs from the
Wednesday 12th March which raised
SSPCA Visit
SSPCA so I wanted to raise some
money for the charity. It was really providing taster volunteering projects £450 for Kayleigh’s Wee Stars and EYC,
with various charities. Since launching and Keane’s family fun night on
challenging but I managed to
February 2013, the young people
Saturday 15th March which helped to
succeed and everyone says I should inhave
worked with over 20 charities and raise funds for Keane’s Stars through
do it again!” Tori Anderson (aged contributed over 1000 hours to help
face painting at the event.
16).
their community.
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Are you a young person that wants to get involved in your local community?
The Youth Cafe is also seeking local community projects for the young people to get involved
with. These projects could be a one off project or ongoing projects that require volunteers on a
regular basis. They could be gardening projects, renovation projects or they could be a charity
that simply wants an extra pair of hands for sessions they run.
Fancy doing some
volunteering?
Want to learn new skills?
Do you want to join a group and
get involved in
community projects…
Divas and Heroes
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Recruited 2 more young people
for Divas and Heroes, so we
welcome Bethany and Scott who
joined the team in February.
and their next fundraiser will be
a bag pack in Asda on 5 April.
th
Adult
The group have visited two other
Volunteers
youth projects and have been
able to share good practice and We are always seeking new adult
ideas with both projects
volunteers to help with evening sessions, fundraisers, admin tasks etc so if
The group went to the
Pantomime as a group in January you are interested please get in touch
with Kate Chandler. (poster attached)
which was enjoyed by all
Divas and Heroes are busy
Things coming up for Adult volunteers
planning their annual residential
– this year they are visiting other ⇒ Food Hygiene Training – March
youth projects to find out what is ⇒ Child Protection Training –
available for young people in
March
different areas, share good
Saturday 8th March also marked the
practice and bring some ideas
annual volunteer party which has been
back for the youth cafe
delayed from Xmas—this time themed
around Downton Abbey. While the
The young people are busy
fundraising for their residential turnout was lower than hoped, all staff
and volunteers who turned up
reported having a great time, and
we’ve attached a couple of photos
from the event below!
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ELGIN
EYDG YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Elgin
Elgin Youth
YouthCafé
Café(EYC)
(EYC)
Francis
Place
Francis Place
Elgin
Elgin
IV30 1LQ
IV30 1LQ
Phone: 01343 548300
Phone:
01343 548300
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
“Working
with
young
people,
“Run by
young
people,
for for
young people”
people”
young
ISSUE 10
Seeking Volunteers!
Volunteers needed!
We are looking for:
- Someone who can give a few hours a week/fortnight to
help with evening sessions
- Someone who genuinely likes young people
- Someone who can work as part of a team
- Someone who is non judgemental
- Someone who wants to make a difference to the lives of
young people
Www.elginyouthcafe.org
Contact Kate for more info – [email protected],
548300 or pop in for a chat!
http://www.facebook.com/elginyouthcafe

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