Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise
Context
Our mission is to ensure every young person in Kinross-shire is given the opportunities they need to reach their potential
We take a personalised approach to youth work and every young person coming through our door is valued as an individual .
Locations
As well as working from the base in the town of Kinross , the team went ' on tour ' and took a bus to the outlying villages of Abernethy , Bridge of Earn and Powmill . This initiated engagement with a wider audience than ever before .
Facts & Figures
977 Youth Work engagements 27 Active volunteers 683 hours volunteered 18 completed Youth Scotland Awards 108 new young people reached in new locations
What We Did
At the beginning of 2021 , we began Walk and Talks around Kinross-shire , with the young people on a 1-2-1 basis . Due to a recent bereavement in the community , young people needed to talk to someone face-to-face . When summer came along , the restrictions eased enough to allow us into our building again and with restricted numbers .
OUR HIGHLIGHTS
# 1
We got to meet 108 new young people from ' the rurals ' we wouldn ' t have got the pleasure to work with , had we not gone on tour this summer .
# 2
This year at band camp we had the biggest group we ' d ever had sign up . We split that young people in 2 groups and these became two bands . It was outstanding to see their progress !
We were able to call upon the local expertise of Dave Munro , a Scottish Volleyball coach , who delivered 2 weeks of Volleyball sessions for the young people of KYTHE . The feedback we had was so great we booked him again for October !
# 3
Fixat Bike workshops provided young people with the necessary skills in maintaining and fixing easy fixes on their bikes . Interestingly , the majority of attendees were girls too !
Team members also ran a ' Fixat Bike ' workshop , for young people to maintain and use their bikes .
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