YOUTH & COMMUNITY
Woodrush Youth And Community
Welcome!
Over the last
few months
it has been
very busy at
Woodrush Youth
& Community
Centre. We’ve
had football
tournaments,
a day trip to
an Age UK day centre, we’ve
started our very own fundraising
campaign, our annual talent
showcase Youth’s Got Talent and
much more. In addition, to this we
have also started allowing Year 6
pupils to attend our Junior Night in
order to help with transition whilst
developing our new welcome
pack ready for September. We
hope you enjoy reading about
all of our fantastic events that
have happened over the past few
months.
Defibrillator/
Fun Run
(Article by Oliver year 12)
Every week in the UK, 12 apparently
fit and healthy young people die from
undiagnosed heart conditions. These
heart conditions lead to sudden cardiac
arrest. This is where a person’s heart
beat becomes irregular and where CPR
and Defibrillation (as you’ve probably
seen in Casualty) is urgently required.
Defibrillation (an electric shock) must
be delivered within 10 minutes of a
person entering cardiac arrest so time
is vital.
With the support of Worcestershire
Ambulance Service, The British Heart
Foundation & Martek Medical, A
member of our management team
decided to try and raise some money
12
to buy an
Automated
External
Defibrillator to
protect both
Woodrush
students and users of our Sports
facilities. With the support of
Worcestershire Ambulance Service, we
are also looking to make this life saving
device available to save lives in our
surrounding community.
In order to raise this money we will
be conducting a number of activities
on the 12th July during a non-school
uniform day with the funds raised
going to this worthy cause. Moreover,
our Youth Committee decided that
we should participate in the Wythall
& Hollywood Fun Run and gain
sponsorship for doing so. On the 14th
July we will be taking part in the race
and we are hoping to raise enough
money along with the activities we
have organised in school to buy this life
saving piece of equipment and get it in
place for September 2013.
Woodrush
Youth and
Community
visits AGE
UK
(Article by Chloe W, Heidi M,
Ollie M)
On the 19th June 2013
young people from Woodrush
Youth and Community Centre
and Woodrush Community
Farm went on a visit to Dennis
Potter Courts Age UK.
We (Chloe, Heidi, Ollie,
Lauren, Grace, Lois and Lauren)
presented our project to a
group of 20 members of the day centre
before the animals were let loose for
a close encounter with the elderly
members of our Community. In the
mix were kittens, guinea pigs, rabbits,
a bearded dragon and a snake. The
Youth management consultation
with the NHS
Recently a selection of Committee and
Management members from Woodrush
Youth and Community Centre had a
meeting with Ahmed Hussain who
is Worcestershire’s NHS Community
Development Officer. He invited us to
have the first input towards a young
people’s consultancy board. The
meeting was productive and we were
invited to be part of the boards first set
up meeting. On arrival we were able to
talk to a range of influential members
of the NHS Trust Board including Chris
Burdon, Chairman of Worcestershire
Health and Care Trust. After a short
presentation on the trust itself and the
work they have done so far we then
discussed the structure, function and
priorities that our youth board will focus
on. Our group presented a range of
detailed ideas and impressed the staff
who highly commended our work. The
trust are now collating all our ideas and
working towards setting up another
meeting. It was a good experience for
all involved and we are looking forward
to giving young people a voice from
Woodrush Youth and Community Centre.
Chloe W , Heidi M & Ryan J