Stockport Action for Voluntary Youth Supporting all aspects of voluntary youth!

On behalf of The Challenge Network, SAVY are very proud to promote the National Citizenship scheme in Stockport. This is an excellent opportunity for Young People and local voluntary and community groups to become more involved with each other. For more information please see the 'organisations' area of the website.

SAVY have moved office and are now based in the Services for Young People building on Chestergate. Our new address is:
64 Chestergate
Stockport
SK1 1NP.

You can contact us on 0161 477 5128

SAVY are very please to advertise new two job roles:

- Senior Youth Worker supporting disabled Young People

- Sessional Youth Worker supporting disabled Young People

Please click on the job vacancies section on the left of the screen directed to the job descriptions.

Dear All, A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported the SAVY Christmas toy appeal.

With over 250 donations it has been a great success so thank you again for your amazing generosity!!!! All toys have been delivered to the Stepping Hill Children’s Ward where they have been greatly received.

The staff were overwhelmed by the amount donated and it really made a difference to the children on Christmas day. If you could please forward this message on to your friends and colleagues who showed their support that would be greatly appreciated. Best Wishes,

From all at SAVY

To view a picture of our Youth Action Team with all the toys click below:

Take a look in our 'Third Sector Vacancies' menu tab for opportunities and jobs within the sector

Please take a look at Stockport Action for Voluntary Youth's Annual Review 2010/2011
http://www.stockportsavy.org.uk/annual-review-20102011

CYCLES NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY PAYBACK PROJECT

Residents are being asked to donate unwanted bikes to support an innovative Safer Stockport Partnership run project helping young people payback their debt to society.

The ‘Cycloan’ project led by Stockport Council’s Youth Offending Service gives young offenders the opportunity to repair stolen and recovered bikes donated by the police to carry out their community reparation (payback).

Once all the repairs have been made to the bikes and they have been verified as road worthy, they are donated back to the community – to victims of cycle theft, residents in need of a bicycle or community organisations. They are also supplied with a bike lock and property marking kit.

Funding from Stockport Action for Voluntary Youth (SAVY) has recently been used to repair five bikes as part of the ‘Cycloan’ project. These bikes have been given to the Wellspring Centre’s newly established Men’s Group.
Plans to expand the project to donate repaired bikes to young people in care are on hold thanks to a welcome 39% reduction in cycle theft in Stockport over the last year.

Councillor Mark Weldon, Executive Member for Communities, said: “This has been a very successful project giving young people the opportunity to pay back their debt to society through a positive project benefiting the whole community.

“To ensure the successful continuation of this project and to help the supply of cycles to children and young people in the care system the Council is calling on members of the public to donate unwanted cycles.”

Vicky Herd, SAVY Youth Action Officer, said: “SAVY have worked in partnership with the Council’s Youth Offending Service to promote and support young people to become active citizens through positive activities. In doing this they have funded the maintenance of 5 bicycles to be donated to the Wellspring. These will be used by the men’s group on local bike rides and help them maintain a healthier lifestyle.”
To learn more about the Wellspring visit: http://www.thewellspring.btck.co.uk/

For more information on how to donate a cycle to the ‘Cycloan’ project, contact the Council’s Youth Offending Service on telephone 0161 476 2876 or email stock.yot@stockport.gov.uk