Youth Club

Buckland Newton Youth Club is a new

initiative run voluntarily by villagers

for the young people of the village. It

aims to provide a safe and stimulating

environment for 11-16 year olds to

meet, relax and have the opportunity to

join in a variety of structured activities

including music sessions, film nights,

bake-offs and sport events. The club

will also endeavour to foster strong

links with all age groups within the

village through organising special

events for the community.

Buckland Newton Youth Club meets on a Tuesday evening between 18.30 and 20.00 in Buckland Newton Village Hall, during term time. If you have or are a young person who would like to join Buckland Newton Youth Club, you must be in Yrs 6 - Yr 12 from Buckland Newton and the surrounding parishes, and is run by local volunteers . Some additional help to run the Buckland Newton Youth Club is needed. Could you help? Please get in touch with Kate Parish on 07860 582362 / 01300 345497 or e-mail BucklandNewtonYC@gmail.com Congratulations to Buckland Newton Youth Club volunteer team who have been nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Award. It has been a strange month weather wise; we started the month all warm and full of promise and then had a cold snap which impacted on some of our plans. However, BNYC did play "Knock & Gnome" for the first time, a game inspired by one of our volunteer's Jodie who was telling us stories of what she got up to when she was a teenager. Imagine a Treasure Hunt but with Gnomes. The young people not only had to find the Gnomes dotted around the village, but they also had to pose with them in their best Gnome pose, which in some cases also included outfits. It was slightly concerning how many of our volunteers also joined in! We plan to do another Knock & Gnome in 2027. If you could host a Gnome for a night please get in touch, they can't hide again in the same places. Members of BNYC did a stirling job selling teas, coffees and cakes at the Buckland Newton Plant Sale. They raised £114.40 from plant sales for Weldmar Hospice and £106.17 from the refreshments for the Youth Club's funds. In fact, they enjoyed serving the refreshments so much that BNYC will take over the running of the Tea Tent at Buckland Newton Village Fete this year. And work on the allotment(s) has started in earnest, the potatoes are in, soon to be followed by the runner beans, squashes and sweetcorn. It is amazing how much weeding can be done when you've got 20+ helpers Kate Parish Lead Youth Worker Buckland Newton Youth Club bucklandnewtonyc@gmail.com Summer Programme Following its music project with BSharp in October, Buckland Newton Youth Club now has a video (well two actually) and a theme tune! You can find them both here on the Buckland Newton Community website. Click here for Video 1 and here for Video 2 and see what they have done. With a growing membership adult help is always greatly appreciated, and one of our regular volunteers is about to commence Dorset Council's free youth work training. This is a great example of how volunteering can provide the opportunity to learn new skills and provide free accredited training, that can lead to paid employment in the future. Regular volunteers will be required to have a DBS check.

Buckland Newton Community Website

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