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 The Youth Club has been busy as ever! The Village Hall clear out this summer and the provision of smart new storage cupboards in the back room has meant we have been able to buy some new games and equipment including a parachute, beanbags, den building stuff and board/card games. The first half of the autumn term has included a music workshop delivered by BSharp, the Dorset based music charity from Lyme Regis, apple juicing and lots of games in the village hall. With so many young people now attending the Youth Club, the volunteers took the decision to split the Club into two groups. Yrs 6 & 7 now meet between 1800 - 1930 and Yrs 8 + meet between 1930 - 2100. Whilst there has been some concern expressed about this decision, the volunteers felt it was no longer safe or manageable to have 40 young people all in the Hall together, particularly when the older group are so much bigger physically than some of the Yr 6s. Whenever possible, the Youth Club will meet together for joint activities such as the Halloween Party and the drama workshops/pantomime, but for Club nights in the Hall the group will be broken into two. 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. The Youth Club celebrated Halloween in the Parish Pavilion, dressing up as Mummies, Apple Bobbing and providing its own silent light show on the Parish Field with Glow Sticks. Whilst the lights might have been silent the young people weren’t but had a great time. On the 19 November, 32 members of the group took part in the season's first drama workshop. This is the start of preparations for the Pantomime Season which this year will be Aladdin and will take place on Tuesday 21 January 2025 in the Village Hall (save the date)! Over the next few weeks the Group will be making Gingerbread, Christmas decorations and looking forward to the annual Ringo-ing Trip to Warmwell. This year we have had to book two evenings with 42 young people attending over the two days. We now have so many members the volunteers have taken the decision to split the group into Yr 8+ which will meet between 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm and the Yrs 6 & 7 which will meet between 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm. Where possible we will bring the group together for joint activities, but it is generally felt to be safer this way rather than having a lot of young people running round the Village Hall and the feedback from both groups has been positive. As ever, if you are a young person or have a young person who would like to join the group please contact Kate Parish at bucklandnewtonyc@gmail.com The Community Allotment has been coming along slowly between the days of rain. One side has been cleared sufficiently to be able to plant in the spring and we shall be holding a Community Allotment Day on Sunday 3 November between 10.00 - 14.00 (to include hot dogs and burgers for the workers) to get the shed up and, we hope, the pond dug out. This is of course weather dependent. All are welcome to come and help - many hands make light work. 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. Kate Parish

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