RYAG XL Programme

RYAG has began running a Princes Trust XL programme from the Youth Cafe, the one day a week pilot working with 15 young people is set to progress into a fulltime community education programme for young people who are excluded from or disengaged with mainstream education later in the year.

In a growing number of schools and non-mainstream centres across the UK, xl clubs target young people facing difficulties in education and work with them on a personal development curriculum that promotes achievement and encourages success. Deliberately informal, xl clubs seek to re-engage and motivate young people. xl club members learn to take responsibility, develop social skills and enjoy the benefits of teamwork.

The 6 main curriculum areas of the xl programme are:

1. Personal, interpersonal and team skills
2. Citizenship and community awareness
3. A community based project
4. A residential activity
5. Entrepreneurship and enterprise
6. Preparation for the world of work/training

The RYAG XL club (yet to be named) will also encorperate a number of NOCN course's that young people can choose to participate in with the support of the WEA / Coleg Harlech

RYAG membership hits 1000

When RYAG was established in the last few months of 2003, a group of just 7 young people signed up to the then constitution that created the Rhyl Youth Action Group (RYAG). Shortly after with some careful negotiations the group secured use of a residents building on Abbey St; for 2 hours per night every Friday these young people helped mould what was to become the Youth Cafe.

Almost 5 years on and the group owns 5 buildings and runs a host of programmes for local young people from social and leisure activities to accredited training and work experience placements.

And importantly RYAG has; as of Friday 24th of January 2009 signed up 1000 members between the previous unincorporated body and RYAG limited as it stands today, with an estimated 1700 plus young people being engaged in some way via our programmes.

Since the incorperation of RYAG limited in October 2007 the companies members has already grown to almost 170 members, so if your a young person who is involved in any of our programmes and you would like to become a member of the company please speak to a member of staff about what is involved!!!

Thanks to every young person who has engaged with the group!!! And let’s keep reaching out to the future generations to come.

Film award for Rhyl's Revival

Zoom Young People’s Film Awards 2009

Rhyl Youth Action Group's "Rhyl's Revival" DVD has won first place as part of the prestigious international young peoples film festival.
The Film won best documentary for 2009 and the award was collected by RYAG members; Amy, Ryan and Sarah along with Nathan Evans from Anytime Films.

The film was produced by young members of Rhyl Youth Action Group (RYAG), with help and guidance from Anytime Films. It was scripted, shot, voiced and edited entirely by the young people who worked incredibly hard on the film, and was designed to counter some of the negative press Rhyl has been getting recently. The Youth Cafe is just one of many developed locations in Rhyl which were chosen by the young crew to feature in the film. Overall this demonstrated that there are still loads of nice places to visit, for locals and tourists alike.

Congratulations to everyone who helped make the film!!!

More information, pictures and a low quality copy of the film will follow shortly...

have YOU realised Gwireddu ?

The Realisegwireddu.com campaign starts here!
If you want to ensure the future of digilabs in Wales and maybe further, please support this campaign. Canllaw Online, the Wales wide information services for young people charity is seeking to demonstrate the demand for and success of digilabs by establishing an on and offline campaign.
At a time of global economic downturn, the message is simple Credu has to date established 100+ digilabs across Wales that, through a unique programme that has involved the private, public and voluntary sector, has enabled the youth sector in Wales to be enhanced by ICT transformation. The successes that digilab hosts have facilitated for Wales are over 400 jobs being created and over 45,000 young people being positively engaged through numerous ICT initiatives enabled by the Credu digilab and portal presence. The portal alone has received nearly 8,000,000 hits. The societal and economic gains for Wales being immense.


Gwireddu promises to achieve even more!
We seem to have the support of politicians, we have the buy in of young people and those who support them, the public and private sector, so it should be possible for this campaign to succeed.
Our campaign will be the first campaign of its kind in Wales which utilises state of the art technologies and demonstrates their use and participation by young people, their supporters and wider communities. Great people of our time have illustrated how change can happen - let ′s demonstrate how ICT transformation can happen here in Wales in a positive, participatory, educational and fun way.

RYAG are asking everyone who supports this campaign to visit the realise gwireddu website and get involved as much as possible!!!

www.realisegwireddu.com

Welcome to RYAG

Something new for 2009, the Rhyl Youth Action Group blog will allow RYAG to update its members and the wider interested community on the current events and future plans of the company.

It is hoped that updates will follow weekly; we hope you find this a useful tool for keeping upto date with RYAG's activities.

Thanks for visiting, and come again soon...

Shane