NO FRILLS 2009

RYAG has launched the second NOFRILLS consultation event, questionnaires and focus groups will be taking place over the next 10 weeks and we are looking for feedback from 800 to 1000 young people. Look out for young people and RYAG staff with clip boards in your area (they wont let you get away!!!) just kidding :) but please feed into this as results help shape RYAG's future and have some influence on the wider regeneration of Rhyl.

Questionaires will also be available online in February

Digital Stories to tell?

RYAG hope to run another 30 digital story sessions in 2010, contact the infoshop if your interested

RYAG Closing times

ALL RYAG activities will cease from the 21st December 2009 until the 4th of January 2010 for the Christmas break, if your a young person and you need advise or support during this time, you can still call staff mobile phones upto the 23rd December 2009 or contact Childline on 0800 1111 anytime!!!!

InfoCards on the way!!

RYAG, Denbighshire Youth Service and young people from Rhyl will be designing and producing infocards and leaflets for young people across Denbighshire from January 2010, upto 40 young people will be invloved in the CYPP funded project which aims to ensure young people have greater access too and knowledge of thier rights as children and young people in both English and Welsh.

If your interested in being invloved please contact Jay from DCC youth service or Wynne from the RYAG RAPP.

First Minister Quoted

First Minister Rt.hon Rohdri Morgan recently spoke about RYAG's new HUB, we are so proud of his comments we wanted to post them on our blog...

the First Minister said:

“The combination of housing, training and other services at the Hub will make it a central focus for regeneration in Rhyl and is a reflection of what can be achieved when a number of partners work together towards a shared goal.

It is important that we recognise and celebrate the achievements of the people that are here today, as they are living examples of the work that is being done through the Assembly Government and the commitment of local communities to improve their own situations.

This is a vital area for Wales. We have a relatively high proportion of our population living in deprived communities, economic inactivity rates that are higher than the UK average. Tackling these issues requires an integration of Assembly Government policies and programmes and the non-devolved policies and programmes of the UK Government, principally the Department for Work and Pensions.

While employment policy is not devolved to the Welsh Assembly Government, it is our aim to ensure that the UK-wide programmes run by the DWP, such as the City Strategy complement our own economic and social policies, so that there is an effective interface between devolved and non-devolved services in Wales. The Hub is a manifestation of this goal.”

Youth Cafe redevelopment

The Youth Cafe has recently had a number of changes made thanks to support from the Welsh Assembly Government and Rhyl Town Council. New features include a baby changing facility, new accessible toilets, a fully accessible kitchen area and food preparation equipment to prepare healthy meals. Also two of our Computers have accessible interfaces and within the next 8 weeks we hope to purchase a hearing loop system and tactile signage.

Finally with support from Mentyr Iiath we have redeveloped our Website to have a full Welsh Translation and all of the health and Safety signage in the premises is steadily being replaced with bilingual signage.

We would welcome any feedback for further changes; please email us with your ideas. We cant promise to do everything but we will undertake all financially feasible works.

Infoshop grows

Rhyl Info signed up its 200th member this week and has already had over 600 visits since opening, unfortunatkly the infoshop is only open during the evenings and on a satuday but RYAG is working to secure additioanl staff hours to increase this form of engagement.

If your looking for info, 11 - 25 then just drop in or call

0800 232 1230