Currently, our services deliver to 18 young people across different cohorts from various backgrounds, with the longer term views of preparing them for their individual pathways, whether that be integrating back into the community through volunteering opportunities, progressing onto our Supported Internship programme or Care 2 Success scheme, and gaining paid employment and/or transitioning into our adult social care provision.

Our Supported Internship offers an employment-based course that gives young people with learning disabilities/additional needs the opportunity to develop employability skills in a real work place, surrounded by other working people, with a view to gaining new experiences and learning new skills in order to gain paid employment.

The Supported Internship programme allows exposure to the working environment, the wider community and a variety of activities and life skills, with great emphasis on developing independence in order for the interns to reach their full potential.

The Internship is run in partnership with Tameside College, Tameside Hospital, Tameside Council and Jigsaw Homes Group and consists of a combination of on-site classroom sessions and work experience placements at Active Medlock, Tameside Hospital and Jigsaw Homes Group.

Active Tameside offers work experience for young people through school or college referrals. The work experience is traditionally 1-2 weeks in a specific job role. The student will choose a preferred area in which they are keen to gain experience in the facility they are allocated.

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The student will have a work book to complete over the allotted duration of the work experience to document and achieve learning outcomes.

For more information, email: helen.wilson@activetameside.com.

Live Well Youth Intervention, in partnership with Great Sports, runs a number of free youth provisions across Tameside, offering young people aged 8-16 the opportunity to feel safe within their communities, engaging with others and bringing together a greater sense of community acknowledgment.

The provisions assist disadvantaged young people, giving them the opportunity to develop as individuals and enjoy new challenges, through volunteering and social action, whilst making a positive contribution to the community.

Taking charge of the catering has not only enriched our partnership with New Charter and Tameside Council, it has also allowed us to offer disabled and vulnerable young people and adults the opportunity to develop.

Volunteers use local produce, develop their maths and literacy skills and interact with the local community. They also prepare the meals and set the tables before completing a full clean down of the seating area, cutlery and kitchen surfaces. This has enabled a significant increase in organisation, communication and social skills.

For more information, email: dan.higgins@activetameside.com or call: 07833 468 205.

This intervention identifies a core group of young people highlighted by the police and other stakeholders/agencies as being involved in regular incidences of ASB, within NC neighbourhoods. The shared concern is the escalation of ASB activity and its impact on the local community, other young people and the individuals themselves.

There is also a concern regarding the vulnerability of these young people and the possible escalation of ASB to criminality. It is the desire of all stakeholders/agencies to provide interventions to resolve existing issues and prevent further occurrences. The intervention provides a network of accessible, bespoke sport and physical activity sessions for targeted groups of young people aged between 6 and 19 in NC neighbourhoods over a 12 week fixed term period, which can be extended as required.

The intervention will include provision for young people, including looked after children (LAC) and will involve partnership work with TMBC, NC, GM Police, TfGM and other local community groups to ensure that the intervention is individually centred and captures the benefits of working across all relevant agencies, in an identified place or neighbourhood.

The intervention will be delivered at local community venues (schools, community centres and outside spaces) and will involve outreach work. The intervention will also include specific specialist elements to help address the underlying causes pertinent to specific individuals, including youth work delivered by partner agencies Stone Soup and TMBC Youth Service.

For more information, email: helen.wilson@activetameside.com.