Young people showcase during the London Peace Week

Sept. 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Cranstoun’s Positive Futures service in Roehampton (a Home Office funded project that helps young people turn their lives around) is holding a community fun day for young people involved in the project on Saturday 25 September at the Green (Danebury Avenue, Roehampton) from 11am to 4pm. This day will be part of the London Peace Week held 19-26 September this year.

The aim of the event is to highlight the work of the project and celebrate young people’s contribution to the community through volunteering and getting involved in positive activities. On the day young people will be given the chance to join in and showcase their involvement with a range of activities including mini football tournaments, face painting and gangs and knife awareness workshops. There will be various support agencies on hand to talk to the young people including the police, ambulance service and fire brigade.
The highlight of the day will be an army assault course, which has proved to be a very popular and rewarding experience for the young people involved in the project, and is a result of a strong partnership working between the project and the army to develop positive pathways of engagement for marginalised young people in the area.

The impact of the army project has recently attracted the interest of local MP for Roehampton and Economic Adviser to the Treasury, Justine Greening who visited the project on 24th August to talk to some of the young people involved and see the project in action. She also got involved in some of the activities and was impressed by the work being undertaken, commenting the activities as “Fantastic and very enjoyable”.

The event will also be attended by members of the community and local partners will be invited to join in with activities and will be given the opportunity to talk to young people about their journeys: of getting back on track and developing skills to contribute to their community in a positive way.

Cranstoun Positive Futures has been working in Wandsworth since 2003. It aims to improve the lives of many young, disadvantaged people within the Borough, and to encourage their inclusion into local mainstream services, with the aim of improving the local community for all residents.
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Note to Editors

Positive Futures is the national community-based prevention programme for young people aged between 10 and 19. It is funded by the Home Office (~ £6 million in 2010/11) and it is delivered by 91 projects in deprived communities across England and Wales with local partners. The programme supports young people in leading more positive lives and away from involvement in crime, drug and alcohol misuse. It gives young people the chance to develop the skills needed to get on to a positive career path and take on roles to become active and responsible citizens, such as through volunteering.  Positive Futures in Roehampton is managed on behalf of the Home Office by the young peoples’ charity, Catch22 and the service delivery is undertaken by Cranstoun.

Cranstoun is a non-profit, independent, charity and leading provider of specialist services to those affected by drug and alcohol use since 1969. The organisation’s range of services has an acknowledged reputation for delivering treatment, rehabilitation and support of high quality, with the aim of reducing the impact and harm caused by drug and alcohol use to individuals and communities.

Find out more at:
London Week of Peace website:
http://www.weekofpeace.org.uk/borough_events/Giving_Back_...  
or
Cranstoun’s website: www.cranstoun.org.uk


Contact Details
Mr Desmond McDonald
E: dmcdonald@cranstoun.org.uk
M: 07966 459 480
or
Cranstoun Central Office
E: serpicum@cranstoun.org.uk
T: 020 8335 1830

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Cranstoun is a charity who's range of services has an acknowledged reputation for delivering treatment, rehabilitation and support of high quality, with the aim of reducing the impact and harm caused by drug and alcohol use to individuals and communities.