November:

Tuesdays Pollyfield 4.30-7. Bike rides n Forest school each month on Saturdays, contact for info

Wednesdays, Highampton, 5-9.30

Thursdays, Fremington 6-9.30

Friday - workers visiting Woolsery youth club

Happy Cafe - Thurs & Fri 11-3, Sun 12-3.

-- update work in progress, something broke but this bit below will have pics and more info soon:

In the summer we started at Pollyfield to try things out for a possible project that would lead us well into 2012. We tried out a bunch of different things and thanks to the Pollyfield Centre we had somewhere for the young people to practice graffiti art. We even tried our first forest school session and it went really well. We now we plans for the following months. You can join the Pollyfield/ETW discussion group on facebook here.

Whilst we try and sort the gallery thingy to put pix here, check out some other news - Oct 23rd the girls that danced at Fremington Manor Party made a group called Intention and competed in Plymouth. Here's a vid of them in action. We're looking at staying on in Fremington once our YPF2 time there is up. You can join the Seize Fremington discussion group on facebook here.

Our time table for Sept/Oct

Mondays & Thursdays 6-9.30 Fremington

Wednesdays 5-9.30 Highampton

Thursdays & Fridays 11-3 Happy Cafe @ W.ho

every other Friday we visit Woolsery Youth Club

Sundays 12-3 Happy Cafe @ W.ho

POLLYFIELD! We haven't forgotten you. We stopped last week to have a trial Forest School session which went really well. We are planning more outdoor activities and bike trips and will be phoning you all when we have a regular indoor session booked. We were having problems finding available timeslots on regular days but should have this sorted in a few days.

Finally - Vote for us! Sadly you have to register to vote so it does take a moment but:

VOTE FOR OUR TRAINING CAFE AT NATWEST COMMUNITY FORCE

We stayed in The Barn on Lundy from the 12th of July to the 16th - this year we had a second group come out half way through. We had Simon Dell, Crimebeat Officer and Lundy guide, stay with us and it really helped us get more out of our stay.

simondell.co.uk - is where you can find more information on Simon Dell and his books about Lundy.

We had group walks around the island where Simon Dell told us about things of interest. We were impressed with how the young people this year all tried out everything, some having to push themselves hard to make it.

We walked, swam, cooked and ate together. Simon held his own with their banter.

We walked to the north end at midnight, no one stayed behind and we all made it. We even took Sarah's baby Bailey, in his buggy, who was asleep the whole time. It needed carrying from time to time and we're very proud of them for making it. Our night was really bright from the moon so Simon got some photos of the group in front of it.

Bailey does not care for long walks.

The group got the most out of any of these trips we have done. They made it fun and (kinda) stress free.

Crackers.

Half Term May/June, Westward Ho!, Instow, Fremington & South Molton

We did tee painting at the Devon Wild Life Trust event in Barnstaple

GOLDCOAST:

For all the pix go to the Past Events Gallery

We had a graff demo on...

...we had roughly 330 tees painted...

...and we kinda played about with circus stuff when the sun finally made it on Sunday.

Churzen.

The finished play can be seen at the North Devon Fringe Theatrefest

UPDATE: Devon Wildlife Trust event, Half Term and Goldcoast finished (flyers removed) - check out Past Events Gallery for the pix

We have a lot of stuff planned for June - this article will be updated with posters as they are confirmed, so do check back :)

Over the Easter holiday we ran a range of workshops at:

Chulmleigh

South Molton

Swimbridge

Instow

Fremington

We had a good time and met new young people who will help us decide where to run activities in future. A video of animations made by the young people will be on our youtube chan soon.

White Hippos Theatre in association with Seize the Moment Ltd are running a project in Newport, Barnstaple starting Saturday 19th February 2011.

The project is to devise a new piece of live theatre to perform at the Barnstaple Theatre Fringe in June 2011 as part of the North Devon Festival.

The project is open to young people aged 11+ and places are limited to 12.

There is no charge to take part as the project is funded by North Devon District Council/Big Lottery. Participants will be able to take part in Youth Achievement Awards to gain accreditation for their work.

Workshops will take place every Saturday 2-5, the taster day on 19th February is 11am-4pm

Please contact Jane on 07773 679559 to book a place.

The new HAPPY Cafe based at HATHERLEIGH Community Centre will open on Tuesday 15th February 9am-3pm, and then every Tuesday for a year.

The Cafe is funded by Local Food and offers training places for 18 volunteers to gain Level 1 Kitchen Skills or Bronze YAA.

Places are filling fast but if anyone is looking for kitchen skills and catering as a qualification - get in touch.

We will also be building  a herb garden and using the Hatherleigh Allotments to grow our own food as the season progresses.

Free MINI BUS from Bideford.

We have a lot of new projects starting in 2011 including:

The 2011 LUNDY residential group. Sundays members only. A community regeneration project accredited through Youth Achievement Awards leading to a 5 day residential on Lundy Island.

White Hippos Theatre Project in Newport BARNSTAPLE Saturdays 2pm -5pm St John's Hall Newport Barnstaple. A theatre devising project leading to your own production as part of the North Devon Fringe Festival.

Bike Club based at Westward Ho! Bike trips on the Tarka Trail.

WESTWARD HO! regeneration project, a project to transform the horrible dis used public toilets on Golf Links Road into a workshop and bicycle maintenance project.

HogCo Garden project at the garden area Westward Ho! Youth Club.

WINKLEIGH bus shelter mural project. Thanks to Winkleigh parish Council we will be working with the local young people to decorate the two Village bus shelters.

CHULMLEIGH taster day 24th February 2011 Sports Hall.

OPENING TIMES for current projects - please check before you travel

Monday W.Ho! Carpentry project 6-9

Tuesdays Hatherleigh 7-9

Wednesdays TBC (Fremington)

Thursdays W.Ho! 7-9

Fridays TBC (Woolsery/Newport/Croyde)

Saturdays White Hippos/Seize the Moment Theatre project, Newport, Barnstaple 2-5

Sundays Members only (Lundy residential group)

Look below for our current timetable!

Our YPF2 project allows us to reach out to various communities for 3 months at a time and try to help a core group of young people develop their own provision. We're nearly a year into this 5 year project and are currently covering 3 areas at once! Winkleigh, Westward Ho! and Hatherleigh

At Westward Ho! we are turning the previous open access drop in youth club into a project/outcome based group that can work together to achieve. They are currently doing woodwork to build speakers, learning to DJ etc. whilst also dabbling at some art. We hope to give the young people some direction to be able to develop.

In Winkleigh we have been trying to assist with various issues that made their current youth club unable to continue. By being strict and heavy on the respect we want to be able to leave the usual Winkleigh Youth Club workers with a structure they can follow to make it easier on themselves and more beneficial for the young people. We found in the first few weeks that art and our other usual activities are great. We later found that even games of hockey were enjoyed by the majority of the group - all it took was interaction. Another issue the Winkleigh group addressed themselves were to split the age groups so those under 11 have an earlier session. Having more suitable age groups goes a long way to helping.

We have no picture of Hatherleigh currently - just video! The young people there have mainly formed around a drama group. Whilst they have been starting to try out mixing and music making Drama has been the stand-out favourite activity. The video they have is of a spoof ghost show they want to make :)

CURRENT TIMETABLE - END 2010

MON: 6-9 W.ho, 16+ Woodwork/Speaker project

TUES: 7-9 Hatherleigh, Drama/optional

WEDS: 7-9 Winkleigh, Arts/Sports/etc.

THURS: 6-9 W.ho, DJ'ing/Art+more

SUN: 2-6 W.ho, DJ'ing/Art+more

Christmas closing dates will be given to members as necessary, we're also at the mercy of dodgy weather!