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Youth Flintshire Active Communities Team Outreach Roadshow
Our aim is to promote better understanding of all the facets of the community, and all its people regardless of race, faith & age.
By involving the Youth of Flintshire in every-day life, showing them that the community is theirs too, that they can help shape it, make it a better and safer place in which they want to be, we hope to reach this goal.
Working together brings people closer and help them understand each other. This applies to all generations, create respect between them, and make a better place to live in for all.
This event took place in Hawarden High School on Tuesday 15th September 2009.
The Y-factor Mobile unit is the final result of a project born from the Views of Young People.
You can find out more about how FNWA went about creating this unit, from its concept to its final result, its main objectives and those who were involved, in our Y-Factor Mobile Concept document.
The aim of the Y-factor Mobile Bus unit is to "engage the Youth of Flintshire, Building Respect, Caring for our Schools & Environment" in several ways:
· To encourage the younger members of the public to play their part, and
· Provide reassurance to residents through building respect between generations.
· Engage young people in helping to reduce arson & criminal damage which specifically target schools, the environment and surrounding neighbourhoods.
external livery with the help of Digital Vinyl Sign
What it was all about
The pupils of Hawarden High School, introducing the Y-Factor
President of FNWA, the Rt. Hon. Lord Barry Jones PC, and Lady Jones
The RT Hon Lord Jones PC, president of Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association was present to witness the occasion, along with North-Wales police, members of Parliament and of the Welsh Assembly.
Find out more about it here, see the
photos. The Y-factor Mobile Bus has also made it to YouTube, in an Independent Production by John Butler.
Just click on the video screen below to see it.
This is what Calais Smith, FNWA's Youth Project Administrator, said about this event:
"Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association would like to thank you for attending the launch of the Y-Factor Unit.
The turn out on the day was brilliant and feedback was very positive.
A big thank you to Hawarden High School for being the venue for the launch and for the refreshments.
Thank you to the Right Honourable Lord Jones PC for his heartfelt speech.
We hope those of you who attended enjoyed the launch and all of us here at Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association look forward to seeing you all soon."
In the exact spirit of what our new Youth Mobile Unit will try and spread around, the young people of Penyfford, the Pen-Y crew, participated in a Youth & Community initiative supporting SAFER NEIGHBOURS, by getting involved in a project to tackle arson in the area.
Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association supported them throughout and we are proud to make available this booklet (in PDF format) which describes their efforts and the results that followed.
We are all affected by our environment, and the Y-factor is doing its part in making it better for all of us. This is why we have set up the EcoY-Factor.
You can review the report of activities for 2008 - 2009 that was presented at this year's Annual General Meeting. The complete document is available here.