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pyc youth services funded by 3rd-way community interest company

Welcome to Our Website

OUR VISION

To Empower Young People to improve their Communities through Entrepreneurship and Partnerships

 "....Young people making a difference for young people and their Communities...."

Please see "Our Aims" for the concept and practical delivery.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ?

Simple - young people create the facilities that they will then use.

"Don't touch that wall - I built it"

Young people help create and take ownership of the facilities, sharing the real day to day responsibilities.... leaders, trustees, directors and managers are created from those who have come up "through the ranks" and earned respect.

As a result, they are able to then help others to do the same.

It is not something being "done" for "them" as many youth projects are ....

OUR MISSION

To Provide:

• Free Youth Club Facilities

• Employment

• Training

• Education

• Poverty Relief

• Funding and Facilities

• Skills Development

• Support for Entrepreneurship

• Hope

• A better way of living

Using:

• Business to Generate Finance

• Donations (Give £1)

• Micro Investment (Invest £1)

OUR AIM

Self Sustaining & Replicable elsewhere

To be self sustaining, to help others and to replicate the model in other communities.

Refurbishment on our

Community Coffee Bar

has been underway since

7th July 2009

OPENING SOON ...

Please See "OUR PROJECT"

This project is designed to involve and raise money for our youth & community work

See also "Progress & History" to see where we are up to !

Thank You to everyone who has been and is supporting us:

Working in partnership with:

Millennium Awards Scheme

Project Start-Up Funding Achieved

Level 1 Award made by UnLtd

31st March 2009

Brighter Futures (Tom Mc Manus Associates Ltd)

Operating as a Social Enterprise

They have helped us massively with the ongoing refurbishment of the Community Coffee Bar Project

West Lancashire Council for Voluntary Services

Community Champions' Grant funding the planning applications and survey based estimates

Lancashire County Council Local Grants Scheme

providing the money to pay the rent for the hall used on Friday nights by the youth club AND a recent Grant from the Young People's Champion from the Pendle Constituency to help us to open

West Lancashire District Council Community Chest and Chairman's Lady's Charity

West Lancashire Connexions:

Positive Activities for Young People

Helping the youth club start and funding a sailing expedition in 2007 !

Parbold Parish Council

Providing grants for First Aid Training, purchase of Personal Protective Equipment and donating the collection from the 2009 Civic Service for youth work

Christ Church, Douglas in Parbold,

Church of England

Generously donating funds for youth work

for the last 2 years - recently a generous gift of £500 was donated by this wonderful group of people - thank you

Founders of the original Parbold Youth Club

"The Rock", formerly Parbold Elim Pentecostal Church

Youth & Community Services Charity funded by not for profit business as well as donations and grants

Coffee Bar is Called the

PEAR TREE

Painted by Josh Cornah

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