eggbuckland dreamscheme our story “eggbuckland youth action” @eggbucklandya

Eggbuckland Dreamscheme

Our Story

“Eggbuckland Youth Action” @EggbucklandYA www.eggbucklandyouth.com

How it started• Duncan Thorne came to Eggbuckland Community

College and asked for volunteers for an Eggbuckland Dreamscheme.

• Several volunteers turned up to Eggbuckland Church Hall for the very first meeting.

• We discussed the issues within the local area and decided to plan a Summer Fayre on Eggbuckland’s Frogmore field.


Residents Meeting

• After discussing the issues we attended a local residents meeting to see what the community wanted.

• At the meeting we brought up the idea of a summer fayre and the residents agreed with the idea.

• This was needed in the community to bring people together and for them to get to know each other.

• This was a great opportunity for us to explain to the community who we were and what we were trying to achieve.


Our first Summer Fayre

• We worked closely with the Youth Service, Local Councillors and Plymfed.

• These groups gave us guidance on how to organise a Summer Fayre and how it should be run.

• It was a small fayre however it was a great success for what we had done and it was our first big achievement.


Winter event

• In the winter we decided on running a Christmas fayre raising money for our local community and also money for our next event.

• Since this event was smaller than our summer event we were able to do more of the organisation.

• This was helpful so we learnt the key skills for organising an event so our next summer fayre would be more independent.


Tree Surfing

• To celebrate our work, we went Tree-Surfing!


2nd Summer Fayre

• The last Summer Fayre was our best so far. We spent a large partof our money on renting a stage for our Fayre. This let us have a variety of acts to entertain the public throughout the day.

• We had a lot more stalls at the Fayre which generated over £1500 which we were able to spend on our next Summer Fayre to make it even better.


Canoeing

• To celebrate our work, we went on a weekend trip!


Winter Meal

• Last Christmas we wanted to raise the Christmas spirits by inviting a group of elderly people for a meal in our own Church Hall.

• We had a lot of positive feedback from the public that were invited. They are still talking about it now!

• This was a great way for the elderly people to talk to people which may not have the chance to meet new people.


Dreamscheme Conference

• Half of our group travelled to Taunton in February for the Dreamscheme Conference

• For some, the train journey was most exciting!• It was useful to see what other youth groups

were doing- some ideas have been politely stolen!


Car Boot Sale

• To further increase our budget for the 2013 Fayre, we organised a car-boot sale. This was popular with the community and we had 14 cars attend.

• It also allowed us to sell things and also make cakes to further increase the community fund.

• We raised £150


Working On...

• We are looking at making the car-boot sales regular within the community

• In less than 7 weeks, we will also be holding the third Summer Fayre

• This is by far the largest event so far• We have also worked with local councillors to

get a £40,000 play park into the field- this will be opened as part of the fayre.


Always learning

• We learn a lot after holding every event. • Publicity is something that we have been lacking,

so we will be spending £140 on a bus advert;

• We now also have a Facebook page, Twitter and Website

• We believe that branding is extremely important


What have we learnt?

• Lots and lots!• Tell the community what you’re doing- they

don’t want to be in the dark• Advertise well- you want people there!• Reward yourselves- our most difficult

decisions are which trips to go on!• Listen to people and consider every team

member


Thank you

• This presentation is available to download from www.eggbucklandyouth.com – “Our Group”

• Facebook- “Eggbuckland Youth Action”• Twitter @EggbucklandYA• You are ALL invited to our fayre; 13th July,

Frogmore Field, Eggbuckland. 12-5


http://www.eggbucklandyouth.com/

eggbuckland dreamscheme our story “eggbuckland youth action” @eggbucklandya

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