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Teenzone started providing Summer Programme's for young people aged 9-19 in 2007, in the year of Teenzone's inception. Over the past eight years, Teenzone has grown and grown and is now Stamford's key youth provision, offering young people not only a place to go, but a place to grow, develop, and learn key life skills crucial for later life. The programme engages over 200 young people each year.
Why do we deliver our Summer Programmes? The simple answer to this question is because they work, they are successful and young people enjoy being a part of an organisation which shapes their lives and gives them a purpose for six weeks of the year, where otherwise they may be left to their own devices, often resulting in a lack of socialising, engagement in positive activities, and for some, being exposed to anti-social behaviour. Teenzone operates it’s Summer Holiday Programme’s with the same ethos as its term-time activities; the desire to change lives and equip young people for their future.
Apart from the initial benefit of Teenzone’s programme, which includes the acquisition of social skills, and the diversionary activities for young people who would otherwise be on the street, Teenzone’s Summer Holiday Programme has many other benefits:
- Young people are more active and permanently increase their levels of physical activity as a result of the programme.
- Young people will be more confident and feel more equipped for later life
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Of 50 parents from the local community, who volunteered to complete a survey:
- 66% of parents said that our youth provision had made a difference to their child's life.
-95% said that they were aware of at least one other family who would benefit from our programme.
- 94% said that they would book their Child onto a Summer Activity with us.
-88% of parents said they would like their child to attend Teenzone because it increases their confidence, whilst 68% improve their team work abilities.
