The Cotswold Youth Network has been going for approximately three years and in this time the network has:

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• Consulted widely with children & young people and those working with them and sharing this with stakeholders

• Piloted inclusion projects to meet the needs of young people with disabilities

• Co-ordinated a mix of youth & play provision across the district including; - Summer off the Streets, (free & low-cost summer holiday provision including workshops, play day events, skateboarding & scooter tournaments), Youth mentoring programmes, weekly youth work sessions, Princes Trust volunteer programmes, wide range of youth sports provision, specific inclusion and disability support, youth training and work experience opportunities

• Audited youth & play provision in the Cotswolds

• Developed an email list of over two hundred individuals & organisations

• Set up a virtual online network called Base camp with sixty-one members

• Run partnership meetings - on average three a year with approximately twenty attendees

• Shared information, advice & guidance

 

Recently the CYN has been successful with a bid to the Community Lottery Fund.