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Warm
Start to Winter Campaign
VISITORS to St George's Hall this week are guaranteed a warm
welcome. More then 30 organisations are joining forces to provide
information on how to keep warm and healthy this winter. The Winter
Survival Information Fair will be held on Friday 4 November between
10.30am and 3,30pm. It will be opened by the Lord Mayor, Councillor
Alan Dean.
There will be information and advice on all aspects of keeping warm
and staying healthy throughout the winter months, including energy
efficiency, benefits advice, keeping fit and what grants are
available. The fair is sponsored by British Gas and among the
organisations taking part are the City Council, Pensions Service,
Merseyside Fire Service, Merseyside Police, the Primary Care Trust,
Age Concern, Merseytravel, Local Solutions and utility companies.
Councillor Dean said:- "A very severe winter is being forecast
so it is even more important that this year people have as much
information as possible about how they can stay healthy in the
winter months and keep their houses warm. They can also find out
about benefits and grants which they entitled to. This fair will
provide a wealth of information to see everybody through the
winter."
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Youth
Service to reach more teens
A SIGNIFICANT shake-up Liverpool's Youth Service is set to be
approved in a bid to engage more young people and tackle anti social
behaviour. The reorganisation will see a chunk of the annual £5.5
million budget targeted at areas where there is a problem with
youths causing annoyance. More resources will also be deployed in
areas where there are higher levels of young people and greater
deprivation, mainly in the north of the city.
The changes will also ensure that no teenager lives more than 1.5
miles from youth service provision, that 80% of the budget is spent
on 13-19 year olds and there are activities available 7 days a week.
And neighbourhood committees around the city will make decisions
locally about where the money is spent, in consultation with young
people, rather than it being done centrally by the city council.
Councillor Paul Clein, executive member for children's services,
said:- "The Youth Service has the potential to reach an
enormous number of youngsters and help influence their behaviour and
improve their chances in life. The changes we are making are
designed to ensure it touches more teenagers and that the types of
activities that they get involved in are stimulating, educational
and rewarding. The aim is to ensure the activities actually have an
outcome rather than just diverting them and taking them temporarily
off the streets."
The city council is to invest in 2 more mobile youth vehicles in an
expansion of the service, taking the total number to 5. This is due
to their popularity, which has seen them used by thousands of
youngsters since they were introduced last year. It is hoped that
the changes will increase the number of the city's 40,000 13-19 year
olds reached by the Youth Service from the current level of 17% up
to 25%. The proposals will be considered by the city council's
Executive Board on Friday 11 November.
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