Foundation 92 Community Engagement

Delivered in Gorton, this area of the programme will see Foundation 92’s specialist team of qualified youth workers and community mentors providing young people with the opportunity to participate in a range of informal  mentoring.

The aim of this will be to support young people who may be most at risk of participating in risk taking negative behaviour. Foundation 92 will work with young people aged between 7 and 16.

Examples of the type of support, advice and guidance provided to young people engaged in this area of the programme will include:

• positive relationship development;
• identification of risk;
• decision making;
• understanding around risks associated with carrying a bladed article/knife;
• understanding what exploitation is and how to identify it; and
• how to access community-based activity in a seamless and positive manner.

Working with Armitage CE Primary School and using their site to support families, Foundation 92 will provide young people aged 7-12 and 13-16 with the opportunity to participate in a free to access youth-led activity programme.

Examples of the activities young people will be able to participate in include:

• team games;
• problem solving;
• leadership development;
• social cohesion;
• interactive gaming;
• monthly cultural education and enrichment activities;
• social action activities;
• indoor games;
• arts and crafts;
• performing arts;
• healthy eating education classes; and
• sport and physical activity.

Each session will be able to support up to 25 young people.

Two young Guinness customers aged 16-18 will be provided with the opportunity to participate in and complete an AQA Level 2 in leadership. This qualification will provide young people with the opportunity to gain a range of transferable skills.

Young people who complete this qualification will be supported to continue to develop the legacy of this programme.

Foundation 92’s will provide up to 30 Guinness customers in the Gorton area with the opportunity to participate in two free to access social inclusion and wellbeing sessions.

Based at Gorton Community Centre, participants will be provided with the opportunity to participate in four hours of sessions each week. These will be delivered in a blended manner, providing participants with the opportunity to partake in a minimum of 60 minutes’ tailored activity and 60 minutes’ specialist mentoring.

The aim of the sessions will be to support individuals over the age of 50, who are at risk of isolation, to lead healthy, positive, progressive and cohesive lifestyles, creating health, positive and progressive communities.

Examples of the type of activities:

• Light and tailored exercises.
• Mental health and wellbeing improvement exercises and activities.
• Healthy lifestyle, advice and guidance support sessions, enabling service uses to identify and eradicate barriers which help prevent service users leading healthy, positive and progressive lifestyles.
• Team building and cohesion activities which helps bring the community together in a cohesive and positive manner.
• Digital inclusion and online safety/activity training.
• Personal safety and risk awareness training.