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The Liverpool Youth service

The Youth Service  aims to provide Liverpool's young people with as many opportunities as possible to bring  enrichment to  their lives. 

We place particular emphasis on securing services for those young people who have had least benefit from the education system. 

We provide a variety of programmes and opportunities that are either educational or recreational in nature.

In order to be effective, however, we make sure that these opportunities are: 

  • responsive to the needs of young people; 
  • within easy travelling distance; 
  • stimulating and exciting;
  • affordable; 
  • good quality.       


The service works in partnership with other agencies including the following: 

  • voluntary organisations; 
  • Greater Merseyside Connexions Partnership; 
  • the police; 
  • Liverpool's Youth Offending Team (Y O T); 
  • Citysafe.         


Each year the Youth Service presents a plan which is put together after consultation. It takes account of the following considerations: 

  • Any progress which was made on the previous year's plans. 
  • Changes which have taken place in the environment. 
  • The identified needs of young people. 
  • The needs of the community in general.       

For further information please telephone the Youth and Community Service on 233 3000 or
e-mail: youthservice@liverpool.gov.uk

Visit the Liverpool Youth Service website www.lys.org.uk

Integrated Youth Support Strategy

Youth Matters, Youth Matters Next Steps, and the Education and Inspections Act 2006 signalled the requirement for each Local Authority to reshape current support services for young people, for example, Connexions and Youth Services, and have an Integrated Youth Support Strategy agreed during 2008.  The Liverpool Strategy was approved in January 2008.

Download the  Liverpool Integrated Youth Support/Targeted Support Strategy (PDF [313.9Kb] opens in new window)

Joint Area Review 2007

In 2007 the Youth Service was subject to an enhanced inspection as part of the Joint Area Review of Children's Services.  The Youth Service Inspection Report was published on 19 February 2008 and can be found on the Ofsted website.

View Youth Service Inspection Report (PDF [71.4Kb] opens in new window)

As a response to the Youth Service Inspection Report an action plan has been produced.

View Youth Service Action Plan 2008 (PDF [46.9Kb] opens in new window)


MyPlace Fund 2009/10

Applications are invited for organisations to submit initial plans for projects which meet the funding criteria for MyPlace 2009/10

. For details of the Funding Criteria, Process, Timetable  and FAQs see the documents below. 
. Fill in and return the Capital Options Analysis attachment (see the Scoring Sheet for information).
. Return by 15th May 2009

Email to: paddy.logan@liverpool.gov.uk
Post to: Paddy Logan
             Integrated Youth and Play Service
             Fairfield Resource Centre
             Sheil Rd
             Liverpool L6 3AA

. for further details go to: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk , on 'home page' choose 'Big Fund', no lotter funding, then MyPlace

The following documents are available:

MyPlace Letter (MS Word [49.5Kb] opens in new window)
MyPlace Fund 2009 (MS Word [66.5Kb] opens in new window)
Capital Options Analysis (MS Word [82Kb] opens in new window)
MyPlace Option Appraisal Scoring (MS Word [34Kb] opens in new window)
MyPlace Leaflet (PDF [235.8Kb] opens in new window)


If you have any questions, please ring or email,  
                             
Paddy Logan 
External Funding Co-ordinator