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The Base- WYCP on wheels

Funded on Spacehive 25 January 2022 Delivered 8 March 2022

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The Base- WYCP on wheels

Walton Youth and Community Project By Walton Youth and Community Project

We have been given the opportunity to develop a youth and community project on wheels to reach children, young people and the community with support and increased access to our services. Please help!

Liverpool Delivery stage

35
backers
£8,002
raised
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This project was funded on 25 Jan 2022!

Your pledges will support the refurbishment of our youth and community bus, to make it a space to be used for mobile sessions. We plan to use the bus to have sessions within the community away from our centre - reaching out directly to where young people are at. Funding will be put towards ensuring the bus is fit for purpose- including outer decoration and inside renovation. Our dream bus plans include an awning and a retractable screen to be able to offer community events such as cinema sessions, awareness campaigns and much more. We will also be using this bus as an opportunity to improve our local community, by organising litter picks in the spaces we park the bus, and to encourage young people to respect the local green spaces. One outcome of this work is to improve our local green spaces and make them a space for all of the community to use. We aim to work with a variety of people, and especially those who may not access centre-based services due to a variety of reasons.

What we'll deliver:

  • Train and support volunteers to improve local green spaces
  • Offer outreach sessions for community members to access
  • Consult with community to do a community map of resources
  • Offer positive activities for young people and the community
  • Provide information, advice and guidance from our bus

Why it's a great idea:

Many in our community struggle to access services due to issues with transport and other factors. By bringing our services to them, we can enable all community members to have the opportunity to access support from our team, and to work with us to enhance our offering of this support. The Base will enable young people to have a positive, voluntary relationship with youth and community workers who have a professional interest in the well-being of young people. This will also enable Youth Workers to gain a greater understanding of young people's situations in order to increase accuracy of intervention. This mobile youth bus will enable the wider community to understand the issues and needs of young people to the benefit of both, and also to enable young people to gain a variety of skills and knowledge and develop their social awareness in an environment which is socially inclusive and fosters equality.

Steps to get it done:

  • Outer wrapping on bus fitted
  • Inside seating re-upholstered
  • New interior table installed and other interior alterations
  • Recruitment of project co-ordinator started
  • Co-ordinator to liase with local businesses about parking spaces and create a timetable
  • Project will offer volunteering opportunities to local community to get involved,
  • Timetable of services will be published to the wider community to avail of

Location Liverpool

About the space

County Ward

Council

Liverpool City Council

How will the money be spent?Total £8,084

Bus Wrapping - £2,300 (28%)
Sessional worker (7 hours p/w for 6 months) - £1,950 (24%)
Electrical services - £1,900 (24%)
Movie screen - £699 (9%)
Projector - £550 (7%)
Running costs of bus (6 months) - £160 (2%)
Other - £526 (6%)

Costs Breakdown

This shows how money raised for the project will be spent. These costs have been confirmed by the project's Delivery Manager and verified.

28%
Bus Wrapping
£2,300
24%
Sessional worker (7 hours p/w for 6 months)
£1,950
24%
Electrical services
£1,900
9%
Movie screen
£699
7%
Projector
£550
2%
Running costs of bus (6 months)
£160
6%
Other Read More
£526
  • Spacehive fees
    £382
  • VAT
    £76
  • Transaction Fees
    £67

Overfunding

This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:

  • Add an awning to the side of the bus
  • Buy additional resources for the bus e.g. art supplies

Total £8,084

Our Volunteer List

We're currently looking for people to offer skills and time to develop our project! Check out the list of what we need below and then use the 'Volunteer' button to the right to get involved.

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