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Youth and Community Service
Wirral Youth Service, run by the Children and Young People's Department, provides social education and personal development opportunities for young people aged between 13 and 25.
Youth Work is part of the of the "Every Child Matters" agenda which states that young people should be healthy, be safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being.
The Youth Service programme provides youth centres in council owned and voluntary independent community buildings, and in one secondary school. It operates a wide range of non-centre-based provision including detached and outreach work and mobiles Kontactabuses. The Youth Service's Advice and Counselling Agency, "Response", offers specialist services for young people. It is their first port of call in times of need or crisis, and everyone is welcomed.
Youth Service also holds a licence to operate the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme for 14+ and the Civic Award for younger children.
The Youth Service offers young people opportunities in the fields of arts and outdoor education. Among these are the Wirral Youth Theatre (based at Pacific Road Arts and Exhibition Centre) and the Oaklands Centre, North Wales (our outdoor education and personal development centre).
Youth Service also provides specialist provision for young people with extra needs, a programme of International Youth Exchanges and residential accommodation at Ivy Farm in Arrowe Park.
For more information about the Youth Service contact one of the following:
Head Office
Maureen McDaid
Head of Service
Solar Campus
Leasowe Road
Wallasey
CH45 8RE
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Phone: (0151) 637 6370
Fax: (0151) 637 6353
Minicom: (0151) 691 2432
e-mail: wirralyouthservice@wirral.gov.uk
Wirral Outreach Team
Pauline Miller
Head of Team
c/o Eastham Youth Centre
Lyndale Avenue
Eastham
Wirral
CH62 8DE
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Phone: (0151) 327 8063
Fax: (0151) 328 1699
e-mail: youthoutreach@wirral.gov.uk
Wallasey and Deeside Area Team
Debbie Dawson
Head of Team
c/o Wallasey YMCA
Manor Road,
Wallasey
CH44 0EW.
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Phone: (0151) 691 1761
Fax: (0151) 691 1761
e-mail: wdyo@wirral.gov.uk
Birkenhead and Bebington Area Team
Jenny Marshall
Head of Area Team:
c/o Eastham Youth Centre,
Lyndale Avenue
Eastham
Wirral
CH62 8DE.
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Phone: (0151) 327 8063
Fax: (0151) 328 1699
e-mail: bbyo@wirral.gov.uk
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
David Decorte
Award Officer
Solar Campus
Leasowe Road
Wallasey
CH45 8RE
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Phone: (0151) 637 6370
Fax: (0151) 637 6353
Minicom: (0151) 691 2432
e-mail: davedecorte@wirral.gov.uk
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
website
Wirral Youth Theatre
Caron Drucker
Head of Theatre
Pacific Road Arts and Exhibition Centre
Pacific Road,
Birkenhead
CH41 1LJ
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Phone: (0151) 647 3160
e-mail: carondrucker@wirral.gov.uk
The Oaklands Centre
Carolyn Bird/Nuala Mulholland
Head of Centre
Oaklands
Capel Garmon Road
Llanrwst
LL26 0RB
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Tel: (01690) 710500
Fax: (01690) 710420
e-mail: oaklands@wirral.gov.uk
Oaklands Centre's
website.
(Note: This link will take you to a site for which Wirral Council is not
responsible)
Centres for Young People with Extra Needs
Charles Gilroy
Advisory Youth Worker
Solar Campus
Leasowe Road
Wallasey
CH45 8RE
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Phone: (0151) 637 6370
Fax: (0151) 637 6353
Minicom: (0151)691 2432
e-mail: wirralyouthservice@wirral.gov.uk
Ivy Farm and International Youth Exchanges
Charles Gilroy
Advisory Youth Worker
Solar Campus
Leasowe Road
Wallasey
CH45 8RE
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Phone: (0151) 637 6370
Fax: (0151) 637 6353
Minicom: (0151) 691 2432
e-mail: charlesgilroy@wirral.gov.uk
"Response"
19 Argyle Street
Birkenhead
CH41 1AD
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Phone: (0151) 666 4123
e-mail: Response@wirral.gov.uk
For further information on area teams or other establishments operated by the Youth Service, see website below.
Other related youth service sites
National Youth Agency
Eastgate House
19-23 Humberstone Road
Leicester
LE5 3GJ
0116 242 7350
http://www.nya.org.uk
North West Regional Youth Work Unit
Unit 40
Bold Business Centre
Bold Lane
St Helens
WA9 4TX
01925 295837
UK Youth
K Youth,
2nd Floor,
Kirby House,
20-24 Kirby Street,
London,
EC1N 8TS
0207 242 4045
http://www.ukyouth.org/
Youth Federation
17 Castle Street
Chester
CH1 2DS
01244 325867
http://www.youthfed.org
Greater Merseyside Connexions
Tea Factory,
82 Wood Street,
Liverpool
L1 4DQ
(0151) 703 7400
http://www.connexions-gmerseyside.co.uk