About Us  

Steering Group

The members of the Steering Group include an experienced youth leader who has worked with Chaddleworth Youth Club in the past.  Another member works with special needs children.  Most members of the group are parents. The Chair  has his own business, the Treasurer is a qualified accountant and the Secretary has experience of running a youth club.  Another member is on the Great Shefford Parish Council.  All Steering Group members have been CRB checked.

The Steering Group are currently supported by the Downland Youth Network team who are advising on policies and procedures necessary to set up a club. The group will also be affiliated to Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young People who will provide access to CRB checks, training, activity providers and other support. We would still welcome more people on our steering group, if your are interested let us know register click here

About DYN

The Downland Youth Network (DYN) is a voluntary group that was set up in 2002 by Parish Councillors and other people based in some of the Downland Villages in West Berkshire to address the issues of rural social exclusion for children and young people.  Following extensive consultation with young people at the Downs School in 2003 and the making of the ‘Sort It Out’ video by 30 children and young people based in the rural villages, DYN identified three areas of need. 

1.    More activities for young people in the rural villages.
2.   Access to transport facilities
3.   Access to information

As a result DYN set up three projects in 2003
For more information about the work of DYN - contact Mo Brickwood on brick.wood@virgin.net

LNF

The Local Network Fund provides funding for local initiatives and rural developments. An application to support funding fro the Great Shefford Youth Club will be submitted in December 2006. The success of our bid will be known at the end of January. In support of this bid please leave comments on our guestbook .