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Dauphin
Friendship Centre Youth Centre Project The Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre program in Dauphin enhances Aboriginal youth capacity, and increases the role of Aboriginal youth with respect to planning, priority-setting and program design, implementation, management, delivery and administration assisting in meeting the needs and priorities of urban Aboriginal youth. The Painted Sky Youth Council as well as many of the youth participating in the program are involved in all planning, implementation and delivery of the programs and services that are offered through the Youth Centre and work hard to assure Aboriginal Youth are being heard and their needs are being met. The Youth Centre is a hub of activities 7 days a week providing life skills, health, personal/cultural/leadership development and community involvement. The six program components that the council works hard to assure are met are: Sports
and Recreation- The Sports and Recreation Component of
the program will include the rental of facilities, equipment and
space. The Youth Council, participants and staff will work together
to plan and implement indoor and out doors sports events and tournaments.
This component will include but not be limited to gym nights, curling,
skating, bowling, baseball, and football, swimming, hiking, camping
and fishing. Health Programs- The Health Component will include partnering with other services in Dauphin (Regional Health Authority, -Public Health Nurses and Mental Health, Crisis Pregnancy Centre, Health Baby and Head Start) This program will include health and safety workshops, bullying workshop, sex education, addictions awareness, as well as life skills and parenting skills development. Social Activities- This program will include the hiring of a Youth Program Coordinators. We will provides a safe place for youth to come and participate in programs as well as a place for positive social interaction (Drop-in). Equipment maybe purchased and space acquired to hold activities/programs(dances, feasts, camping trips, tournaments cooking club,…) Social activities may include but not be restricted to camping, dances, movie nights, coffee houses (musical encouragement), trail ride- horse back trip and outdoor activities…) Youth Leadership- Continue to train and work closely with our youth council and committees, providing youth with opportunities for leadership training, financial management, youth issue radio productions, training youth in public speaking and assisting them in making community presentations on behalf of the youth centre and the youth council. The program will prove opportunities for increased youth involvement and building self-esteem and confidence. Community
Involvement- This component of the program will work closely
with community groups, and Elders to have youth take an active and
positive role in the community. Youth will work with the local radio
and access channel to provide information and awareness of youth
issues and topics that youth are interested in. The youth program
will take an active role in helping to keep the community clean.
The youth will take an active role in parades, street fairs and
all community events that will take place and form partnership with
the community and organizations in the community to provide opportunities
for youth to become volunteers. The Youth Centre is open to youth ages 12-24 providing them with a safe and friendly atmosphere and a chance to take part in activities housed in the centre, sponsored through the centre (outings, workshops, trips…) as well as many community activities and programs. Main Component of Project Youth Leadership: The Youth Leadership components will address, develop and encourage youth leadership skills through a holistic approach. We will incorporate the medicine wheel teachings into the development of youth leadership training component. The project will include youth assessing their personal leadership styles and developing an understanding of the process to develop leadership skills. Through workshops style, hands on training we will expand their awareness and understanding of leadership and youth leadership roles in the Youth Centre, the Dauphin Friendship Centre and the Community. The project will include 12 youth council meetings, as well as workshops/training for the Youth and Youth Councils in teambuilding, meeting procedures, reading financial statements, elements of good planning, implementation and evaluation and basic communication skills for leadership. As part of this training we will build in components that will help them gain techniques involved in relating to adults. The youth have established a target of a minimum of 1 activity per month that has a community focus: (helping plant flowers in the community garden, cleaning up in CN Park or Vermillion Park, helping with activities at the Senior Centre, volunteering for the Food Bank, Collecting Gifts for the Angle Tree, helping with the Christmas Hampers, providing activities for youth at the street fair…) Youth will take a leadership responsibility in all of these activities: they will establish a work plan, recruit youth volunteers, set-up schedules, ensure that the activity is implemented and runs smoothly as well as evaluate the activity and the process once completed. A workshop giving the youth the opportunity to learn what the roles and responsibilities are of the Youth Council and the positions (president, Vice President, Sec/Treasurer and Committee Chairs) will happen in the beginning of April 2007. Elections will be called and election will be held in the middle of April to elect a new Executive for the Painted Sky Youth Council. At the first meeting of the new council meeting procedures will be established and roles of each member will be discussed. Training will be provided on financial responsibilities, purchase orders, understanding financial statements and budgeting. The Youth Coordinator will work closely with the Youth Council to ensure smooth operations and that the council learns the skills necessary for them to fill their positions and learn leadership skills. The Youth Council along with Committee Chairs and youth participants will establish monthly calendars following closely to the outline UMAYC accepted proposal and the needs for the youth using the program. The youth will then work closely with staff to ensure that their wished are carried out. The Painted Sky Youth Council will work closely with the Dauphin Friendship Centre Youth Board Representative to ensure that youth needs in the Friendship Centre, Community Provincially and Nationally are being addressed. The Youth Council will provide the Board with Monthly reports and keep them apprised of up and coming events. We
will take every opportunity to develop these young people’s
leadership skills. All programs/components of the UMAYC Project
that the Dauphin Friendship centre has submitted will encourage
and develop opportunities for the youth to become confident leaders. Cultural Activities: This project plans to implement culture awareness into each activity that is planned. They will utilize local Elders on a regular basis and will have specific cultural activities, training, and medicine wheel teachings, workshops that will include, but are not limited to drumming lessons, attending Powwow and ceremonies, medicine harvesting, and participating in a sweat. Social and Health Programs: This project plans to create a partnership with West Region Health Office, the Local RHA, AFM, Mental Health to provide the youth with various health related workshops during the year which will include but not be limited to Peer Pressure, Teen Pregnancy, Communicable Diseases Bullying, Drugs, and Alcohol. In addition, the project plans to provide youth with life skills training, which will include budgeting, meal planning and basic cooking. Youth Leadership: One of our components will be to continue to train youth to become leaders. The project will include 12 Youth Council meetings, training for the Youth Council in teambuilding, meeting procedures, reading financial statements, planning, implementation and evaluation as well as communication skills. Social Activities: The project hosts a drop-in centre for youth on a daily basis. Youth workers work closely with the Youth Council, Committee Chairs in planning various activities and outings. The activities provided within this component include movie nights, pool tournaments, craft nights, skills competitions, yearbook construction, dances, bowling, and social outings. Community Involvement: The Youth Council has set an area of priority for community involvement. These include the development of a stronger/positive police/youth interaction, working with the local radio station and ACCESS Channel to develop youth time in the local media, and youth cleaning up the community (helping Plant flowers in the community garden, cleaning up in CN Park or Vermillion Park, helping with activities at the Senior Centre, volunteering for the Food Bank, Collecting gifts for the Angle Tree, helping with the Christmas Hampers, providing activities for youth at the street fair…) This involvement will provide the project with positive community visibility and an opportunity for the youth to become active positive community members.
The
end results of these activities will be:
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