Cookham Youth Project

Registered Charity No. 292103



The Cookham Youth Project was set up in 1998 after several young people had spoken on Cookham Summer FM asking for more facilities to be provided for them in Cookham.


EVENTS Summer Youth Club - Monday Youth Club is now closed for Easter and opens again on 11 April 2005

Summer 2005 

Laser Quest

T-Shirt Printing

Pool Tournament 

Football Tournament

Nail painting at the Cookham Dean Cricket Club

21 April - 2 May 2005 Trinity Festival. Pavement Art Station Parade Saturday 23 April 2005
Sport 

Golf Lessons -  lessons for juniors are 9.30 to 11am and 11.30 to 1pm Mon to Fri £10 per session during holidays.  Phone 01628 532852 for information.

Cricket - the Cookham Dean Cricket Club has a Colts facility. Click for details or contact John Mellor 01628 527165.

Football - there is an under sixteen team at Cookham Dean Football Club which plays on Alfred Major. Contact Pat Woodbridge 01628 527654.

Summer 2005

Wine and Cheese Evening for Parents and Supporters

17 August 2005 Flights over Cookham for ten lucky people. Open to ages 14-16.
22-26 Aug 2005 Mobile Leisure Unit on Alfred Major
September 2005 The Sky at Night at the Cricket Club. Opportunity to look through telescopes at the night sky.
Autumn 2005 Visit to the Cookham Fire Brigade

We very much need people to help with the Tuck shop on a Monday evening, even if you only can make it once a year, no experience necessary and just one hour of your time.  Also if you would like to show the young people any activity, sport, acting, nail painting anything at all they would love it.  Phone 01628 525130 for more information.


 

 

Monday evenings

Every Monday during school term time, the Cookham Youth Project runs a Youth Club for 11 to 14 year olds. We meet at Cookham Dean Cricket Club, just off Whyteladyes Lane, between 7.30pm.and 9.00pm. 

 

The evening is very relaxed, providing the young people with an opportunity to meet up with their friends. This has proved to be particularly valuable for those youngsters who at the age of 11 find themselves moving on to schools that are different to those of their close friends, having a regular meeting time seems to help with this transition.

Most of the time they like just to chat and listen to music.

We do have a pool table, table tennis, darts, basketball, table football and a Playstation2, plus various games should they feel the need for some entertainment. We have just purchased an air hockey table.  We have visits to the Club with quizzes, special evenings organised by BACYP, make-up for the girls and drawing and painting.

We also arrange some activities such as wall climbing, bowling followed by a pizza and circus fun to name just a few. In the main though we find after being organised at school they are more than happy to just chill out.

If you are interested in finding out more about the club please ring Liz on 01628 525130. 

If we become oversubscribed we do have the opportunity to open another evening.

We are also looking for willing parents (and others) to help us out from time to time. It really is not too onerous.

Membership
There is a once off joining fee of £1.00 for each young person, there is also an attendance charge of £1 per evening. 

If you know of anyone who would like to join please ask them to contact Liz  (01628 525130) 


Outreach Project

The Cookham Youth Project undertook an Outreach Project to try and meet some of the 14 plus age group and to find out if the Community of Cookham is doing all it can to ensure that facilities are available for this age group and that they feel part of the Cookham Community. This Outreach work was undertaken with the backing of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. We now have a good feel for what the young people would like to see available.

 

We are also looking at the possibility of a drop-in after school perhaps a day a week for an hour or so. We are currently trying to find a suitable venue for this and again we will need helpers.


The Cookham Youth Project is a registered charity and is run by a Management Committee of ten people The Cookham Parish Council have a nominated representative on the committee, as do Cookham Dean Cricket Club. Also Holy Trinity Church is represented.  We are always needing helpers either once in a while or on a more regular basis, do come and help, it is fun. Contact Liz on 01628 525130. 

All Youth Workers are CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) checked. 

SOME NEWS ITEMS ON COOKHAM.COM

Drug Awareness Evening 3 March 2005

Goodbye to Dave Walker 21 February 2005

Return of the Mobile Leisure Unit (October 2004)

Mobile Leisure Unit comes to Cookham (July 2004)

Cookham Youth Club Member Wins Royal Borough's Christmas Card Design Competition (December 2003)

Halloween Fun at Cookham Youth Club (October 2003)

Barbecue Fun for Cookham Youth (July 2003)
Timmy Mallet Helps Youth Project (April 2003)

Young Volunteer of the Year Award June 2001

French Visit to Cookham April 2001

AGM October 2000

Trip to France April / May 2000

Archery Practice


AGM 2002 Newsletter (.pdf file)


The Cookham Youth Project would like to thank the many people and organisations in Cookham who have supported them. The Cookham Nomads, Maidenhead Advertiser Charitable Trust, Val Rice and Friends, Timmy Mallett, the Fabulous Shirtlifters,  The Kaffirs of Cookham Dean, Alison Parry and the Cookham Christmas Charity Society, the King's Hall Trust, Cookham Dean Village Fete, Cookham Dean Tennis & Croquet Group, Cookham Fire Brigade, RBWM, the Volunteer Bureau, Cookham Social Club, Rotoract, Probus and Rotary plus many individuals who have given not only donations, but their time and also their experience. Without this sort of support the Cookham Youth Project could not exist.


Affiliated to the Berkshire Association for Young People

For more information:
11-13 year olds Liz Kwantes 01628 525130
14-18 year olds Kathy Rickman 01628 522797

RBWM Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership

 


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