18th March 2003

SYCP website is launched!

 

Our new website has just been launched!

Take your time to look around it and then please tell us what you think!

 

17th March 2003

News about the Sheffield Young Carer’s Project

 

At the end of last year, after what seemed like years of looking, we got the keys to our new premises. We now have two buildings at our disposal, our original premises on Arundel St are being used solely as offices for all the paper pushing and phone calls we need to do, while the new building, just around the corner on Charles St is available for use by the young people at the project.

 

The new building gives us a great opportunity to offer more time to the young people at the project, because of the space it has. Instead of being confined to 3 fairly small rooms for everything, we now have a room for groups, a well-stocked library (thanks to the Youthboox project), and two private rooms for one to one time.

 

All the groups at the project have been using the new rooms since the new year, and the opinion seems to be good. Last week we had a cooker delivered, allowing the Older Activity Group to make some pizzas instead of us going out to buy them, and there are plans for cooking to become a feature in all the group’s calendars.

 

Other news is that the Younger Activity Group are busy planning their residential, which is to take place over Easter. They are going to Wales for a week, staying by the sea and hoping for good weather. Other groups are looking at the possibility of residentials later in the year.