The Groupwork Team at The Zone - Helping you to reach your goals.
Activity days and courses that are free to all young people in Plymouth who are unemployed and 13-25 years old.
We offer outdoor activities, residentials, activity days and more. There are weekly groups to get involved in, meet new people,learn new skills and have fun.
The groupwork team offers young people days out of Plymouth to challenge yourself, have fun and try new things.
Your Summer
The Zone has teamed up with NCS Southwest and are offering a summer of FREE activities!
If you're in Year 11 at the moment then NCS is your ticket to the summer and whats more it's FREE! Have Fun, Make new friends and take control of your community.
When is it?
We know how important your summer is and that you need some time to relax, so we’re offering two start dates to allow you the chance to go on your family holiday, do a summer job or just do nothing.
There are two start dates:
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Week starting 9th July
Week Starting 13th August
What will I be doing?
Before we start - Getting Together:
Meet your team a few times before the summer and get to know each other, plan your programme, design your own team tag, create you t-shirts. Plenty of food & games
Week 1: Out & About:
Spend a week at on an activities residential, buddy up with other teams from across the southwest. You could be at a centre or camping by the beach or even in a yurt!
Here are just some of the things you could end up doing:
Abseiling, Mountain biking, Coasteering, Sea Kayaking, Quad Biking, Horse Riding, Canoeing, Sailing a Yacht, Surfing, Dance, Archery, plus much much more...
You could end up on Dartmoor, on the coast or even in a city! But your guaranteed to have the time of your life.
Week 2: What’s going on around my way?
A week long residential back in your local area.
Find out what it’s like to work in the job you’ve always wanted. Learn new skills, meet entrepreneurs and successful business men and women. Get your voice heard about what your passionate about, make some positive changes in your community.
Here are just some of the things you could try your hand at:
Film making, digital design & media, arts & crafts, dance, drama, sports, construction, painting & decorating, music, event planning, animal care, photography, retail, catering, hair & beauty, fashion design, environment and conservation, woodwork and much much more.
Week 3: Plan Your own project:
Days only this week, you get to sleep in your own beds again at last.
Now it’s your turn to decide what needs doing to help your area. As a team you will plan and organise you team challenge. It could be anything from a fund raising fashion show to renovating a children’s play park. A gardening project for the elderly to organising a 5-a-side tournament. The choice is yours.
Within the project we will bring you all together for the ‘Commando Challenge’ a fund raising fun run with a twist!
Making It Happen:
Once it’s all planned you have up to 30hrs over 3 weeks to make it happen. This can be during the day, evenings or weekends. Work as team, delegate the roles and bring your project to life. Don’t worry you won’t be on your own, you’ll have workers and volunteers to help you succeed and bring that sense of achievement.
Celebrate:
Once it’s all over, we want to make sure you get all the praise and thanks you deserve. That’s why we’ll be hosting and awards party for you in October. It’ll be chance to catch up with all the friends you’ve made over the summer and celebrate in style with live top bands and acts, awards & prizes and plenty of food. It’ll be a night to remember.
So what are you waiting for? Grab a place before it’s too late!
Interested?
If you are interested please get in touch or email enquiries@thezoneplymouth.co.uk
For more info please visit www.facebook.com/ncssouthwest or www.ncssouthwest.co.uk
Bluesound
Are you interested in the marine environment of Plymouth and how you can help to conserve it?
Blue sound can offer you activities to help explore the marine environment of Plymouth.
Click here to go to the website to find out more.
Fishing
Would you like the chance to get out of Plymouth for the day and learn to fish? The group work team run fishing days throughout the summer months. To find out dates of the next trip please get in touch.
Fit for Life
Currently this group is available for all Young People who are involved with the Icebreak or Inisight teams.
The FIT4LIFE group gets involved with activities such as free gym sessions, healthy cooking sessions, outdoor activities, visits to the beach & Dartmoor.
If you are interested in joining FIT4LIFE speak to your worker or get in touch for further details.
where to look
Professionals:
If you are a professional and wishing to purchase our services we offer a range of challenging activites designed to increase self confidence and self esteem, improve team building skills, and individual skill enhancement.
Our staff are fully qualified and are licencsed by AALA and volunteers who are trained in many aspects of outdoor activities, including coasteering, caving, survival techniques and teamwork courses.
The progress of the courses will be monitored through tools that are designed by us to show ‘distance travelled’ and learning along the way. Young people can gain a portfolio of accredited achievements to take away that demonstrate skills learnt with their time with us, improving their opportunities to go onto higher education, training or employment in the future.
Programmes can be as short as one day or as long as you need. We offer you a package tailored around the needs of the individual or group that is referred onto us.
The groupwork team will work with you to design a suitable itinerary that will be able to promote self-esteem, boost confidence and mental well-being in individuals that you refer.
For further information contact us on 01752 206626 and ask to speak to Jon or Martyn in the groupwork team.
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