BCP skatepark proposal

Be part of the Big Society  Barnet Community Project’s  Mobile Skate Park      The Project  Skate Park sessions    A  mobile  skate  park  for  young  people  • We  will  run  weekly  after  school  who  feel  there  is  nothing  for  them  in  sessions in the Underhill area  their local community.  • Longer days during the holidays   An exciting project, devised, planned and  • Blocks  of  8  weekly  sessions  will  be  developed by young people.  available  for  other  areas  in  need  of   Providing  a  great  opportunity  for  young  youth  activities  within  the  London  people  to  develop  transferable  and  Borough of Barnet  employable business skills .      Your involvement  The Skate Park    The equipment will be designed and built by  How can you help?  Highline  Extreme    ‐  with  halfpipes,  jump  We  are  asking  for  support  for  the  initial  ramps,  grind  rails  and  interchangeable  purchase of equipment.  It will cost £25k in  ramps.   The equipment can be used on any  total  and  we  have  raised  £10k  so  far  surface  from  grass  to  concrete  to  indoor  through  applications  to  the  Youth  halls.    Opportunity Fund and to Barnet Homes.  So    we  are  asking  our  friends  in  the  local  business  community  if  they  would  like  to  partner  with  us  in  this  project.    We  are  looking  for  30  one  off  donations  of  £500  which  will  allow  us  to  buy  the  equipment  we need.  Though if you would like to offer  us more…      We are also looking for on‐going support to    The  skatepark  fits  into  a  box  trailer  so  that  cover the running costs, as there will be no  we  can  tow  it  to  different  venues.    Extra  charge  for  sessions  to  local  residents  or  skate  boards,  helmets  and  knee  pads  are  young people.  provided  so  that  young  people  using  it  do    not need to have their own equipment.  Although  the  skate  park  will  be  run  on  a    business model, it is a not for profit project.   For  more  information  and  testimonials  see  In  time  we  hope  to  generate  some  income  www.highlineextreme.co.uk  to cover cost of sessional workers.  But the    principle  is  that  sessions  should  be  affordable or free. 

    Young People’s involvement  Safety       Young  people  from  the  Chesterfield  We take safety very seriously.  Trained staff  Road area have been instrumental in the  will assemble the equipment, and conduct  development of funding proposals.    risk assessments wherever it is used.   We  have  support  from  the  local  Safer  Named first aid at work trained adults will  Neighbourhood  Team  who  anticipate  a  be present at all events.  drop  in  local  youth  crime  where  the  We have Employer Liability and Public  skatepark sessions are run.  Liability Insurance.   Highline  Extreme  will  train  a  mixed    group  of  young  people  and  adults  to  help assemble the equipment safely.   A  multi‐agency  board,  lead  by  young  people,  will  manage  the  bookings  to  ensure  that  priority  is  given  to  areas  where  there  is  youth  crime,  a  shortage  of  diversionary  activities  for  young    people  or  a  need  for  community    cohesion events.  What can we offer you?   The whole skatepark project is to be run    along  the  lines  of  a  small  business  ‐  so  Publicity  that  the  young  people  steering  it  (some  We can include your details on the publicity  of  whom  are  not  in  education,  for the skatepark.  This will reach a large  employment  or  training),  will  acquire  number of Barnet residents and  employable skills.  professionals.      Who are we?  Events    You are invited to our launch event and can  Barnet Community Project  use photos of this event for your company  We  are  a  constituted  community  group  magazine or website.  working in Barnet to equip local residents to  You will have access to use of the  build  relationships  and  improve  the  areas  equipment for company events such as staff  where  they  live.      We  work  in  partnership  days, community days.    with other organisations to identify areas in  need,  and  engage  residents  in  finding  and  Certification  implementing their own solutions.  We will provide you with a certificate to    thank you for your generous donation.  Our Partners    • The young people of Underhill  Flexible donation options  • Local Underhill Residents  If you would like to discuss the option of  • Underhill Safer Neighbourhood Team  making smaller monthly payments we  • Street Pastors  would be happy to be flexible.  • Barnet  Council  for  Voluntary  Youth  Contact Steve Neale at acheve@sky.com  Services  for details – or ring 07850 341830   

BCP skatepark proposal

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