Youth Service
Kingston Youth Support Service aims to empower and optimise the potential of young people, between the ages of 11 – 25, with the priority age range of 13-19. This is achieved through a range of work in youth centres, through projects, including streetbased youth work and working directly with young people at risk.
Young people are offered a diverse range of opportunities for informal and experiential learning in order to gain knowledge, skills, make informed choices and to assist in their personal development to enable them to become active citizens.
We pledge to provide young people with:
- A safe, caring, well equipped environment within reasonable distance of home, accessible to young people at times defined by young people, giving an opportunity to participate in personal and social development activities including arts, drama, music, sport, and voluntary action
- A wide diversity of projects and youth activities
- A set of programmes, related to core youth work values and principles, based on a curriculum framework which supports young people’s development in citizenship, the arts, drama, music, sport, and personal and social development, including through residential experiences and peer education
- Access to information, advice and counselling service through referrals
- Mechanisms for ensuring that their voice is heard, through, though not exclusively, a youth council, with the intention of supporting youth engagement in local democracy in a wide range of ways
- Involving young people in auditing and evaluating the local authority youth services
- The opportunity to participate in programmes and projects which offer accreditation for learning such as The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, AQA Unit Award, Youth Achievement Award or similar.
- To treat all young people fairly and equally as individuals
For more information about us please read our Youth Support Service Curriculum.
Contact Us
Kingston Youth Support Service
Room 205
Guildhall 1
Kingston
KT1 1EU
Tel: 020 8547 5815
Fax: 020 8547 5817