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Beach life a success in Dane Park
Over 700 people turned out to celebrate the start of summer at
Oi! Life’s a Beach event organised by Thanet District Council in
Dane Park in Margate, Kent.
The free event was held to promote over 600 events taking place
during the school holidays for young people in Thanet and to launch
the consultation on a new youth strategy for Thanet through a
special edition of the popular Oi! magazine, which is produced by a
core editorial team from the Marlowe Academy with contributions
from teens all over Thanet.
The events are being organised by 23 different groups, including
Thanet District Council, Hang 10, Sport 4 NRG, Pie Factory Music,
Pipeline, Thanet Coast Project, Kent Youth Service, Broadstairs
Folk Week and a range of others, who all work with young
people.
The Oi! Magazine, which stands for ‘Outspoken Indvidual’ is
produced by pupils at the Marlowe Academy, Ramsgate and this issue
has been produced in association with the Engaging Youth Forum and
Thanet District Council. Copies can be picked up at sports centres,
doctors’ surgeries, Visitor Information Centres,
Nearly a 100 young people also took the chance to give their
views on what they would like to see improved in the future, as
part of the Council’s Youth Matters consultation, which will help
to inform the new youth strategy. Everyone completing a
questionnaire, which can be found in Oi! magazine will be entered
into a competition, where the top prize is £100 in vouchers for a
shop of their choice, with 20 runners up prizes of £10 worth of
vouchers each.
Cllr. Jo Gideon, Cabinet Member for Health and Communities, who
was at the event on Friday, said: “There was an amazing amount of
things for people to try out at Life’s a Beach and that really sets
the scene for the whole school holidays. The Engaging Youth Forum
have done a great job of drawing together all the activities that
young people can take part in over the next few weeks and there
really is something for everyone, whether they enjoy surfing,
sports, being out on the coast or taking part in music and drama.
There’s certainly no excuse for anyone to say they’re bored and
there’s plenty going on for young people in Thanet this
summer.”
Madeleine White, MD of creativeuk solutions, publishing partners
of Oi! magazine said: “This summer, Oi! is the one place where
young people can find out about the hundreds of events being put on
for them during the holidays and give their views on what matters
most to them. Oi! is a magazine for teens by teens and is a unique
way of giving our young people a voice. This is why it has been a
really good exercise for everyone involved with Oi! to work with
the Engaging Youth Forum and Thanet District Council on this
project and thus making this voice mean something. For example our
editorial team have been able to have their say on what should go
in the questionnaire and have also picked out their favourites of
all the summer activities on offer. “
Engage Summer Blast includes events organised by 23 different
groups, including Thanet District Council, Hang 10, Sport 4 NRG,
Pie Factory Music, Pipeline, Thanet Coast Project, Kent Youth
Service, Broadstairs Folk Week and a whole range of others, who all
work with young people.
The Engaging Youth Forum is part of the Thanet Community Safety
Partnership, which works to make Thanet a safer place to live, work
and visit. The details are in the summer edition of Oi! magazine,
on the Council’s website at www.thanet.gov.uk the Engage website at
www.engage.eu.com with copies of Oi! available to download at
www.creativeuksolutions.co.uk
ENDS
Published 30.07.07
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