Recently there has been some conflict between adults and young people in the Brislington area. You may have seen burnt out cars, graffiti and vandalism. You may have felt intimidated by groups of young people. You may be a young person and feel that there is nowhere good to hang out.
Brislington Community Partnership has been awarded some money to try and improve the situation. To do this we are launching the respect project.
The main aims of the project are:
To resolve conflict and increase communication between adults and young people in the area.
What are the Big Questions?
The Brislington Partnership can't speak for everyone in Brislington, and we want this project to work - so, a big part of the project is asking people what they think.
For the project to work we need to talk to, and try and involve, a range of people who are (as near as possible) genuinely representative of the people of Brislington and St. Annes. Both young people and older people. We are going to involve as many local groups as we possibly can.
How are we going to do it?
First, we have to reach people, and then give them a chance to be able to say what they think. To do this we are going to do some work through local groups like these:
Lazer youth club
St. Annes Youth Project run by Bristol City Council and based at Wicklea Youth and Community Centre
Other groups that meet at Wicklea - both older and young people
Brislington Secondary School
Connexions
St. Annes Park City Mission
If you know of any other groups who might want to be involved - please email us!
We know that there are a lot of young and older people who may not be involved in these groups, so we are looking at other ways of getting people involved. The first is to have an event in St. Annes Park. There are very few facilities for young people in St. Annes Park, despite the fact that parts of it are relatively deprived.
The Big Questions
The questions we will be asking are:
Do you think there are problems between older and younger people that affect your enjoyment of the neighbourhood?
2) What do you think causes problems between adults and young people in this
neighbourhood?
3) What can be done about it?
4) What could you do about it?
The answers to the big questions will be the basis of identifying what the problems are, and looking at solutions.
Who are we going to do it with?
The Movies
So, we have the people that we are going to talk to, we have the questions we need to ask. How are we going to make a decision about exactly what we are going to do?
This is where the movies come in useful. The groups that we mentioned at the beginning are going to be working on films in sessions with our project co-ordinator (a qualified youth worker) and a community worker - and all that dairy room footage from the Big Moan Saturday Summer event is going to be made into two films.
We have volunteers to work with the groups to edit all the footage together. The films are going to look at the problems - the Big Moan, and present the solutions - the Big Grin. There will be one made by adults from the area and one made by young people. They will be presented at a film premier. There is £15,000 to be spent on starting to solve the problems that the two groups discovered. All of the money must be spent on the aims of the project, and both groups need to look at what they would spend the money on.
Young people will present their film - explaining what they think the problems are, and what they think could provide a solution - or the start of one at least.
Adults will then present their film of the problems and possible solutions.
If you would like to know more about the project you can contact Ella on 0117 377 3563.
The Big Moan is supported by:
