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Worth Unlimited runs projects across the West Midlands, below is information on the work we do, the programmes we offer and the areas we work in. Currently we work in the following areas:-
To help support our aims of Building Hope, Unlocking Potential and Realising Worth of marginalised young people in the West Midlands we divide our work into four main areas:-
COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION Worth Unlimited in the West Midlands is committed to building sustainable projects in local communities that suffer from the effects of deprivation. Supporting local projects that make a difference in local neighbourhoods is at the core of our work. Our community work consists of:-
PROGRAMME DELIVERY Worth Unlimited in the West Midlands seeks to be a creative provider of programmes that positively impact the lives of disaffected young people. Our programmes are provided in a number of different settings including community based, schools/college work, statutory settings, youth clubs etc. This work includes:-
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Worth Unlimited in the West Midlands has a commitment to ensure that we effectively engage with those who want to support young people through the provision of training, advice, information and life long learning. Our work in supporting volunteers and staff include: -
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Worth Unlimited in the West Midlands is committed to ensuring that social entrepreneurs that wish to use their creative talents to engage with marginalised young people are given the support and structure to succeed. Our support of social entrepreneurs includes:-
For more detailed information about these programmes please click below:
Our work in East Birmingham and Solihull provides a range of youthwork projects with a focus on supporting young people in key neighbourhoods across the area. Find out more about our work in East Birmingham and Solihull >
In North Birmingham our 2 main projects are in partnership with the Anglican Parish of Handsworth and the Methodist church in Lozells. Our aims are to support local churches engage with marginalised young people that live in some of the most deprived areas of Birmingham. We also are establishing a number of partnerships across the north of the city including work in Aston, Witton, Perry Common and Erdington. These partnerships are mainly focussed on supporting effective community based work and the delivery of World Worth Living In. Find out more about our work in North Birmingham >
In South Birmingham our main focus of work is providing support to a local youth work project in West Heath and Longbridge called Youth Aware. The project will be providing a regular programme of youth clubs, detached work, after school clubs and one to one mentoring.
The main part of our work in Sandwell is supporting the local Anglican churches that are part of the Warley Deanery to plan their future youth work strategy. The Unity Project will seek to work across all 9 local parishes to help establish new youth work services and support existing projects. Our current work in Sandwell is based in the following areas:-
We are also looking at new work in Wednesbury and Rowley Regis helping to set up sustainable youth work projects in those local communities.
In Walsall we are delivering a variety of youth work services in one of the most deprived areas of the borough. We are currently engaged in after school clubs, regular creative arts work, detached work on the local estates and providing opportunities for young people to engage in residential and holiday activities. We are also providing our new flagship World Worth Living In programme to a local school and developing new programmes around anger management for delivery in local schools. We are also partnering with Walsall Street Teams to provide workshops and positive activities to young people who have a history of offending and being involved in the criminal justice system.
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Worth Unlimited - West Midlands Email: gareth@worthunlimited.co.uk
Ellie Richards
Scott Pash
Lance Blackwood Mobile: 07779 034654
Jane Barrett Tel: 0121 555 5621
Paul Wright Mobile: 07725 986373
Earlier this year Lance (West Mids team) and Melanie began working with a group of Year 10 lads from a school in Walsall who were considered most at risk of leaving school with no qualifications. We began delivering the Foundation level WWLI programme and most of the group quickly engaged with it. To push through the programme quickly we included a 4 day residential in Wales after which the young people knew they had pushed themselves to new limits and were amazed by what they had just done. Monitoring and evaluation of the activity day showed that the young people had learnt new skills, develop existing skills, learnt what to do differently and that they can face their fears. Comments from this session included: "I
dealt with
set backs
and didn’t
give up as
I usually
do" In the space of a few days we were able to complete lots of the Foundation level programme and, more importantly, enable the young people to develop new and existing skills in a different environment.
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