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Welcome to Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands:- working with communities to provide marginalised and excluded young people with the tools to flourish in society.

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Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands was set up in 2007 to bring together local branches serving the region to build our capacity and share our local knowledge and expertise.

We currently provide services in the boroughs of Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall but have plans to expand in 2008.

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Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands works in a variety of different ways. For example...

...In Walsall and Dudley we work with a regional agency to provide creative youthwork solutions to local deprived neighbourhoods...

...In Sandwell we work with local schools to provide a range of inclusion support services including mentoring and personal
development programmes...

...In East Birmingham we work with Connexions and Extended Schools services providing programmes and interventions for excluded young people…

...In Handsworth and Lozells we work with groups of churches to facilitate youthwork amongst marginalised young people in two of the most deprived areas of the UK...

...Across all these areas we seek to work in partnership with local churches, individuals and organisations to provide a youthwork service that impacts local communities and reaches marginalised young people

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How can we get involved in working with Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands

Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands has a variety of flexible approaches to working with marginalized young people, these include :-

  • Setting up a local branch of Worth in consultation with local agencies or churches
  • Being part of the Church Partnership Programme where Worth supports the local church in the development of its vision and practice of working with marginalised and excluded young people
  • Working in partnership with a statutory or voluntary agency to do a particular piece of youthwork in a specific area
  • Providing training for a group of volunteers or paid workers to deliver a specific programme (e.g. World Worth Living In) or a particular piece of youthwork (e.g. Detached Youth Work)
  • Working in partnership with an existing youthwork agency to provide management support, business planning, strategic advice and access to fundraising support

Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands working in schools and colleges >

Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands Church Partnership Programme >

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Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands working in schools and colleges

Worth Unlimited works through its local branches in a number of UK schools. We have a proven track record of helping margnialised and excluded young people through a variety of projects and initiatives.

The services we offer are divided into three main strands:-

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Worth Inclusion Support

Worth Unlimited can deliver into schools a series of programmes for small groups of between 4 and 12 young people. We work in consultation with the school and young people to provide an appropriate programme of work for the pupils to engage in.

For details of our programmes and interventions click here.

In addition to these programmes Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands is also engaged in providing the following interventions

Outrage – our in-house programme developed to help young people deal with emotions and feelings with an emphasis on successfully managing anger and conflict.

Risky Behaviour
– looking at issues which pose a risk to young people including sexual health and use of recreational drugs. This unit comes from the Getting Connected programme accredited by OCR.

More programmes to come including : -

  • World Worth Living In which is currently being re-written and will now include OCN accreditation
  • Sports Lifeskills programme
  • Transition Support programmes for young people aged 8 to 12 going from primary to secondary education
  • Prolific Youth Offenders Project developing a new work with the most persistent young offenders in local communities
  • Anti-Social Behaviour Project providing an effective and considered response to young people engaged in anti-social behaviour.

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Worth Mentoring Support
Mentoring is a process by which a more experienced person becomes a role model for a less experienced person. In the context of youth mentoring projects this generally involves an adult mentoring a young person, but can also involve peer mentoring between upper and lower school students for example.
There are many benefits to having a mentor at which ever stage of life you are at. For many of the mentees on the project, just having an adult who genuinely cares is a massive bonus. There is also the chance to learn new skills, talk things through with someone who won’t judge.

In local schools we seek to provide the following three levels of Mentoring.

Level 1 – Community Mentoring
This level would seek to raise aspirations of students with particular emphasis on personal development. This level of mentoring will seek to inspire and motivate young people by allowing the mentor to be a positive role model and experienced advisor. We would also seek to engage both volunteers and peer mentors into this level of mentoring where we would provide regular support and ongoing training.

Level 2 – Inclusion Mentoring
This level would seek to provide experienced specialist mentors to work on areas of concern including behaviour, anger management, self-awareness etc.

Level 3 – Intensive Mentoring
This level would seek to work with the most disruptive and disaffected pupils providing a co-ordinated approach with the Inclusion Support work of the school. This work could also include family support, residential experiences, off-site work and working towards an individually tailored timetable. This type of mentoring could also be used for those who have previous history of exclusion and need to engage back into mainstream education.

Training
Worth Unlimited is a National Mentoring Network approved provider of training. We would be able to provide a range of appropriate training for each of the levels listed above.

For more details of Mentoring at Worth click here >

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Worth Extended School Support

Worth Unlimited can help provide a variety of provision for after school clubs. Some of our extended schools provision can be linked into our Mentoring and Inclusion work to allow extra time to work with individuals or small groups of disaffected young people.

Themes for after schools work can include : -

Drama
Music Workshops
Video Editing
Sports Programmes
Creative Arts Sessions
Facilitating Youth Forums
Extra Session of Inclusion or Mentoring work
Residential Activities

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COMING SOON ….

Worth Family Support
Worth Unlimited is currently undertaking a research project on how we work with families of disaffected young people. Through this research we aim to undertake a number of projects linked to engaging families into our programmes and interventions.

Worth Transition Support
Worth Unlimited will look to provide an extra service as a link between primary and secondary schools. This level of support would be linked to the three other units – mentoring, community support and family support. These services would be available primarily for young people who are at risk of exclusion and disaffection in years 5, 6 and 7.

For more information about Worth Unlimited working in your local school or college then contact our Branch Director, Gareth Brown – admin@worthunlimited.co.uk

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Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands Church Partnership Programme

Worth Unlimited for the West Midlands is committed to providing key services that support and release individuals, groups and churches to work amongst socially excluded young people.

We are committed to ensuring that we support and develop the local church as a key partner in this work helping to develop thinking, vision and practice for working with marginalised and excluded young people.

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Contact

Worth Unlimited
(West Midlands)
Unit 208B The Big Peg
120 Vyse Street
Birmingham B18 6NF

Tel: 0121 693 5013

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Gareth Brown
Branch Director
Mobile : 07786 074977

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Jane Barrett
Development Worker
(Handsworth & Lozells)
Mobile : 07814 644985

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Lance Blackwood
Development Worker
(Walsall)
Mobile : 07779 034654

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Paul Wright
Senior Youthworker
(East Birmingham)
Mobile : 07709 471012

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Steve Alexander
Senior Youthworker
Mobile : 07870 983216

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E-mail:
admin@worthunlimited.co.uk

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