played a significant part in an overall 26.7 per cent increase in Stoke young people accessing youth services between 2008 and 2010
Project Socca, Rocka, Hoppa
Funding £90,000 from Youth Capital Fund Plus and ongoing annual running costs of about £40,000 from the Safer Cities Partnership
Purpose To tackle antisocial behaviour by taking youth provision to where it is needed
Background
In the spring of 2009, a major review of youth services in Stoke-on-Trent identified several parts of the city that lacked amenities. At the same time, the council and its partners were keen to tackle antisocial behaviour among young people in some areas.
The solution was to look again at mobile youth provision, explains youth development manager John Simmonds. "It seemed the ideal way to take services out to young people," he says. "We'd previously had mobile provision, including an old school bus and a transit van with DJ decks. But they were patched-up second-hand vehicles and we wanted something more up-to-date."
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