A radio project run by Kent County Council Youth Service is enabling 10 young people from projects including Sk8side in Ashford, Phase II in New Romney, the Ethnic Minority Youth Project, Rainer Kent 16plus in Thanet, and the Adolescent Resource Centre in Gravesend, to be trained in broadcasting. The Jack Warnett breakfast show will broadcast live interviews with them on Friday 3 November.
Mick Price, head of Kent County Council Youth Service, said: "We have had a relationship with BBC Radio Kent for a long while and felt this was a good opportunity to link with the media to showcase good news stories about young people."
The theme of Youth Work Week is "Hold Your Head Up: Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing". In Truro, Cornwall, a youth band from the Zebs project, which provides a youth cafe, drop-in and music facilities, has written a song, Head Up High, which is on the project's web site. During Youth Work Week the centre will provide healthy "feelgood food" in the cafe, investigate the link between substance abuse and mental health, and run workshops on self-image and self-esteem.
East Sussex's Youth Development Service is planning a Girls' Night Extravaganza on mental health for 11- to 25-year-old young women on 1 November.
An information pack for Youth Work Week 2006 can be downloaded from The National Youth Agency's web site.
www.myspace.com/zebsmusic
www.nya.org.uk.
