July - Alyth Voice

YOUR LETTERS
BI-ANNUAL NEWSLETTER
Dear Editor,
Alyth Youth Partnership would like to take this opportunity to
tell you what has been happening since January 2003.
There are numerous clubs affiliated to the Alyth Youth Partnership,
all of which are attended by Young People in Alyth and
the surrounding area. Alyth Youth Partnership has been working
to hard to bring more activities and provide more opportunities
to the Young People by liaising with other organisations
within Perth and Kinross and Tayside.
The Youth Clubs is where it all started. Still running on a
Monday and Tuesday night the club offers the Young People a
place to meet their friends, play pool, access the Internet and
access information a range of topics from Alcohol and Drugs
issues to Sexual Health issues and Careers abroad and in the
United Kingdom to name but a few. Occasionally a guest
speaker will visit the Youth Club to inform, educate and entertain
the Young People on their specialist subject. Recently we
have had the pleasure of a Drugs Worker from Perth & Kinross
Alcohol and Substance Misuse Team, and a Health Worker
from Tayside Health Board.
The introduction of healthy eating will start in early June. This
will include pasta, noodles and baked potatoes with a range of
fillings to encourage the Young People away from chocolate
and crisps. Although the chocolate and crisps will be available
to satisfy the sweet tooth.
The Youth Clubs will continue to run on a Monday evening
7.30pm until 9.00pm for P7 - 2nd year, and Tuesday evening
7.30pm – 9.00pm for 3rd year – 17years old. 18 years and
over will be considered volunteers and will be subject to a Police
Check in line with Child Protection Guidelines.
Alyth Boys Football has got off to a flying start. Held at the
Diamond Jubilee Park and run by Rab Ross on a Tuesday
evening 6.00pm – 8.00pm for 14years and under and Thursday
evening 6.00pm – 8.00pm for 15years – 18years. The
cost is 50p which will go towards equipment and trips to league
and competition games. A unique opportunity for Young People
to advance their football skills and hopefully progress onto
Alyth Amateurs or even further. The training evenings are well
attended and regularly see 15+ on each session with numbers on
the increase. Alyth Youth Partnership has provided funding for
team football strips which will get their first showing at a competition
held in Dundee over the 5th and 6th of July 2003.
SERVICES REQUIRED
Do you know anyone in the area who sharpens garden tools?
Please get in touch with the Voice– so we can pass on their
number to all those gardeners in Alyth who require this service.
Is there something you need fixed or serviced but can’t find
anyone in the area to do it?
Let us know and we will ask our readers for help.
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Alyth Skate Solution has continued to move from strength to
strength and foundations have been laid (literally). Held on a
Tuesday evening from 5.00pm – 6.00pm at the Alyth Community
Wing. This collective of Young People came together
to form a working body with the hope of getting a skateboard/
BMX facility in Alyth. Thanks to their hard work through a
fund raising Rock Gig in Blairgowrie Town Hall and sponsored
Bike Ride through the hills to Bridge of Lintrathen and
back to Alyth they have managed to raise funds to realise their
dream. As a result trenches have been dug and cement laid in
the Diamond Jubilee Park to accommodate the Half-pipe
which has been gifted by Perth & Kinross Council. Public
meetings are held by the ASS and your support would be appreciated,
so keep an eye out for advertising posters. Also
many thanks to the surrounding Business for their donations
and continued support. The skaters look forward to having the
ramp in place by the end of the summer holidays.
Alyth Girls Group is held on Tuesday evenings 6.30pm –
8.00pm at the Alyth Community Wing. Run by Lynn Mac-
Intyre the club aims to provide fun and entertaining activities
such as Internet access, arts and crafts and rounders. There is
also the opportunity for field trips away skating, swimming
and the cinema. There has also been the suggestion of the
Girls Group helping to build a sensory garden for the local
school.
Thrillseekers has now finished for the summer. Run in Partnership
with the Blairgowrie Police Force, Alyth Youth Partnership
sits on the Thrillseekers Management Committee and
has also provided many of the instructors who attend the club
regularly. Football, Basketball, Badminton, Trampoline and
Body Combat are some of the activities which are available.
There has also been the Outdoor Sports Activities which have
been run in conjunction with the Compass Christian Center at
Glenshee. Hugely successful with Gorge Walking, Crate
Climbing and Problem Solving Activities to name a few.
Thrillseekers will be resurrected in September when the
schools start for the new term, watch out for details.
Field Trips always attract good support. Alyth Youth Partnership
aims to provide its activities with little or no cost to the
Young People or their Parents. Recent trips have included the
Dynamic Earth Exhibition at Edinburgh. This exhibition was
an informative event outlining the beginning of the universe
right up to social-economic problems caused by modern technology.
Fortunately it is very well presented and very easy to
understand otherwise it would have been very dull. Fake earth
tremors, cold rooms with small glaciers and tropical rain forest
simulations added to the interactive environment. McDonalds
was also well received on the way home.
Dear Editor,
I am compelled to email after reading Daniel Dewar's' wonderful
pieces of work. I am more than delighted Alyth houses these
wonderful people, with both talent and enthusiasm for life!
I now wonder what other gems are hiding amongst us? - and
hope, like the Dewar's, that they express their voices and talents,
and enhance the Alyth, we know and love!
Congratulations, and may you inspire others Mr Dewar!
Yours Joyfully and Dramatically!
Ashley Kennedy
Alyth.