Issue - meetings

Table 1

Identified the following needs for young people

• Skateboard park
• Use the woods for paintballing every couple of months or so and mountain biking
• Track for motor cycling including training for on and off road. Possible use of farmer’s field.
• Youth club – pool, games consoles etc
• Tennis court
• No where to go when it is raining
• Facilities need to be close as it is difficult to travel and parents aren’t always around to ferry people about.

General points raised

• Youth club – who’s going to run it? Needs to be for primary and secondary ages need volunteers
• Istead Rise Community Association needs to set up a young peoples sub committee. 
• The community centre needs to be used more.
• Need a footpath/cycle way from Meopham station to Istead Rise ( Kent Highways has this in their budget plans for 2010/11
• The young people felt safe and Istead Rise is a friendly area, unlike Gravesend
• Need more competitive sport. 5-a-side football tournaments that sort of thing
• Youth club at the centre – need to find funds for a part time youth worker and volunteers – look at the successful youth clubs in other areas of Gravesham. How do they do it
• Look at running buses from rural areas to the Woodville Halls for SNAP discos
• Climbing frame for younger people
• Access to and use of any facilities needs to be reasonably priced.
• Lack of swimming pool, costs a lot to get to Northfleet

Table 2

• Would like to have a swimming pool for Istead rise (but it was explained that this very unlikely owing to cost)
• Better transport to and from Gravesend/Bluewater is needed
• Want a Multi-use games area (MUGA) here at Istead Rise
• The youth club at Istead Rise closed down a while ago because of lack of helpers, would like another one. 
• The old caretakers house next to Istead rise school would make a good youth club but it was also felt that more use should be made of the community centre.
• 11-18 year olds are bored and need informal facility

Table 3

·         Higham Youth club –relies on volunteers

·         Young people run own discos

·         Istead rise community association doesn’t do enough for young people

·         Ken jones- IRCA are considering extending terrace for play area

·         IRCA Need to set up sub committee for youth matters

·         Footpaths alongside the A227 to Meopham to make it safer to get to station.

·         KHS have this in the pipeline but it will be looked at in 2010-11

Table 4

• Istead rise very friendly, its ok to live here
• Young people would like a MUGA
• Would use the new A2 activity area as long as it is competitively priced
• 5 a side football – inter Gravesham competition
• Somewhere outside to shelter from rain
• Facilities in the village rather than having to travel
• Willing to contribute to costs –ie young people can pay a little
• Roads too dangerous for younger children to cycle

Table 5

• Media project –would be really good  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25