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All of our Half Term activities are FREE and are for young people aged 13 – 19 (or up to 25 with additional needs).

Click here to download our flyer.

What’s going on?

Trip to London!
Date: Wednesday 6th June
Time: 11am – 5pm (We will meet at Sutton Train Station at 11am)
Location: Hyde Park, London
Details: Join us for a trip to Hyde Park where will be testing your knowledge with a quiz! Places are limited, so please book in advance by completing the online booking form or give us a call on 020 8404 1991 during office hours.
Please note that you will need to complete and return a Parental Consent form for this trip. Click here to download the form. Forms need to be returned to:

Please remember to wear suitable clothing and bring a packed lunch.

Jubilee Garden Party!
Date: Thursday 7th June
Time: 11am – 4pm
Location: Life Centre
Details: Head over to the Life Centre for an action-packed day of activities (including the climbing wall, sports, bouncy castle and a BBQ).

Olympics Night!
Date: Thursday 7th June
Time: 6.30pm – 9pm
Location: Sutton Youth Centre
Details: Take part in the Sutton Youth Centre Olympics! Will you be able to complete our assault course?
Please remember to wear suitable clothing.

Continue reading »]]> Network Rail have enlisted the help of British and World 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene to highlight the dangers of taking a short cut across rail tracks.

In the last year alone, nearly 50 people have been killed after trying to take shortcuts and trespassing across the railway tracks.

Dai has been given a realistic but unusual running test – across the tracks – but it’s not as easy as it seems, even for a top athlete at the peak of his condition. It’s dark, there’s grease on the line, unexpected trip hazards and it’s raining. It illustrates that if a fit, agile athlete used to leaping high hurdles at speed, is unable to get out of the way of a train travelling at 80mph, then you won’t either.

Click here to see the campaign video.

Fact file

• Sections of tracks move to redirect trains, but feet can get caught in the mechanism without the signaller seeing anyone, as there is not a camera on every piece of track
• The time it takes a person to perceive a threat and react to it is known as the perception-reaction time – in accident reconstructions, it is usually found to be at least 1.5 seconds and increases with increasing danger
• The danger isn’t just on the track, it’s also dangerous next to the tracks – trains tilt, and changes in air pressure can pull people under trains; for any train over 40 mph, the danger envelope is at least 2-3 metres on either side of the track, that’s at least a 5-7m total danger zone when you include the track
• At 125mph a 450 tonne train takes 2km, or 20 football pitches to stop so by the time the human eye sees a person on the tracks it’s much too late to stop the train

All information taken from: www.networkrail.co.uk/Champion-athlete-Dai-Greene-heads-campaign-to-prevent-rail-trespass-deaths/

Continue reading »]]> Please take a few moments and answer the NHS Sutton and Merton Survey. They would like to find out your views, opinions and experiences of sexual health as well as information to help us understand young people’s use of social media and online space.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. Just click the link below!

surveymonkey.com/s/SMWHJF

Continue reading »]]> Find your new vocation at Carshalton College!

Carshalton College is inviting prospective learners to their Open Event with tours, talks & demonstrations on Wednesday 16 May, 4.30pm to 7.30pm

Providing Further & Higher Education, our courses suit everyone aged from 16 years. We offer Full Time, Part Time, Apprenticeships and Skills for Work & Life courses in art & design, accounting, digital media, games development, music technology, construction, brickwork, plastering, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, motor vehicle, health & social care, childcare, catering, hairdressing, beauty, sport, public services and IT.

Exam Technique Workshops
‘Jump UP a Grade’ with these free 30 minute study skill sessions at the Carshalton College Open Event.
Designed to give help and advice for all learners preparing for exams this Summer.
The first session will begin at 4.45pm and then be repeated every 30 minutes. Register for a session on arrival at our Welcome Desk.

Meet our team of tutors and students
For an insight tutors and students will be available to answer questions. You can also apply at the event for courses with immediate start dates and those commencing in September 2012.

Principal’s Talk
Meet our Principal, Peter Mayhew-Smith, at the Principal Talks with news on the College and take the chance to ask any questions. Talks will take place every 30 minutes and will take place in the Student Common Room.

Tours
Tours will include the excellent learning facilities include our Pulse Health & Fitness Centre, Renaissance Hair & Beauty Salons, Nightingales In-House Training Restaurant, Music Studios, Carpentry & Plumbing Workspaces and Motor Vehicle Workshop, plus the Power Assessment and Training Centre.

Visit us at www.carshalton.ac.uk or call 020 8544 4501 for details on the College’s Open Event.

Continue reading »]]> Now in its third year, our summer film challenge for 2012 will be asking young people aged 7-16 to create a short film that focuses on the positive use of the internet. We have two separate projects are in place for primary & secondary pupils.

The Competition works as follows:

1. Teachers and Youth Leaders must register and enter on behalf of their group(s). They can do this by emailing film@childnet.com
2. Once registered, an email will be sent out on Monday 16th April giving this year’s competition theme, supporting materials, challenge details and how to get the films to us.
3. Once the entry pack is received, simply return the completed films to us with the completed submission form by Friday 15th June 2012. Schools/Youth Groups can enter as many films as they like, but we ask for each team to consist of no more than 8.
4. The shortlisted finalists from each category will be invited to come to London on Monday 9th July where they will attend a private screening of their film at the British Film Institute in central London.

For more information please visit the ChildNet website or download the poster.

Please note that this is a competition run by Childnet, not Sutton Youth Service.

Continue reading »]]> The British Youth Council (BYC) want to know what you think about school meals, in particular free school meals.

Currently, some young people get free school meals, generally if their parents are out of work. However, who is able to get free school meals is about to change. BYC is working with the Child Poverty Action Group to find out your thoughts and opinions about this change, and school meals in general.

BYC want to use your thoughts to improve school meals for young people as part of their campaign work to end child poverty. BYC is working with Child Poverty Action Group to produce a report to share with Members of Parliament and Ministers.

Take part in the survey below by Sunday 22 April to also enter the British Youth Council prize draw to win a £50 voucher.