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Everybody loves a good meal and a film so come and get yourselves down to The Community cafe’ at Farfield School. From 8pm on Saturday 16th July a lovely meal will be prepared at the community cafe’ at a price of ONLY £10 all of the funds that are raised will be put towards the work of FYDP. There is a limit of 60 places for the lovely prepared meal so call us now on 0113 3200732 or drop us an email at festival@fydp.org.uk. Following the meal at 10pm a 5 meter tall outdoor screen will be showing the smash hit film INCEPTION (Cert 12A) for FREE. We look forward to seeing you all there.
On Saturday 9th July starting at 5pm a genuine 1940s style tea dance is coming to Farsley Community Church Hall. So get on your glad rags and best dresses and get dancing. Cupcakes will be served and some memories of the famous Farsley dancehall teacher Miss Porritt will be shared. All of this will be FREE and for all ages. We look forward to seeing you ready to ballroom dance the night away.
Well my four weeks of working with the FYDP team as a professional placement has come to an end. However, I’ve enjoyed my experience so much and loved meeting all the lovely people of Farsley that I have decided that I want to continue my volunteering with FYDP, for the foreseeable future.
I will be seeing the Mojo’s Girls Group right through from the initial outlines until the very last session and I hope that it will be a huge success, and even become something we continue to run. I will also be carrying on giving as much guidance and support as needed for the young people who wish to gain an ASDAN qualification- a great experience for me and them as we all come away with something for the CV.
Even more exciting for me is the possibility of joining a group of FYDP volunteers and leaders on a fantastic trip to Old Eastern Germany- it’s going to be amazing so I can’t wait for that. I really hope it happens.
So I’ve still got plenty of time spent with FYDP to look forward too, so watch this space.
Gemma
Hi Guys and Gals,
Every year for the last five years FYDP have run a festival which usually takes place in the spring/summer time at Farsley Park, however this year we felt we may be able to have a funky change for 2011 and hold the festival in Town Street, the centre of the heart of the Farsley community.
We do need council permission to do this as we will be closing off a main road for a whole day. As FYDP volunteers we felt that the best way to approach this situation would be to personally go to the individual businesses and ask them personally for their opinions as to whether they would be happy for us to close the road to cars for one day so that we could hold the community street festival at the centre of this community.
Unfortunately there were many businesses that were unhappy and had many concerns about this. Closing the road would mean very limited access to a high percentage of their customers, for example: elderly, disabled and those with young children in push chairs.
Although this feedback was not what we hoped it does give us the ability to change our plans to work around the concerns of the public and the business managers/owners.
This task was a very long but worthwhile experience for me to be a part of. It taught me a lot and enabled me to think on my feet and brush up on my acting skills. It was also useful for improving problem solving skills and confidence skills. Going round the businesses and talking to the managers was a great way to improve self confidence and being able to go round with my placement partner meant that our approach was clear confident, smiling and thorough explanations were given to each business. This was a fantastic opportunity for me.
Problem solving came once we had gained the business responses and we had a long discussion and decided that maybe this year as we have a combination of different but large and costly activities happening such as the mojo’s girls group we would be acting in everyone’s best interests if we were to ensure that these activities take place this year and look into the community festival for next year.
Georgi
A community’s work is never done!
Work on the developing community cafe continued last Thursday as the Farfield Fun gang rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in- up to their elbows in some cases.
To add to the brilliant furniture bargains the FYDP team have found, the Farfield Fun team have started work on a giant mosaic tiled flower pot. An hour and half’s work was very impressive, the boys and girls are given a free rein to create whatever patterns they like using the tiles and putty provided.
Other areas of the cafe space have also had the Farfield Fun touch. Groups and individuals were armed with overalls, rollers and paintbrushes as they covered both the walls and themselves in fresh paint. There’s quite a mixed colour scheme going on- but you’ll have to wait until the launch for the details.
Tea and toasties were provided throughout the evening made by the volunteers themselves and everyone had a great time. Everyone is excited and the tension builds the closer we get to completing the renovation.
We’ve got some great photos on their way so keep checking this space.
FYDP Update
Spin Radio at Farsley Youth Development Project has been awarded a grant which FYDP is using to give the Spin Radio base a complete make-over!
The current station is being extended to create a bigger studio space, the inside is being completely refurbished- new floors, new paint, new furniture and lots of great equipment to ensure the continuing success of Spin Radio.
This project means that in the future many more young people will be able to volunteer at the station, get some new skills, experience in radio and generally have fun whilst trying something new. In turn the wider community will benefit from those young people who are putting back into the community via radio. So far only some initial planning work has been carried out but soon enough the brand new Spin Radio will be up and running- just in time for the next two week broadcast of the year.
Watch this space for photos and more updates as the Spin Radio remodelling progresses.
FYDP will soon be launching a Community Cafe and Farm Shop on the FYDP base, in a building which Farfield Primary School kindly gave FYDP permission to make use of.
The FYDP team and volunteers throughout the Farsley community have been working hard to ensure that the Cafe is ready for its launch date in the Spring. Everything from shelf building, sanding and painting, right down to the on-site grown produce; which will be sold and used in store, is being carried out by the young people of FYDP.
So far the variety of colours being applied to the walls of the interior has already transformed the feel of the building- it’s bright, light and with a huge amount of space to be taken advantage of there will be room for everyone! Some areas of the decorating are even already close to completion. All the young people who have been helping out with the renovation have been hard at work each week, and the team spirit they show makes for a great community atmosphere. What is also fantastic is how the FYDP team are aiming to make sure that all the supplies, used in the project are resourced from the Farsley area.
Plans for the Cafe include a community kitchen hosting a family meal night once a week, a place for people to meet and be together, have some fun as well as providing a place for the Farsley community to call their own. The Cafe will also be using produce, grown on the farm at Farfield Primary School, in the food that will be served; as well as in an on-site shop. Every volunteer will be proud of the final result, when they attend the launch and order their first brew.
Watch this space for pictures and comments about the project.
We think Farsley is something to be proud of. That’s why we recently joined forces with Springbank Junior School to work with a group of Year 6 children on cleaning up some of the many ginnels that run through the area. The group of 10 and 11 year olds gave up an afternoon of their time to lend a hand in their community by tidying up the alleys and pathways of their own neighbourhood.
This was just one of a series of opportunities we’ve been working on to get people involved with making the village look its best, and as well as the school we’ve been helped out by the local churches and parents.
Howard Bradley, FYDP’s Project Co-ordinator said that “It’s always great to see young people getting involved in helping out their community. From talking to people in the area we know that keeping alleyways and ginnels clear of rubbish can be a difficult task. But this was a simple idea that let us work together to make Farsley a brighter and happier place.”
FYDP has recently been working with people of all ages from the Farsley community to share some of their fondest memories of living in the area. And those people have put together a very special exhibition of giant photographs, showing some of their favourite times and places across the village.
Why not come and let them share their experiences and stories with you? The exhibition will be at St John’s Church on Tuesday 7 from 7.00pm until 9.00pm. Just turn up – the good news is that the event is entirely FREE! Over the course of the following week the exhibition will be open at various times – keep checking back on this web site for more details.
This project was made possible by the support of Leeds City Council’s arts@leeds programme.
FYDP is delighted to reveal the launch of its new radio station, Farsley Radio, set to start in March. The radio station will consist of a podcast,(downloadable here), and eventual Live streaming. FYDP manager Howard Bradley is delighted that the radio station will soon be up and running.
“This will be a great opportunity for young people to creatively get their voice heard within the community. We hope that there will be exciting music programs but also opportunities for young people to interview and chat with members of the Farsley community, of all ages.”
