Prospex Street Team
Recently commissioned by Islington Council for three years our Street Team work remains at the heart of what we do at Prospex.
Our Street Teams actively go out and engage with young people who are hanging about on the streets, estates and parks. They build up a relationship of trust with these young people this then enables them to gain the information they need, access positive activities, employment opportunities or help back into education either through another Prospex service or by referring to another provider.
The Street Team members are easily identified by wearing clothing clearly displaying the Prospex logo.
Find out more about Prospex Street Team
We have spent some time this month evaluating our detached work, through which we make our initial contacts with the young people on the local estates. We looked at where and how we work and who we are working with. The results have led us to re-define the boundaries of our work. We have split it into three zones and must now dream about what we would like to do, if funding allowed. The next stage is to make contact with all the youth and community providers in the area to see how we can work in partnership.
Our plan then is to build a regular team of sessional workers to work in all three zones. We are also looking to have Prospex T shirts / jackets so that everyone will know who we are and to raise our visibility.
We have also realised that the word ‘detached' doesn't mean a great deal to most people so we are looking for a new name which fits both the format ‘Prospex …….' and which clearly conveys the type of work and the work stream. Please put your thinking caps on and send your suggestions to info@prospex.org.
Other news from this stream
August 09 update. - Sep 2009
Abdul Jilale - May 09 - Jul 2009
Ebadur Rahman - Apr 2009
Recuiting and funding - Mar 2009
Tender won for next 3 years - Feb 2009
Working with Y-Team - Dec 2008
The new year - Oct 2008
Summer sessions - Aug 2008
Rename - Jul 2008
Re-defining our work - Jun 2008
Wider coverage - May 2008
Youthwise - Mar 2008
Detached update - Feb 2008
Y-Bus - Jan 2008
Mary Kinross Trust - Feb 2007
