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YPAS SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER THREAT

Are you 18+? Have you received support from:

• The daily Drop-In
• IAG 1-1 support
• GYRO LGBT youth group

Tell the Council what they mean to you. Help us to keep helping you.

YPAS receives funding from the Liverpool City Council Community Resource Unit (CRU) for its support services for young adults in Liverpool. This funding will be cut on March 31st.

All Support Services will be cut UNLESS we appeal to the Council.

We have until WEDNESDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2013 to tell the Council how their funding:

• Reduces social isolation
• Improves YOUR quality of life
• Reduces inequality and exclusion
• Helps to build a stronger community

YPAS provides the only services in the city for young people up to age 25, to enable them to living as independent, informed and active citizens, especially for young people who are:

• Vulnerable
• Disadvantaged
• Experiencing mental distress
• At risk of social exclusion

PLEASE NOTE: YPAS counselling services are not directly affected by this funding decision.

We have made a short film about how YPAS makes a difference to young people:

How you can help:

Email your city councillor to let them know what YPAS support services mean to you.

• Go to liverpool.gov.uk/council
• Click on ‘Find A Councillor’
• Enter your home postcode
• Click on the councillor’s name to get their contact details.
• Use the information here to help you write your own response.
• If you would like to share your message of support with us, please copy it to support@ypas.org.uk

By WEDNESDAY 20th FEBRUARY - Thank you for your support.

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GPs Champion Young People's Health

'YPAS is enthusiastic about working in collaboration
with GPs in response to the health needs of young people'
Monique Collier, Chief Executive

The Young Person's Advisory Service (YPAS) and Brownlow Health of Liverpool have been selected to take part in a pioneering national project to improve young people’s health.

Ten sites around England have been chosen for the three-year project, ‘GP Champions for Youth Health’, which is funded by the Department for Health.

YPAS and Brownlow Health took part in a launch event of the project in London earlier this month, which brought all the project partners together for the first time.

The project aims to bridge the gap between GPs and the voluntary youth sector. It hopes to make health services more ‘young people friendly’ and to extend the options for GPs around issues such as therapy, making use of expertise within the voluntary sector.

The initiative is being run by two national charities, the Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) and Youth Access, in conjunction with the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Adolescent Health Group.

AYPH Chief Executive, Emma Rigby said: 'We are very excited to be working with the Young Person's Advisory Service and Brownlow Health and hope we can make a real difference to health services for young people in this area. We will address some of the specific health problems young people face such as depression, alcohol and substance misuse and poor sexual health.'

Youth Access Director Barbara Rayment said: 'There is a wealth of expertise in the voluntary youth sector and we hope this project will help GPs make more use of the fantastic services available locally. We also want young people from the voluntary sector to help GPs develop better services for their age group.'

YPAS Chief Executive, Monique Collier said: 'This innovative three year project is very much needed within Liverpool. YPAS is enthusiastic about working in collaboration with GPs in response to the health needs of young people and the de-stigmatisation of clinical settings. We have a wealth of expertise in the voluntary sector, which YPAS has very much contributed to since our establishment in 1966.'

Dr Diane Exley, GP Partner at Brownlow Health, said: 'We are really excited that Liverpool has been chosen to be one of the ten pioneering sites across the country. The project comes at a crucial time with the changes within the NHS to ensure young people’s needs are considered in health services. We look forward to developing lasting partnerships with youth organisations.'

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How Well Are We Doing?

Your chance to give honest feedback about the support you get at YPAS

One of YPAS's main funders, Liverpool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), wants to hear what YOU think about the support you get at YPAS. 'Puzzled Out' is an interactive online questionnaire that confidential, quick and easy to use. All you need to do is go to: www.puzzledout.com and enter the code for the service you use:

GYRO: LIV204
Drop-in & Mentoring: LIV205
Counselling: LIV206

The survey will appear - when you finish answering the simple questions you can see what everyone else has said. You can also register and email address to get the final results sent to you if you like. You can take the survey more than once if your experience changes, and check back on the results to see how we are changing.

Thanks for taking part in the Puzzled Out survey - your answers will help us give you more of what YOU need.

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The SHARP System

There are many reasons why young people decide not to talk about incidents – confrontation, face to face, lack of confidence, scared, peer pressure, to name just a few.

	As a result, YPAS, in partnership with Tropica Web Design and Merseyside Police are pleased to present to you a 24/7 365 days a year confidential reporting system of any incidents which occur within the school and local community.
	The SHARP system provides: An information gathering tool for incidents in school and the local community. An educational tool for issues which affect young people, including bullying, health, community issues, weapons and hate crime.

The SHARP system for YPAS offers additional web pages personalised by us to respond to the needs of the children and young people who use our services.

There is a menu of the topics covered, and information is presented in a small video clip along with a few lines of text.

The system gives young people a voice - any modern communication device which is capable of sending an email can be used to access this reporting system, including most mobile phones, Xbox 360, iphone, hand held computers, pdas and Sky TV or Virgin Media.

The SHARP system is confidential - you don't have to give your name. Your information will be used to help solve the problems you have seen or are facing.

You can also report something you have seen which is affecting a friend or family member.

There will be a delay in dealing with any information submited out of our office opening hours (9.30-5pm), during the weekend and holidays. If you provide your details, we aim to reply to you within 3 working days.

Click to enter the YPAS Sharp System

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