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LATEST YF NEWS...
YF Meeting and BBQ
All Youth Forum members are invited to the first YF meeting and BBQ on Saturday 27th September from 2:00pm - 4:00pm at East Town Park, Haverhill.
Dragon Boat Racing
Youth Forum members will be taking part in a Dragon Boat Race on Saturday 6th September at Fen Ditton in Cambridge. The event will be on all day so please come along and support the Havebury Dragon Boat "The Titanic." More news and photos to follow.
Community East Football Tournament 2008
A youth football team from Haverhill Rovers was among the winners at the Community East Football Tournament organised by six East Anglian housing associations including Havebury, on Sunday 20th July.
Five aside teams of 5 to 16 year olds who live in homes owned by Havebury, Saffron Housing Trust, Broadland Housing, Circle Anglia, Orwell Housing Association and Flagship Housing Group, took part in the event at Norwich Union’s Pine Banks Sports and Leisure Centre in Norwich. The aim of the tournament was to provide a fun activity day for young people during the school summer holidays and to give their families an opportunity to meet, make new friends and improve community spirit.
Haverhill Rovers entered four “Havebury” teams in the contest with the under 14s team topping their group to win a special trophy and vouchers for a day out. All the youngsters who took part in the event received a medal and t-shirt.
Head of the New Business at Havebury Housing Partnership, Oonah Lacey speaking on behalf of the organisers said: “All participating housing associations, are keen to encourage young people to live active lives and initiatives like this help to encourage youngsters to not only take care of themselves, but to participate in community projects. The event was a huge success and we hope to run a similar tournament next year.”
The winning teams in each category were: Under 10s, Langley Lions (Saffron Housing Trust); Under 12s, Worlingworth Wanderers (Broadland Housing); Under 14s, Haverhill Rovers (Havebury Housing Partnership) and Under 16s, Real Silfield (Saffron Housing Trust). Many of the youngsters from the Haverhill Rovers Team are interested in joining the Youth Forum and are hoping to put on their own Football Tournament in St Edmundsbury next year.
Haverhill Big Day Out 2008
Havebury had a stand promoting the Youth Forum at the Haverhill Big Day Out on Wednesday 30th July. The event was very well attended and the youth Forum managed to recruit 8 more members. The Havebury stand included games and activities for young people including: Captain Havebury's Treasure Hunt, Scaletrix Fastest Lap competition and a Havebury Quiz.
Go-Wild Project 2008
The Go-Wild Project got underway on the 7th June. Members of the Youth Forum are involved in the project which has been funded by the CIFG, Youth Forum and Barclays Bank. The next dates are 5th July, 28th July, 6th August and 20th August. If you would like to attend any of these sessions to help create a wildlife area then please contact Elaine Hewes at the Haverhill Volunteer Centre.
