HMP Not-4-Me

Although hard to understand in the moment... When we have negative experiences, failures and knocks it builds character, resilience and knowledge. We become better!

Tell young people and yourselves too, that life will knock you down. But as Rocky said "Nobody is gonna hit as hard as LIFE, but It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

❤️‍🩹Mental Health is so prominent and helping young people have an understanding how bad times helps them grow, learn and become the great person they are.

When they get through a bad period they need to tell themselves 'WELL DONE'.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the previous councillors who have worked with and supported our work (Including Peter who did a fine job as consort) ❤️ (there are many more councillors than those featured in the photos).

Thank you for your contributions to your communities at every level. We are sure many of you will remain active and continue supporting the initiatives you helped shape. In the meantime, enjoy some well-deserved rest. When the time is right, we're sure many of you will stand for re-election again, and we wish you every success.

We would also like to welcome the new councillors to Wakefield and wish them all the very best in their roles, as they begin their new journey. We look forward to building positive relationships and working together ❤️.

We already have meetings arranged to discuss how we can continue supporting our communities and making a difference. We appreciate the prompt responses and kind words we have already received about our work from the new councillors.

Tonights Open Access detached youth work summary at Thornes skate park with iAspire2 CIC😊

Upon arriving at the location we were approached by two young people who reported that an unknown individual had been going through their bags. They expressed concern about their belongings and asked if we could store their bags securely in the van. We agreed and safely stored the items, helping to reassure the young people and reduce any immediate concerns around theft or conflict.

🗣️ Our presence in the area appeared to have a positive impact, as the individual in question and several other young people moved away from the location shortly after our arrival. This helped to de-escalate the situation and created a calmer environment for engagement. We maintained a visible and approachable presence throughout, ensuring that young people felt supported and able to speak with us if needed.

🗣️ Following this, we spent time engaging with a number of young people through informal conversations. Discussions covered a range of topics, including school, hobbies, future aspirations, and local activities. These interactions helped to build rapport and strengthen relationships, allowing young people to feel heard and valued.

🗣️ A particularly positive conversation took place with a young entrepreneur who proudly shared details of a brand he has established himself. It was fantastic to see such initiative, creativity, and determination at a young age. We were able to encourage and praise his efforts, discussing the skills and commitment involved in developing a business venture. This provided an excellent opportunity to celebrate a young person’s achievements and promote positive aspirations within the group.

Food provided by Wakefield Street Kitchen, sandwiches made by Barbara Roxborough and Mark from Warburtons ❤️

Unreal response again Wednesday to our Mobile Youth Club under Open Access in conjunction with Central Youth Hub - Wakefield at Thornes Park. 40 Sandwiches all gone, alongside, fruit pots, pop, crisps, chocolate and (bagels courtesy of Mark from Warburtons) for Families.

Soon as the van arrives Children gather! It's brilliant and we love to see full bellies and smiling faces! We get to watch all the tricks too 🚲🛴

A few wins over the time we've been here;
* Gave chain oil to several bikers.
* Gave a helmet to a rider who couldn't afford one.
* Prevented a theft.
* Stopped bullying in progress.
* Patched up many knees.
* Provided reassurance.
* Offered Guidance on Safety & Crime.
* Talked about careers in Police & Prison.
* See community at it's best together ❤️

Massive Thank you to Wakefield Street Kitchen Anna Natasha Howard for everything you provide us with! The Food, Equipment etc and Warburtons for the bagels 😊 Also Sarah at Amazon for the equipment we give to the young people.

Wakefield Council

We aren’t going to put facts or bullet points on a poster. This is a simple message.

* Speak to your children about water safety.
* In a fast-paced life, we as parents can forget.
* The sun suddenly appears after long cold months, and people naturally head to the water.

We must always reflect after tragedy.

RIP to everyone across the country who has sadly lost their lives in water this weekend ❤️

🚌 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝟒-𝟔 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫?

⚠️ 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐃𝐁𝐒, 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜. "𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝"

皿 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐁𝐕 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦) 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐌𝐏.

🎲 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬
𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝟒 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 (𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧)

🥪 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭, 𝐏𝐨𝐩. 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐒𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬.

⛑️ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝
𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 🛹 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬.

👮 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐱
𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬
𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬

👨‍🚒𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐞𝐭𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

💬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.

𝐖𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬... "𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦".

😊𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥

Lovely feedback again today 😊 Another successful School visit in which pupils receive life lessons which fits into several curriculum and Ofsted areas.

iAspire2 CIC got voted for alongside 7 other organisations last night to deliver our 'Life Opportunities' project on behalf of People Fund West Yorkshire. 4 minutes seemed like 30 seconds and was harder than being on set on Coronation Street 😂
Some great organisations present and lovely to catch up with Madeleine France (Blossom Training) another successful winner.
As always West Yorkshire's Deputy Mayor For Policing and Crime was on top form!

🔴🔵⚽️ Disability Football ⚽️🔵🔴

We run our Fun and Inclusive Community Disability Football sessions for Boys and Girls aged 8 to 15 at Queens Drive (WF5 9BX) every Saturday from 10am to 11am.

We also enter teams in the West Riding Ability Counts League.

You can come down and try for free.

Contact Vicky on 07912 691005 for more information.



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