Mobile Youth Service in Bishopthorpe

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 York Young Peoples Services (formally the Youth Service and Connexions) are running a weekly URBIE sessions in Bishopthorpe, with  funding contributions from the parish council.

URBIE stands for Urban Rural Bus for Information and Education, and the two URBIE's are the services mobile youth clubs.  URBIE is an alternative, mobile resource of information and support, for young people aged between 11 and 19, based within their communities.

URBIE provides a comfortable, safe environment, to deliver planned, purposeful work which has been identified and developed with young people.
The buses are equipped with a laptop to access the internet, television and DVD, art material, board games and refreshments.  The youth workers who staff the buses can also deliver workshops to young people on a variety of issues, including substance misuse and sexual health.  They also carry up to date information on a range of issues relevant to the young people.

URBIE can be visited in Bishopthorpe on a Wednesday from 7-9pm at Bishopthorpe Village Hall Car Park.

For more information about URBIE and the other sessions we run please contact Elle Tovey on 07795 645835 or eleanor.tovey@york.gov.uk
 

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