Workshop 1: Leisure and transport Bad points: *Costs *Late Buses *Lack of trains *Hardly any parking spaces for students in college *No notice when the bus timetable changes *Prices on trains and buses – students pay adult prices. *Bowling not available for U18’s after 6pm *Cost are too expensive where leisure is concerned, the gym is too expensive. Improving: *More direct train services at peak times e.g. college and school kicking out times. *More trains more often *More frequent buses at peak times, in the mornings *A better bus service e.g. better buses, cleaner newer buses. *More parking zones for students *More notice when the bus timetable changes. *Either set the bus timetable so it doesn’t change or don’t change every couple of weeks. *More parking zones for students longer than 2-3 hours. *More advertising for young people’s events around the area *Set student fairs *Bowling restrict the bar for U18’s *Open up the bowling alleys for U18’s after 6pm *More activities for young people in the area. *Let young people hire our sports equipment, *Larger amounts of police officers and better restriction at chandlers ford train station. Questions: Why are there different prices for the same seat for adults and prices in the cinemas? Feedback from Workshops: Ideas, Problems, Preventions and ideas for solving the problems Workshop 2: Anti- Social Behaviour Bad points *People stereotype *Groups of hoodies are not always bad *Lots of boredom, leads to crime *Things like mosquitos are driving the society apart. *Most young people are being offended by a rift in the society *Too much CCTV, need more physical presence *We don’t need to be a big brother society, need evidence not spies *Minority represents the majority *Some people think that we will never eradicate it *People shouting and screaming, *The police don’t do anything *ASBO’s are joke to people People try to get ASBO’s because they think it is cool to have them. Some people feel that they are not given a right to fair trial. Most people see prison as a holiday camp *Bad publicity *Prison terms under 6 months – are proven to not be affective. *Let down because of budget cuts *PCSO’s in school are a waste in time *PCSO’s don’t have enough power *Prisons are full *People will not accept Bluetooth warning at all, it is a cheap and weak way to do something and *they won’t do anything. *Community breakdown *Press judges the young people of the community *Too much bad media intimidates people Improving *Reduce youth alienation. *Start up community clubs to bring all age groups together, show all ages to respect each other. Safety *CCTV down alleyways, cheaper alarms *More physical police presence *More normal clothed police *Need to find a way to ignore the people that do the anti-social behaviour *Help in schools, where anti-social behaviour is reported *Confidentiality- people need to be reassured about confidentiality *Put trained nurses to help and talk about why anti-social behaviour *Need to be told its wrong *Education in school about anti-social behaviour(start teaching them from an early age that it is not cool) *People need to be shown the consequences of having an ASBO on later life *Stricter punishments for re-offenders *More patrols in hot spots *People to do longer term community services *Peer to tell people that it is not cool, and wrong *Tell people how to turn their life around *Rehabilitation – show people how to learn skill that will help them lead a better life *Justification of why the punishment *Prison less like a holiday *Train teachers to talk about anti-social behaviour and help solve people’s problems with anti- social behaviour *Laws about breaking and entering should be changed *We need a constitution to stop by-laws be created *More adverts against drinking, smoking and drugs *More people need to be there that have turned their life around to talk to first time offenders. *Graffiti walls Questions: Why does it happen at all? Feedback from Workshops: Ideas, Problems, Preventions and ideas for solving the problems Workshop 3: Young people portrayal in the media. Bad points: *No-one respects anyone else, they only respect themselves *Stereotypes – are really unsurprising *Vandalism – we are always blamed *No trust *The publicity about us that is good *Age segregation *There is age boundaries *We are portrayed as trouble makers *Exaggeration does a lot to the people *Press but bad stories in, because bad stories sell Improving: *Youth mayor positive role model for the young people *Put in to practise movies and shows to show gang violence and how it can be stopped. *More community events *More good publicity about young people *Fines need to be more *Licences need to be lost for people that sell young people alcohol *Stricter punishments for people that sell young people alcohol *Publicity, sign about drinking, smoking and drugs *Put our achievements in to the media more *Parental education *Need to highlight the good. Questions: Why are there different prices for the same seat for adults and prices in the cinemas?