Eggbuckland Dreamscheme Our Story “Eggbuckland Youth

How it started Duncan Thorne came to Eggbuckland Community College and asked for volunteers for an Eggbuckland Dreamscheme. Several volunteers turned up to Eggbuckland Church Hall for the very first meeting. We discussed the issues within the local area and decided to plan a Summer Fayre on Eggbuckland’s Frogmore field. “Eggbuckland Youth

Residents Meeting After discussing the issues we attended a local residents meeting to see what the community wanted. At the meeting we brought up the idea of a summer fayre and the residents agreed with the idea. This was needed in the community to bring people together and for them to get to know each other. This was a great opportunity for us to explain to the community who we were and what we were trying to achieve. “Eggbuckland Youth

Our first Summer Fayre We worked closely with the Youth Service, Local Councillors and Plymfed. These groups gave us guidance on how to organise a Summer Fayre and how it should be run. It was a small fayre however it was a great success for what we had done and it was our first big achievement. “Eggbuckland Youth

Winter event In the winter we decided on running a Christmas fayre raising money for our local community and also money for our next event. Since this event was smaller than our summer event we were able to do more of the organisation. This was helpful so we learnt the key skills for organising an event so our next summer fayre would be more independent. “Eggbuckland Youth

Tree Surfing To celebrate our work, we went Tree-Surfing! “Eggbuckland Youth

2 nd Summer Fayre The last Summer Fayre was our best so far. We spent a large partof our money on renting a stage for our Fayre. This let us have a variety of acts to entertain the public throughout the day. We had a lot more stalls at the Fayre which generated over £1500 which we were able to spend on our next Summer Fayre to make it even better. “Eggbuckland Youth

Canoeing To celebrate our work, we went on a weekend trip! “Eggbuckland Youth

Winter Meal Last Christmas we wanted to raise the Christmas spirits by inviting a group of elderly people for a meal in our own Church Hall. We had a lot of positive feedback from the public that were invited. They are still talking about it now! This was a great way for the elderly people to talk to people which may not have the chance to meet new people. “Eggbuckland Youth

Dreamscheme Conference Half of our group travelled to Taunton in February for the Dreamscheme Conference For some, the train journey was most exciting! It was useful to see what other youth groups were doing- some ideas have been politely stolen! “Eggbuckland Youth

Car Boot Sale To further increase our budget for the 2013 Fayre, we organised a car-boot sale. This was popular with the community and we had 14 cars attend. It also allowed us to sell things and also make cakes to further increase the community fund. We raised £150 “Eggbuckland Youth

Working On... We are looking at making the car-boot sales regular within the community In less than 7 weeks, we will also be holding the third Summer Fayre This is by far the largest event so far We have also worked with local councillors to get a £40,000 play park into the field- this will be opened as part of the fayre. “Eggbuckland Youth

Always learning We learn a lot after holding every event. Publicity is something that we have been lacking, so we will be spending £140 on a bus advert; We now also have a Facebook page, Twitter and Website We believe that branding is extremely important “Eggbuckland Youth

What have we learnt? Lots and lots! Tell the community what you’re doing- they don’t want to be in the dark Advertise well- you want people there! Reward yourselves- our most difficult decisions are which trips to go on! Listen to people and consider every team member “Eggbuckland Youth

Thank you This presentation is available to download from – “Our Group” Facebook- “Eggbuckland Youth Action” You are ALL invited to our fayre; 13 th July, Frogmore Field, Eggbuckland “Eggbuckland Youth