Kingsway Villagers

I was told last week, that the POD for Kingsway was well on its way to being installed next to the School… Hooray at last somewhere we can go in the evenings.

Now I have been told that the Developers have now pulled the plug on the site again.

What must we do?

We need somewhere to go in our area… Kingsway!

If anything happens on the site, we the (teenagers) get the blame, and are labelled with anti-social behaviour.

Come on Developers, we need this!

Kingsway Primary School students Sophie and her younger brother Morgan achieved brilliant results at the regional Karate tournament held in Reading on Saturday 7th March 2009 to bring home 5 medals between them, 3 Golds and 2 Silver.

10 year old Sophie, took Gold in her individual Kata event followed by Silver for her Kumite (sparring) and in the Afternoon went on to assist the team in bringing home a Silver medal for their synchronised team Kata. 7 year old Morgan took Gold for both his individual events.
 

Both Sophie and Morgan have been competing at Championships all over the UK for the past 2/3 years and in 2007 Sophie represented the UK and proudly came home with the title World Karate Champion for her style of Kata, followed three months later with UK Karate Champion. In 2008 both Sophie and Morgan took Gold, Silver and Bronze places respectively at the regional tournaments and went on to finish the year as UK Bronze Finalists.

Sophie is hoping that Saturday’s victorious win will help her and Morgan get the funding that they need to allow them to go to Melbourne, Australia in August and for her the chance to defend her World Champion title and for Morgan to participate in his first international tournament.
 
 
Mum Gill also said: “The children have been asked to do a demonstration by their head teacher (Mrs Paula Needham) to which they have agreed and are busy organising this right now. Some of the staff also mentioned that they might like to participate! Their instructor is hoping to come along to assist and to explain how some of these moves can be used as self-defence as well as a way of getting active. Hopefully I will have confirmation of a date for the school demo, later today or tomorrow so I will let you know.”

As always – Click on the Pic(’s) to see the larger version(s).

JK Crafty Bugs Quedgeley, will be holding Art & Craft workshops for children on Monday 16th February 2009 (during the half-term week) at the Quedgeley Community Centre.

Children from Kingsway are welcome.

Spaces are limited, so be sure to book as soon as possible.

Bookings and info’ are available from Janet Weston – 07778 560848

More information is also available – and you can also download a booking form here.

Interesting group of young people in the big park tonight, doing what I can only describe as "being Anti-Social". The group were using bad language and using trolleys on the ramps, making an horrendous noise and no doubt damaging the equipment in there by their acts.
Well done to the person who called the police, who then moved these young people on.

Having spent many years working with young people I wonder whether the Residents Association would consider having a sub-group for the young people of the Kingsway?

Involving the young people in decisions that are made and asking them to share their opinions about what’s going on in their community. The more you involve young people, the more they will take ownership of the place and potentially police the area themselves. They can develop Community Projects within the community and if set up correctly, apply for funding to support this.

An idea I have is that the young people could design a mural for the tunnel and work with local artists to develop a design and complete it. (Whether it’s feasible is another story)!

It’s all about young people becoming active within their community and the community supporting them to do so.

If we ignore the problem its not going to go away it will just be moved on and become someone else’s problem within the community.

Happy Days!

In my post about the 2008 Summer Programme from Equals Youth Centre, I included a mention of a “Police Fun Day” at Waterwells, on Saturday August 30th…
In fact the event – sponsored by Prospect Training Services – is shaping up to be a:

Fabulous free day out for all the family:

Three Communities Fayre – Quedgeley, Hardwicke & Kingsway.

Saturday 30th August 10am-4pm – Waterwells Sports Centre (Football Pitch)
(Drive through Waterwells, past the Police HQ, left at the next roundabout – towards Naas Lane / Harescombe – and you’ll see the pitch on the left just before you leave the trading estate).

Arena Events:

• Circus Skills
• Bouncy Castle
• Pony Rides
• Vintage Police Cars
• Cycle and Property Marking
• Football Tournament
• Police Helicopter (weather and operations permitting)

…and much more.

And – if you’re interested in volunteering for the Police you can meet the recruitment team who will be located on the SCT stand.

Equals Youth Centre in Quedgeley, are running a summer programme for 2008, with events and activities in Quedgeley, Hardwicke and Kingsway.

The Youth Centre runs a regular programme of clubs for teenagers, young people and the disabled (as well as after school clubs and other events).

Their 2008 summer programme is packed with exciting events for young people from the entire Quedgeley Parish, including:

• Sports Days
• Rounders
• Football
• Laser Tag
• “Water Fun”
• Skate Park
• “Police Fun Day”
• Day Trip to Alton Towers

…with food and refreshments including Barbeques, Burger King and KFC.

Full details of all of the events, dates and times etc (plus details of their regular club sessions), are available on our (new) Equals Youth Centre Page.