9/12/16 M8s Bognor and Worthing groups, Phoenix Centre
24 young people involved in consultation about Pathway to Adulthood, all aged 12-24 years old.
West Sussex Pathways to Adulthood (PDF, 5 pages)
Which of the 5 areas of the strategy are most important to you?
Top 3 –
- Being able to live safely on my own or with others
- Being able to learn and work
- Health and well-being
The dream – What I want for my future- group discussion and planning
Who I want to live with and who will be important in my life
- Cousin
- Sister, brother
- Independent
- Seeing my ‘real’ family and finding out why I’m adopted ( this young person said they wanted to know why their birth parents ‘abandoned me’ and hoped to find this out as an adult)
- Parents
- My boyfriend
Where I want to be
- M8s – I want M8s to stay open
- Chichester college
- Oak Grove College ( Sixth Form)
- Northbrook College
- Cornwall- holidays
- Lodge Hill /camping
What I want to be doing
- Sports coach
- Working at Rolls Royce
- Apprenticeships- with businesses
- Working or volunteering in a shop-Oxfam, co-op
- Bus driver
- Film editor
- Volunteering at the Regis centre
- DJing
- Earning money
- Driving an Aston Martin- interested in cars, independence
- Working at Oak Grove College as a helper in Koa ( with students with PMLD)
- Painting
- Going to the pub with my boyfriend
- Publish my book
- Teacher- put people in detention!
- Paint nails and do peoples’ make up
- Starring in a pantomime
- Puppet shows/comedy
- Work in a salon
- Shopping
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Hi, Yes, please do give me a call or drop me an email. Always good to link in with other work and projects…
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Rachel, SEND youth participation worker
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