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South Ayrshire Youth Strategy Launch

South Ayrshire Council's Youth Strategy launch was a great success and very well supported with young people representing Ayrshire's secondary schools. Information was available from partners in Leisure, Step,Community Safety,MSYP,MV Awards and many more. The Council has produced this Strategy because it wants to support young people to 'be the best they can be'

Key points are : to give young people a voice - enable them to influence the delivery of services that affect them - benefit from youth work services that make a real difference to their lives - supported by youth workers who can help them achieve positive outcomes in their own lives and those of their communities.

Do you want to get involved or have a say? Contact South Ayrshire Youth Forum - Community Learning and Development 9 Green Street Lane Ayr to find out more. Read more at http://www.youngscot.org/features/?sr=357

C Card scheme - what is it?

C Card What is a C Card?

C Card is a new service in Ayrshire and Arran offering you access to free condoms with minimum embarrassment, or fuss. Condoms offer protection against some of the sexually transmitted infections, such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and HIV.

How does it work? The scheme is quite simple, you attend a 'Sign Up Point' and receive a card, that allows you to pick up condoms at a range of 'Collection Points' across Ayrshire and Arran.

How do I get a card? To obtain a card you need to sign up, this involves a short confidential discussion with a Sign Up Facilitator, they will talk about condoms use, what to do if a condoms bursts, sexually transmitted infections and, if necessary, sexual health or relationship issues, and they will direct you to other professionals, if necessary.

Although the Sign Up F acilitator will asked for you name, address and age, the only information that you have to give is the first part of your postcode and your date of birth. You will then be given your C Card.

What happens once I've registered? Once you have signed up to the scheme and have been given your CCard, you can access any of the Collection Points, show them your card and receive a free supply of 12 condoms. It couldn't be simpler! Most of our local pharmacists are collection points.

What if I am under 16? If you're under 16, to register for C Card you will have to go to one of the special C Card sites especially for people under 16. At these sites you will have a chat with one of the Sign Up Facilitators before you can get condoms. All staff are friendly and welcoming and will not tell anyone about the discussion unless they think you are at risk of serious harm. They will always consult you before telling anyone else.

The law says that you are not allowed to have sex under the age of 16 but there is no law against a young person having condoms. Sometimes people start sexual relationships before they are 16, or they may want to try out condoms on their own to see what they're like. If you are under 16 you can access confidential support or services on offer to adults as long as workers believe that you are capable of understanding the information provided to you.

If you are concerned about any sexual health issue, such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, or relationships, please think about speaking to your school nurse or go along to a Young Person's sexual health clinic, details of when these are on are available on  www.shayr.com

Duke Of Edinburgh's Award

Whats the D.of.E.?  Duke of Edinburgh Awards....Have you ever wondered what it means....well it's about the activities young people might enjoy taking part in and it'll help you get more out of life!!! so don't be bored and say there's nothing to do.

If you are at school ask if there is a Duke of Edinburgh's award leader who will help you with any questions or call 01292 266171 for more information

There's more information on the Duke of Edinburgh's Award website.

Active Scotland

Looking for ways to get active, but don't know where to go? Active Scotland is a new web site from NHS Health Scotland that has been designed to help you find places to go to be physically active. There are thousands of places to be active at, from parks to pools and community centres to climbing walls, and tens of thousands of activities from archery to yoga, this is being put into into one easy-to-use, easy-to-search web site.

Enter your postcode or town in the search box and find activities close to home, from easy to extreme. There are many ways to a more active life, the site is growing fast, but remeber Active Scotland is still in its pilot stage.

http://www.activescotland.org.uk/

 

Contact Us!

Have you got your Young Scot card or National Entitlement Card (NEC)? Is it lost, broken do you need a new one? is the photo out of date and needs replaced then just get in touch with us at 

Dialogue Youth 01292 473694  or  txt 07968587105 or email us at youngscot@south-ayrshire.gov.uk 

Check the discount and money savers links, to see where you can save money just by showing your card.

 

WOLRD AIDS DAY

Commemorating the first World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, there was little to be happy about. Reported AIDS cases in the US were nearing 80,000 and rising.Thousands more in this country were living with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV and globally AIDS cases from more than 135 countries were reported. An AIDS tsunami clearly was looming, with few defenses against it. 

For those caring for people with AIDS, it was a dark time. There was just one anti-HIV medicine, AZT, a drug that the virus rapidly defeated by mutating and developing resistance. With no other medicines to slow down the destruction of a person's immune system, the life span of most patients was measured in months.

Two decades later, much has changed. Due to an amazing research effort there are now more than two dozen anti-HIV drugs. Patients feel there is still a stigma attached to having the virus and face rejection when it becomes public. Continued education and information on how the HIV virus is passed on and more importantly how to protect yourself may help to stop the stigma

Check the website www.worldaidsday.org

Discounts

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Sport: Enjoy Swimming ? With your Young Scot or NE card you'll get 25% discount at South Ayrshire Leisure Centres (conditions apply) check money savers for other local discounts:

Craft Daft : Cow Wynd, Alloway St Ayr -10% on ceramics      

Carrick Cycles: Main Street Ayr - 10% discount      

Cartridge World: - Alloway St Ayr 10% discount                         

Francis John Hairdressing:  Sandgate Ayr - 10% discount    

Boardwalk Sandgate: - Sandgate Ayr - 10% discount

 

Here's What's New For You

 A chance for Ayrshire bands  to feature on the new Young Scot Overload website which will be launching very soon! From the launch date until February people will be able to login and vote for their favourite bands and we'll invite the top 20 bands to play at the Young Scot Overload Festival in February! The criteria We're really looking for bands that have been active for over 6 months AND have their own recorded tracks. If your band doesn't fit into this category... don't worry! Go play a few gigs and head down to The Caley Centre (North Ayrshire's alternative to Abbey Road) in Stevenston and ask about getting  recording lessons.

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