http://thepurplebus.org.uk Youth provision for isolated rural communities in West Sussex Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:53:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a very busy term and as you'll see there's been little in the way of updates so here we go... This term we have been visiting Warnham and Coldwaltham in the Horsham District and Northchapel and Wisborough Green in Chichester. We have had a great time with young people ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=155 It's been a very busy summer on the Purple Bus. We started the holidays with the Spring-Line residential week away which involved young people taking part in workshops in traditional conservation skills. Then there was the mobile Skate park in Petworth followed by Road Show events in Cowfold, ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=150 Today was our third and last day at the Sustainability Centre in East Meon. We have one more day to go which will be at the Weald and Downland museum in Singleton. The group have had a great time learning a whole host of skills during the workshops and enjoying ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=147 I may have ventured out of the county to East Meon this week but Some of my colleagues have ventured further a field. Click here to visit their blog and keep up with the adventure http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=145 After day one of this years Spring-Line - week away we're all still alive! The group have had a tour of the Sustainability Centre, taken part in fire lighting/survival skills workshop and cleared a section of woodland brash. Of course there was the obligatory game of footy and a Mario ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=142 We are nearly at the end of another busy term on the Purple Bus. Dan, Gemma Kirsty and Jonny have worked in five very different villages this term, working with communities and teenagers with all sorts of different needs. A highlight of the term has been a project called 'Animated Me' ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=135 The Purple Bus has been visiting Amberley this term. There is a small but very lively group of young people there who have enjoyed visiting the Bus and taking part in a variety of activities. Being a small, isolated, rural community Amberley is not able to provide much for their ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=127 The Purple Bus team welcome a new member Kirsty, who is working on a Wednesday night and already getting used to trundling around in the Bus looking for young people who need somewhere to go and something to do! We have had a great start to the term already with ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=122 The Purple Bus stepped in at Pulborough when we heard that their youth club was out of action due to water damage from a burst pipe. The staff and young people made us feel really welcome and over the term we looked at a range off issues that were affecting ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=117 This term on the Purple Bus amongst other things young people have been taking part in activities based around the BBC televions series 'The Baby Borrowers'. The BBC education department kindly supplied staff with a pack of resources including DVDs and photocopyable resources. Each session in the pack looks at ... http://thepurplebus.org.uk/?p=111