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 in each of these communities and been able to strike a good balance of education and recreation throughout the term.

In Warnham we have a really lively group of young people from 12 up to 19 who have all taken part in  activities. From an anti-bullying photo project to monopoly and uni-cycles we’ve not stopped!

In Coldwaltham we have an older group who have grown out of the junior club in their village but still need somewhere to go and something to do. They have organised their own film night and raised money for an end of term outing. We’ll be sad to say good bye.

Young people in Northchapel have also helped to arrange and end of term trip. For theirs they agreed to earn ‘points’ which reward and encourage positive behaviour. Those with enough points are able to attend the trip. Other highlights in Northchapel have been T-shirt printing, discussions and the winning of a youth arts award for their rap and animation DVD. Great stuff!

Finally Wisborough Green: Here we have seen as many as 20 young people crambed onto the Purple Bus taking part in one activity or another. Because of the popularity of the Bus we are working with the Parish Council who are proactive and positive about addressing the need in their village. For this reason we will stay in Wisborough green next term as with Warnham, working with the local community to meet the needs of their young people.

That leaves space for two new projects. These have been identified as Kirdford and Amberley. We can’t wait to get started!

There will be a new Purple Bus project manager from January as Jonny is moving to the Sylvia Beaufoy youth Centre in Petworth where he will still be involved in the managment of Purple Bus projects. He is sad to see his time working directly on the Bus come to an end but looks forward to the challenges ahead.