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Heathfield Youth Council's 'ground force' went into Heffle Court to create their garden design for the residents. The money for the project was secured through a bid the youth council made at the Young People's Takeover Day in Lewes on Friday the 23rd of November. The plants were generously donated. The aim was to support our community and make it a brighter and better place to be. We also aimed to help bridge the intergeneration gap between young people and the older generation in their community.
This was a hugely successful day, we all worked very hard and the wonderful results are evident from the photos. Please visit the photo gallery in the media section.
We plan to go back and finish the painting once our exams are finished in June.

On Saturday 2nd February the Heathfield youth Council were joined by the wonderful residents of Mary Burfield where we had an interesting afternoon watching a film and eating loads of scrummy scones with lots of jam and cream.

The film we watched was called The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which was most entertaining and was a for sure laugh.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and The Youth Council has been invited round to play carpet bowels next month.

see gallery for pictures of this event

Due to adverse weather conditions the Youth Council meeting on the 21st of January 2013 will be cancelled. We see you next week!

Due to adverse weather conditions the Friday Night Project on the 18th January 2013 will not be open.
Sorry for any inconvenience that this might cause.

Heathfield Youth Council have secured £755.31 towards projects with Heffel Court and Mary Burfield. This was done at the Young People's Takeover Day in Lewes on Friday the 23rd of November. With Heffle Court we will be brightening up and rejuvinating their garden. Mary Burfield will be joinging us at the youth centre for a tea and film night.

The Juniors club are going bowling to Freedom Leisure in Hailsham on Thursday 15th November. The Youth Center will not be open to young people during this evening as it is being used for the Polling.
Any Junior's members still interested in joining the bowling trip should contact the youth center as there are still a few places available.

The design is funky, the content is new, and the members know how to work it!
At todays Youth Council meeting, the young members began to make their final push towards preparing and finalising the brand new Youth Centre website.
They split into small work groups to work on individual pages, such as the Bands & Videos, the Club Calendar, and the Projects Page.
We have added a brand new survey all about voting, so please fill it in and have your say.
We've searched long and hard through the infinate number of videos on YouTube to give you the music videos from the creme de la creme of Heathfields budding musical composers.
So keep an eye out for the brand new website coming soon... Watch This Space!

Seven members of Heathfield Youth Council have taken time from their busy schedules to makes changes to the new youth website. We are planning to open the new website before the October half-term for everyone to see how much work we have put in to raising awareness for the young people in the area. The website is exciting, new and user-friendly. We are really looking forward to its release!

On the 7th of January Heathfield Youth Council invited the residents of Mary Burfield Court to join us in a lovely film afternoon.

This went well; We wacthed the film 'About A Boy', staring Hugh Grant and it went down well with both generations.

In the interval we went into the hall and enjoyed tea and scones. And a nice, long chat with the residents. We alll learnt alot and we hope we have changed their outlook on the youth of Heathfield.

We are hoping to host this event again soon as it was such a success... :)

From the 14th - 18th of November, it is anti-bullying week. This years focus is 'Stop and think - words CAN hurt'. The campaign is focused on tackling verbal bullying. Schools all over the country are doing things associated with bullying. Things such as assemblys are really effective, especially when presented by current pupils. Youth Summit 2010 raised concerns about the negative use of language in schools and the wider community – expressions like ‘you’re so gay’ and words like ‘sket’ and ‘slag’. They saw this as a key indicator of bullying or a hostile environment.
We know that hurtful language – words and expressions that are homophobic, racist, sexist or disabilist, that seek to put down particular groups and individuals are far too common in our schools, colleges and communities.
For more information about Anti-bullying week and how to deal with bullying visit the anti-bullying website linked to this article.