Fareham and Gosport Challenge and Adventure-Home Page

Fareham and Gosport
Challenge and Adventure

This page contains summary information. Click <here> for more detailed information about the scheme.
To contact us click <here> To volunteer to help click <here>

Who are we ? Fareham & Gosport Challenge & Adventure is a locally based charitable organisation that has been running successfully since 1996, and is designed to help young boys and girls, who live in the Fareham or Gosport areas to keep out of trouble. We take young people aged between 11 and 15 years.

PURPOSE - A crime prevention measure, planned in 1995 and started in June 1996, resulting from an initiative of the Fareham and Gosport Youth Concern networks.

AIMED AT - 11 to 15 year olds of either gender in the Boroughs of Fareham and Gosport who -

- are considered to be at risk of offending, or

- have some history of offending and who might offend again.

MEMBERSHIP - young people are put forward for membership of the Scheme by Police Officers, Education Welfare Officers, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Doctors or Teachers.

The Scheme operates with 12 young people at any one time (the maximum the Scheme will accommodate at once). A waiting list is maintained.

LEADING TO - The purpose of the Scheme is to help young people to develop in the following areas -

- to adopt a pattern of non-offending;

- character building;

- improvements in self esteem, self reliance, interpersonal skills, team work, trust and sense of responsibility (especially to the community);

- improvements in behaviour and reliability.

The Scheme provides certification for each young person's achievements.

BEHAVIOUR - Young members are required to agree a contract of behaviour involving

- no offending;

- full attendance at Scheme events;

- satisfactory attendance at school;

- strict adherence to the Scheme's rules (set by the young people themselves).

ACTIVITIES - Include regular sessions for planning, discussions and activities such as -

- assault coursing, trekking, wall climbing, camping, archery, air rifle shooting, initiative tests, swimming, health education;

- community / conservation work at local beauty spots;

- residential trips to such places as Avon Tyrell in the New Forest (Youth Hostelling and / or camping).

The programme is designed to last for 12 months for each participant.

STAFFING -One part time employed Scheme Co-ordinators, plus a team of adult volunteer helpers. Suitable Scheme “graduates” are also encouraged to become helpers. Want to find out more about being a volunteer? <Click here>

MANAGEMENT - The Scheme is managed by a multi-agency Management Committee chaired by a local Policeman, and which involves representatives from -

- the voluntary sector (including Fareham Community Action)

- Fareham, Gosport and Hampshire Police

- Hampshire Youth Service

- Fareham and Gosport Social Services

- Local Education Authority

- Fareham Borough Council

- Gosport Borough Council

MONITORING OUR SUCCESS - The Scheme has developed Performance Indicators (both qualitative and quantitative) which are used to monitor its performance, and which are implemented from the time when each young person starts the Scheme until 18 months after he / she leaves it.

COST - Annual cost of the whole Scheme - about £13,000 per year.
<See our Annual Statement of Accounts>

SUPPORT - Since inception generous financial and other support has already been provided for the Scheme by -

Hampshire Crime Prevention Panel	BBC Children in Need
Henry Smith’s Charity	The Leigh Trust
Hampshire Social Services Department	Yapp Charitable Trust
Portsmouth & S.E.Hants Community Fund	Peter Harrison Foundation
Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust	Camelot
TSB Foundation for England and Wales	Noel Buxton Trust
Whitbread in the Community	Nationwide Foundation
Hampshire County Council	Gosport Borough Council
The Prince’s Trust	Local Police S.N.A.P. schemes
Quayside Education Centre	HMS Dryad Plotting & Radar Instructors
Fareham Borough Council	Sir James Scott Memorial Trust
Alchemy Foundation	Ellis Campbell Charitable Foundation
Thorngate Trust	Gosport Market Traders
Meon Valley Rotary Club	Police Enforcing the Peace Fund
One Stop Community Stores	HMS Sultan
Polarcup	Nationwide Tool Hire
Hampshire Police	Fareham Community Action
Gosport Voluntary Action	Portsmouth & S. E. Hants Partnership.

STATUS OF SCHEME - Modelled on other successful Challenge & Adventure Schemes running around the country.

In due course planned to include the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

Affiliated to the Councils for Voluntary Service ( Fareham Community Action, Gosport Voluntary Action and Community Action Hampshire)

Registered Charity number 1052430.

This web site was created by Fareham Community Action in support of Voluntary and Community Involvement in Fareham. See information about Fareham Community Action on the website www.farehamaction.org.uk