THE C.A.F.E PROJECT

Lee CrosbyStreet Games for AllProject Manager

Arbroath & District Crime Prevention Panel hold an open seminar to look at the issues surrounding youth crime within the Arbroath area.

Concerns raised in the following areas:

• Substance misuse

• Crime

• Unemployment

• Social Deprivation

• Neglect

• Mental Health

• Wellbeing

In The Beginning…

The Aims

• Encourage socially-acceptable behaviour.

• Provide an alternative to life on the street and substance misuse.

• Encourage equality between males and females.

• Promote the development of social and interpersonal skills.

• Promote safety for young people by channelling their energies into sport in a structured manner.

• Promote health by involvement in sport.

• Reconnect young people with the mainstream.

• Promote the employability of young people.

Street Games for All

Structure

International

National

Angus Wide

Local Tournaments

Adapted Sports Sessions

Enables people with a disability to take part in sport.

• Motor skill development

• Balance

• Co-ordination

• Movement

• Social Skills

Volunteering

Volunteering

Friendship

Positive Role Model

Confidence & Self Esteem

Accreditation

Education

Employment

Drug Use

13 Years 15 Years SGFA0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

5%

20%

12%

3%

13%

2%

92%

77%

86%

Drug use in last yearDrug use in Last monthNever taken drugs

Alcohol

52%

82%

57%

13 Years 15 Years

SGFA

Smoking

13 Years 15 Years SGFA0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

4%

15%

9%

4% 6%9%

75%

51%

57%

Regular Smokers

Occasional Smokers

Never Smoked

Fitness Improvements

118

17

42

Males Improved Females ImprovedNo Improvement

Targeted Volunteers

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

98

5

2

5

1 1

9

5

2

6

1 1AchievedIntended

Perception

Agree that drug taking is exciting

Think that people who need drugs need help

Think that people who take drugs are stupid

Think that people who sell drugs should be

punished

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

17%

70%

65%69%

4%

82% 81%84%

SALSUSStreet Games

The Robertson Trust

•£48,000.00 secured over 3 years

Comic Relief

• 1 of 13 successful applications out of 360 to make it to the 2nd stage

• £99,119.00 over 3 years - Awaiting Outcome

Tools implemented in other C.A.F.E. Project initiatives

Was it worth it?