Long Stratton Youth Activities Attendance and Participation Policy Statement

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We would like to ensure that young people aged 11+ (school year 7 and above) attending our drop-in Youth Café’s, Youth Council, and other local activities organised by us, are safe to do so, and that they have their individual needs taken into consideration when accessing our youth services. Our policy is that young people can choose to participate and can also leave when they choose, although we do request personal data (name, age and an emergency contact name and number).  We ask this in case a young person becomes ill or is injured whilst they are in our care and also to provide annonymised information about who is accessing our services to evidence the need for its continued funding.  And whilst we don’t require young people to gain parental permission to attend, we appreciate parent/carer’s support in enabling us to maintain a healthy, safe and supportive environment by providing us with up to date health and wellbeing information and emergency contact details, preferably on the LSYA Health, EC & Consent Form accessed via this link LSYA Health, EC & Consent Form 2026. We do, however, require consent to take photographs or to name a young person when promoting our work and the achievements of the young people within our projects.

Please note that we have no responsibility for young people outside of The Pavilion, and whilst we do our best to provide a presence in the area immediately surrounding the building, we are only able to do this outside of an organised activity, when staffing allows. Please also note planned visits and activities outside of the Long Stratton area, all adventurous activities and activities that pose a higher level of risk than our usual operating levels, will require specific written consent for each visit and activity.