If your children are looking for new activities during lockdown, this e-mail from Cllr Jacqui Hodgson sent to Val Hoare, who helps with Littlehempston’s Zoom Youth Club, may be of interest:
“I chair the Totnes Rural Area Youth Engagement (TRAYE) project. Our hardworking youth workers are now hosting ‘virtual sessions’ and they are proving very popular and well enjoyed. As our youth sessions are led by professional youth workers, we are able to provide more than just entertainment at these sessions, indeed they all start with a round-up of the week where the young people are encouraged to talk about how their week has been; during these potentially very stressful times this has proved very therapeutic and engaging. Some of the young people come from families who have been hard pressed financially during this crisis and our youth workers have been able to arrange some food parcels behind the scenes. I mention this to you, as during the current crisis we are extending the invite to young people in the parishes adjacent to Dartington, Staverton, Harberton, Marldon and Rattery; you would be very welcome to share the link for any of the young people in Littlehempston; our sessions range from ages 8-16 years (16-18 year olds can join as ‘helpers’). If any of the young people in the parish would like to access the TRAYE project sessions they will need to apply at www.TRAYE.org and scroll down the home page.”