Youth facilities stakeholder comments

As the founding partners and stakeholders in The Hub @ The Third Place have begun to share their vision with key stakeholders and the wider community, a wide range of individuals and organisations have expressed their support and have been encouraged about the positive benefits for young people from all backgrounds in the town of Halesowen.

Here are a selection of the many suggestions and comments that we have received both informing The Hub development and the perceived value that it will bring to the community.

Current Hub User’s survey (11-16 year olds), June 2009

• “So cool – I have no words for it”
• “Love the chilling out area”
• “I love it – looks like there will be loads of noise – really like it!”
• “I think it would work well so it’s not deserted through the week”
• “More places to go!”

Nearly 400 young people have been involved in shaping the Hub @ The Third Place development.  View the key findings from youth surveys.

Dudley Youth Council

“A perfect opportunity to bring a diverse set of youths together by sharing the things they enjoy and also expand their knowledge of each other creating a healthy and exciting future for us all. All of these facilities will be available to the entire youth community”

Chair of Dudley Youth Council

Dudley PCT – Respect Yourself Campaign

“I totally support this venture. It would benefit our agency in numerous ways”

"I think we would be able to use the new resource in the following ways: 

• As a training venue for both professionals and young people
• As a venue for both ourselves to do work with groups of young people
• As a venue to commission your organisation to do work with young people
• As a venue to hold meetings"

Respect Yourself Campaign Prevention Co-Ordinator

Dudley Community Partnership

“The project is a particularly exciting one and will provide huge benefit to a wide range of young people both within Halesowen and the surrounding area. I am therefore delighted to add the support of Dudley Community Partnership (Dudley’s Local Strategic Partnership) to the support given to this project by other local organisations”

Director