Ystrad Mynach Community Partnership. Youth Facilities Consultation

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1 Ystrad Mynach Community Partnership Youth Facilities Consultation May th 27 For more information please contact: Rebecca Anthony Communities Research Support Officer

2 Background In September 26, two young boys from Ystrad Mynach had written and sent a petition to Caerphilly County Borough Council requesting a skate park facility. Due to limited budgets, the letter was passed onto the Ystrad Mynach village partnership to take forward. The partnership decided that if it was ever going to gain funding for such a facility they would first need to establish whether there was actually a need amongst the young people for a skateboard park and whether such a facility would be regularly used. Therefore, on Friday th May 27 in the Moriah Christian Centre s Youth Club, the Ystrad Mynach Partnership carried out a consultation with the young people of Ystrad Mynach to ask them about youth facilities in their area. The young people were asked to participate in a Who Wants to be a Millionaire activity. The young people involved in the consultation got the opportunity to enjoy a chocolate fountain once the activity was complete as a reward for their efforts. Who wants to be a Millionaire Young people were given a handheld voting pad (similar to that used in the quiz show Who wants to be a Millionaire? ) and were asked a series of questions about youth activities in Ystrad Mynach. The questions covered young people s activities and youth facilities. Eighty-three children and young people participated in this activity in three different groups. The questions were displayed on a screen to the young people and facilitators read out the questions and told the young people when they could start to vote. Each young person was only able to vote for one answer, they had 2 seconds to choose their answer and could change their vote if they changed their mind within 2 seconds. te that N in brackets refers to the number of responses received for each question. t all of the young people answered every question. All results are given to the nearest percent; therefore percentages may not always add up to % due to the effect of rounding. The young people were asked about the following: Participation in sport Your Spare time Would you use the a MUGA if one was available in Ystrad Mynach Would you use a skateboard Park if one was available in Ystrad Mynach Would you use a kick wall if one was available in Ystrad Mynach Would you use a youth shelter if one was available in Ystrad Mynach Which youth facility would you prefer to have Which location would be the best for a youth facility Do you use the Skate park in Nelson or Llanbradach

3 Profile of the Young People In order to look at their responses in detail, young people participating in this session were asked to give their age and gender. There were slightly more girls than boys (43 girls, 36 boys). Participants ranged in age between 9 and 16. This information is shown in the graphs below. Graph 1: Gender of Young People in Voting Activity (N=79) Gender Boys 46% Girls 4% Girls Boys Graph 2: Age and Gender of Young People in Voting Activity (N=76) old or or Age Male Female Sports The children and young people were asked how often they do any sport. More than half the respondents (4%) did sport everyday. The graph below shows the results in more detail. Graph 3: How often do you do sport? Percent Everyday 3-6 times 1-2 times 1-3 times a The children and young people were then asked to give a reason if they did not do any sport. The majority of people who responded to this question stated that they did sport

4 at least once (73%, N=3). t including those people that did sport the majority of respondents (4%, N=8) stated that there were not enough facilities locally, 2% (N=4) stated that there were not any activities they liked going to locally and the activities were too expensive. The graph below shows the responses to this question in more detail. Graph 4: If you do not to sport, why is this? It doesn t interest me/boring t enough facilities locally I don t know whether I'll be good at it I don t know how to get involved There aren't any activities I like going to locally Too expensive The children and young people were asked how often they hung around in Ystrad Mynach. The majority of people (23%) stated that they either hung around everyday or 3-6 times. Nearly as many respondents (21%) stated that they hung around in Ystrad Mynach less than once a. The graph below gives full details. Graph : How often do you hang around in Ystrad Mynach? 2 2 Everyday 3-6 times a 1-2 times a 1-3 times a Less than once a

5 Youth Facilities Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) The young people were then asked separately if they would use a MUGA if one were available in Ystrad Mynach. The results show that the majority of young people stated they would use it (3%) and nearly as many (29%) stated they would use it. The graph below shows this in more details. Graph 6: Would you use a MUGA if one were available? Don't know The young people were asked to state how often they would use the MUGA if one were available. A large majority of people (42%, N=34) stated they would use it everyday or 3-6 times. However, 21% also stated they would never use it. The graph below shows this in more detail. Graph 7: How often would you use a MUGA if one were available? 2 2 Everyday 3-6 times a 1-2 times a 1-3 times a Less than once a

6 Skateboard Park The young people were asked if they would use a Skateboard Park if one was available and how often. The majority of young people (3%, N=28) stated that they would use the skateboard park if one was available and the majority (27%, N=21) stated they would use it everyday. Graph 6: Would you use a Skateboard if one were available? not not Don't know Graph 7: How often would you use a skateboard park if one were available? Everyday 3-6 times 1-2 times 1-3 times Less than once a

7 Kick wall Nearly half the children (4%, N=33) stated that they would use a kick wall if one were available in Ystrad Mynach. Another 26% (N=19) stated they would use it. A large proportion of young people (39%, N=3) stated they would use the kick wall everyday or 3-6 times, however, 17% (N=13) stated they would never use it. The graphs below show the responses in full. Graph 8: Would you use a kick wall if one were available? Don't know Graph 9: How often would you use the kick wall if one were available? Everyday 3-6 times 1-2 times 1-3 times Less than once a

8 Youth Shelter The final youth facility consulted on was the option of a youth shelter. The majority of young people (39%, N=29) stated they would use it, and a further 21% (N=16) stated they would use it. When asked how often they would use it, the majority (29%, N=22) stated they would use it everyday, however, a similar percentage (2%, N=19) stated they would never use it. The graphs below show the responses in more detail. Graph : Would you use a youth shelter if one were available? not not Don t know Graph 11: How often would you use a youth shelter if one were available? Everyday 3-6 times a 1-2 times a 1-3 times a Less than once a

9 Youth facilities The children and young people were asked which youth facility they would most like to see. The most popular facility was the Skateboard park, which 31% (N=2) of respondents voted for. In second place was the MUGA which 24% (N=19) had voted for as their favourite. The graph below shows the responses to this in more detail. Graph 12: Most popular youth facility 17% 9% 24% 19% 31% MUGA Skateboard Park Kick Wall Youth Shelter ne of these These results have been broken down further to enable us to know which gender and age group prefer which facility. Graph 13: Most popular youth facility by gender 2 MUGA Skateboard park Kick wall Youth shelter Male Female ne of these The graph above shows that more males than females chose the MUGA as their preferred option. The skateboard park and the Kick wall seem quite evenly spread between males and females. However, the youth shelter is preferred by females. Graph 14: Most popular youth facility by age 2 MUGA Skateboard park Kick wall Youth shelter ne of these The graph above shows that the Skateboard Park is clearly favoured more by the younger children (aged 8-). The preferred the skateboard park and the

10 kick wall. The skateboard park and the youth shelter were preferred by those aged Location The children and young people were then asked which location would be best for the youth facility, The options given to them were: the old pavilion site in Ystrad Mynach Park; One of the tennis courts in Ystrad Mynach Park; I don t know where these are and neither are suitable. Nearly half the young people (46%, N=33) chose the old pavilion site in Ystrad Mynach Park as their preferred location for the youth facility. The graph below gives full details. Graph 13: Preferred location for youth facility 11% 8% 46% 3% The old pavillion One of the tennis courts I don't know where these are Neither are suitable Current use of Skate parks The young people were asked how often they currently use the skate parks in Nelson and Llanbradach. The skate park in Nelson is more popular with 2% of respondents (N=) using it, compared to only 11% (N=8) respondents using the skate park in Llanbradach. Popular reasons for not using these skate parks include not knowing it was there and not being interested in skating. The graph below highlights these results. Graph 13: Do you use the Skate parks in Nelson or Llanbradach? I use it Its too far away I didn t know it was there Its only for young people from the area I'm not interested in skating Nelson Llanbradach Finally, the young people were asked whether they would like to give their views on different issues in Ystrad Mynach again. A large majority of children and young people (83%, N=69) stated that they would like to be asked for their views again.