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We need your views on Dorking Sports Centre

Published February 16, 2012 | Comments Off

Dorking Sports Centre is currently run by a company on behalf of Mole Valley District Council. Leisure Connection, the company concerned, have an agreement with Mole Valley District Council stating what is expected of them as the operator of the sports facility. Soon, Leisure Connection’s contract will be renewed, or a new provider will be chosen to run Dorking Sports Centre. Youth Voice want your views on how we can make the facility better for its users.

If you live in or near Mole Valley, we’d like to hear from you. You don’t have to be a current user of Dorking Sports Centre: if there’s anything we can do that would make you more likely to use it above another facility, then we’d like to know that too! After we have a list of responses, we’ll bring these to our Youth Voice meeting and will produce a balanced response for the Council to consider before they make a decision on who should run Dorking Sports Centre for the next few years.

Maybe you think:

  • It’s too expensive
  • There aren’t enough opportunities for a certain sport
  • The swimming timetable doesn’t work
  • Customer service needs to be improved
  • You should be able to manage your membership or book online

Equally, if you’re happy with the service at the moment, we’d like to know this as well.

You can tweet us @mvyouthvoice, visit our Facebook page, contact us, or leave a comment below. Your feedback will be welcome!

Youth Voice releases budget consultation response

Published January 9, 2012 | Comments Off

DORKING, Surrey — Mole Valley Youth Voice has released its consultation response to Mole Valley District Council’s 2012/13 budget, developed in response to young people’s concerns and praise for services used by them in Mole Valley by the Local Issues subcommittee.

“This marks a turning point in our approach to responding to public consultation”, said Theo Robertson-Bonds, Leader of Mole Valley Youth Voice. “Young people’s views have been passed through Youth Voice as an effective proxy and I am proud to see that the District Council will review them with their proposals during the budget development process.”

The report has been developed with a focal point upon the final outcome – quality of service and availability to young people. The Local Issues subcommittee have also accounted for past Youth Voice concerns raised during Surrey County Council’s Youth Transformation consultation and the impact of this now approved plan upon young people and key services in the District.

A full copy of the report can be found through the link below:
Youth Voice report: Services to Young People

Therfield School now represented

Published November 17, 2011 | Comments Off

DORKING, Surrey – Mole Valley Youth Voice is today pleased to announce that Therfield School, a comprehensive secondary school in Leatherhead, Surrey, is represented fully on the Youth Council. The School now has nine representatives from Years 7-11.

Therfield’s Youth Councillors will attend their first meeting in December and convey opinion from the School’s 1375 pupils (Source: Department for Education).

As of today, the total number of Youth Councillors appointed to Youth Voice now stands at 45. Youth Voice will continue to work with local secondary schools and youth clubs to ensure a full, comprehensive membership base in order to promote as many views as possible.

Disappointment over Curtis Road verdict

Published October 13, 2011 | Comments Off

DORKING, Surrey – Mole Valley Youth Voice, the Youth Council for 11-19 year olds in Mole Valley, today expressed its disappointment at the rejection of the Morrison’s planning application for a supermarket development the Curtis Road site.

Youth Voice’s Leader, Theo Robertson-Bonds, spoke firmly in favour of the application as a supporter at the Development Control Committee meeting held on October 5 prior to the verdict. “What is going on at the moment is not very green and it’s certainly not helping the local economy,” he said.

The application represented a greener, more convenient shopping solution for Mole Valley’s families that promised increased choice in a close to town location that would not impact upon Dorking’s distinctive ‘market town’ image. It also offered a complete shopping experience as opposed to one of limited choice as proposed by the prospective Vincent Lane site developer, Lidl.

Concern was also expressed over the impact of the Sainsbury’s/St Martin’s Walk prospective development on the soon to be opened Malthouse Youth Centre if approved.

Youth Voice will continue to support the application if the case goes to appeal, believing the solution will be best for young people and families in the local area.

Youth Voice’s response to Dorking Supermarket proposals

Published June 14, 2011 | Comments Off

Youth Voice has issued its formal response to the current Dorking Supermarket proposals following Mole Valley District Council’s lengthily public consultation. Young people from Mole Valley’s major secondary schools and youth centres have been consulted on the move through Youth Voice, the Youth Council for 11-18 year olds living or being educated in Mole Valley.

The consultation returned a response favouring the Morrisons supermarket development. Conclusions of the report have been cited below:

5.1 The threat of traffic to road safety is one shared by all sites, although it is perceived that the St. Martin’s Walk and Vincent Lane proposals pose the greatest threat to the road safety of Mole Valley’s younger citizens.

5.2  The St. Martin’s Walk site is perceived to be the most accessible for young people both before and after school, and is believed to be of sufficient size to offer a good range of choice to young people.

5.3  A motion has not yet been proposed by a Youth Voice member in favour of a particular site or site(s).

5.4  Youth Voice strongly favoured the Waitrose supermarket proposals and the additional benefits that the site carried for young people, and members have repeatedly expressed their approval for the development of this site going forward.

5.5  Youth Voice favours the prospect of an increase in town centre supermarket competition, something that has distinctly been lacking from Dorking for a number of years.

5.6  Youth unemployment, although falling nationally, remains a problem locally. Therefore, the youth council will welcome larger schemes that have the capability to increase youth employment levels.

The full report can be accessed through the link below:
Supermarket Report

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