WELCOME TO RYE YOUTH ZONE
WE ARE OPENing THE DOORS OF RYE YOUTH ZONE (RYZ) TO OUR LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-17 SO THEY GET A PLACE TO CALL THEIRS AND THEY USE IT TO:
MAKE FRIENDS
Chill zone, games, books, Xbox, air hockey etc.
LEARN
Circus & aerial arts, arts & crafts, writing etc.
JOIN IN
Youth Voice projects, youth council, arts, collage etc
GET SUPPORT
Homework, education, careers, wellbeing etc.
OUR VISION
A caring and supportive environment for the young people of Rye & local area.
A place where they can be heard, feel accepted and reach their potential.
A chance to take part in activities and create new friendships.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SATURDAY CLUB
Every Saturday from 22nd February
4-6pm
Tilling Green Community Centre ( rooms 2 & 3)
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Come and hang out and chill with your friends. Take part in provided activities if you wish and find help and advice on hand.
INFO & SIGN-UP MEETINGS NEAR YOU
18
February
5-6pm
CAMBER
Come along to Camber Memorial Hall to get more information and register for Rye Youth Zone.
25
February
5-6pm
RYE HARBOUR
Come along to Rye Harbour Village Hall to get more information and register for Rye Youth Zone.
5
March
5-6pm
winchelsea
Come along to Winchelsea Sands Holiday Park to get more information and register for Rye Youth Zone.
13
March
5-6pm
PLAYDEN
Come along to Playden WI Hall to get more information and register for Rye Youth Zone.
21
March
5-6pm
PEASMARSH
Come along to Peasmarsh Memorial Hall to get more information and register for Rye Youth Zone.
REGISTER
Very soon we are going to be doing some sign-up sessions in the area. Follow us on social media to be kept up to date with when these will be. Want to skip the queue? Register with us here so that once we’re up and running we have all of your details and you’re good to go!
SUPPORT US
RYZ is a CIC and has been created by volunteers with funding coming from various grants and donors. To read more about our funding, sponsors or to make a donation please click the button below.
Rye Youth Zone CIC works in partnership with Rye and District YOUTH Club.
Together and as parents and members of our community, we want to offer the young people of Rye and local area a place they can call their own.
NEWS
Thanks to all our funders!
When we started Rye Youth Zone, we had not anticipated the amount of funding we would need to set up and run a youth club. It is not only about buying a few bits of equipment, we have had to plan for the cost of insurance, accommodation, training, DBS checks,...
RYZ is opening on 22nd February, come and join us!
We are so excited to announce that we are now ready to open! Rye Youth Zone will be offering a Saturday Club every Saturday at Tilling Green Community Centre (rooms 2 and 3) 4-6pm, starting from 22nd February. Do come and join us! And do not forget to ask your parent...
Thank you to Jodie and family
Jodie Phillips and her family and friends raised an incredible £491.91 for Rye Youth Zone (RYZ) at their Halloween Charity Event. We wanted to say a very big thank you, what a fantastic community we live in!
A Word
From Our Founders
“Young people will shape tomorrow’s world… We hope to help them on this journey, with a place to make friends, have fun, get support, learn, join in to create a better future together.“
Sophie Thorpe and Caroline Drummond, Directors and Founders Rye Youth Zone CIC
YOU DO YOU!
There will be activities on offer but if all you want to do is come and sit on your phone, alongside friends while chatting and just being together then that is what you can do!
No pressure to take part
INSURED, SUPPORTED & TRAINED
As an organisation, we have sought and gained the support of many relevant bodies, from the local police and schools to the council and others.
To ensure that users of RYZ are safe, all staff have current Enhanced DBS certification and have undertaken and achieved various trainings from First Aid to Safeguarding and more.
“I hugely welcome the RYZ (Rye Youth Zone) – to my mind the most important and exciting development in Rye in the last decade. It is many years since there was a dedicated Youth Club in our town and hopefully RYZ plugs a big gap in our community. And while our schools offer some after school clubs not everyone in Rye goes to these schools, so RYZ engages with and serves a wider group of youth who live in Rye but are educated elsewhere.
FIRST AID
We have a first-aider present at all times.
Our volunteers and staff receive training in Health and Safety procedures.
DBS
All volunteers and staff have current Enhanced DBS certification for Child Workforce.
SAFEGUARDING
All volunteers and staff have received training in child protection and safeguarding.
TRANSPORT
For young people coming from outside of Rye, Tilling Green Community Centre is located a ten minutes walk from Rye Railway Station. There are regular buses to the local villages. The nearest bus stop is “Tilling Green”. If you have any concerns regarding transport, please email info@theryz.com
OTHER
We take our responsibility towards young people very seriously and will always put their welfare first and foremost. If you have any concern, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@theryz.com