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The Ferryhill Lakes & District Development Education Resource (L.A.D.D.E.R) Centre is a registered charity that was set up in January 2001 to promote the welfare of residents in the Lakes and surrounding areas of the Ferryhill District. Ferryhill is ranked with the top 20% most deprived wards nationally. The group aim to alleviate this poverty by encouraging the community to volunteer time and skills to create a better living environment and community spirit. L.A.D.D.E.R also provides quality advice and access to information services. The building was completed at the end of 2002 and incorporates a crèche, a large training room, a cyberspace area for IT equipment, an office, a playground area, and a community café.
In 2004/2005 the group piloted a young people’s committee, which was a great success but they required funding to nurture and develop the project.
The L.A.D.D.E.R Centre provides a focal point for the Ferryhill community
L.A.D.D.E.R applied for a grant and received £3,840.00 to contribute towards the facilitation of structured sessions for young people, which allowed them to further develop their Youth Management Committee.
The Youth Management Committee involves young people in the development and management of activities for their own age group. The results of the committee meetings are fed into the centre’s main management structure. This project has given young people the chance to develop skills in planning, budgeting, fundraising and presentation. The funding they received covered a facilitator for structured sessions and contributed towards room hire and other core costs. The main aim of the project is to give the young people transferable skills and to encourage them to take a more active role in their communities both now and in the future.
The LADDER Centre have had considerable success with their young volunteers two of whom have received the Millennium Volunteers Award for Excellence, and six whom received the Millennium Volunteers HOPP Award. There are currently ten young people directly involved with the young peoples committee however over 200 will benefit indirectly.
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