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BYDP offers a number of Alternative Education modules that can be delivered in any setting. The programmes enable young people to gain a better understanding of topics that may affect them and these programmes have been running successfully for the last 4 years and have been delivered to schools, alternative provisions, colleges and youth centres.

The modules currently being delivered are:

• NOCN Level One Introduction to Drug Awareness

• NOCN Level One introduction to Alcohol Awareness

• NOOCN Level One and Two Equal Opportunities

• NOCN Level One Personal Development

• NOCN Level One Introduction to Understanding Law and Order

• NOCN LEVEL One Positive Volunteering

• NOCN Level One Healthy Lifestyle

BYDP have worked with a number of agencies over the last year to ensure that partnership work is a key asset to delivering great work within Bradford.


Hollings Road Event
BYDP worked in partnership with Hollings Road Youth Association, Bradford council, BYO. West Yorkshire police, West Yorkshire Fire service, Bradford College, Manningham Housing Association, Palz and connexion to put on an event for the young people of Hollings Road.

The event aimed to engage young people into positive destinations and ensure that they are accessing different services within their area instead of congregating on the streets and raising the figures of anti social behaviour.
The event was a successful community event where member of the Hollings road community came out to support and help the event and ensure the young people made use of the different services that were there to help and support in betters the lives of the young people within the area.


Ramzan Radio
This programme was a four week programme with BYDP being the lead. The programme covered four topics such as: Drugs and alcohol misuse, Reckless driving and anti social behaviour, steroid use and relationships with young people and families, support services.

Each week BYDP delivered a programme around issues that were identified by the council and other services that work with young people. Each week different representatives supported the programme with their experience and guidance. The programme over the last four weeks was represented by:
 

Sofia Mahmood- BYDP Taybah Rafiq- BYDP Sadia Khan- BYDP Naz, Berber and Malik- Consequences Shahid, Sharing voices Chief Inspector Darren Brown- West Yorkshire Police Inspector Kevin Pickles- West Yorkshire Police Sergeant ken Robinson- West Yorkshire Police Joseph Kean- Steroid Project Lead for national drugs charity LIFELINE John Bolton_ Bradford council Nina Smith- Drugs and Alcohol Programme Lead David Wade- MP Ishaq- BD3 area co- coordinator Mohammed Mahmood- Area west Co-ordinator Neil Drain- Motor Insurance Bureau ( Head of data base services) Sugeer Zeb- children’s services manager for Bradford council And was supported by Councilor Imran Hussain (Deputy Leader for Labour)

Charity Football Tournament
This football tournament worked in partnership with BYDP and West Yorkshire BD3 Neighbourhood Policing Team. The charity event engaged with young people across Bradford and 18 teams were recruited.

The tournament was a charity event and raised money for young people with cancer, CLICK sergeant which was a national charity.

Partners involved:

• Youth Service

• BMEP (Bradford Motor Education Project)

• Hollings Youth Association

• Bradford City Centre Project

• West Yorkshire police Neighbourhood policing team BD3

• Thornbury Youth Centre

• Emerge

• TFD Centre

• Scholemoor

• Recharge (City)