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Make Space

Research from the Nestlé UK Family Monitor in 2002 showed that young people lacked places to go and things to do. Nestlé and national children’s charity 4Children created the Make Space campaign to develop positive out of school facilities for young people. Make Space is a £3 million national [operating throughout England] campaign, launched in 2002 and aims to create a network of contemporary, dynamic and safe out of school clubs for 11–16 year olds.

The campaign tackles a real social need, revealed through research with teenagers, parents and teachers which showed that young people are bored and do not have enough things to do or safe places to go, after school or in the evenings.

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Make Space for Health

Make Space for Health is a programme piloted by Nestlé and 4Children which aims to increase nutrition and health awareness among youth workers and encourage healthy lifestyles among young people in an out of school environment.

The programme is led by a National Advisory Panel of experts and will work with central Government, Local Authorities, health partners and local and national agencies to maximise their impact in out of school settings.

The initial pilot will be run with three local authorities – Leeds, York and Essex.

Lessons learnt will be evaluated for wider learning and dissemination to encourage and support more youth settings to take on an effective health support role.

The programme aims to:

1. Highlight young people’s health support needs

2. Identify how youth settings can best contribute to meeting
those needs

3. Support youth settings and workers to meet those needs
(including the development of materials)

4. Evaluate the approach and disseminate for wider replication

All 1300 Make Space clubs will receive basic Make Space for Health support, including a termly newsletter, information on the Make Space website and competitions.

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Make Space Youth Review

On July 10, a group of young people and representatives from 4Children, Make Space and Nestlé, including Chairman & Chief Executive Alastair Sykes, presented the Make Space Review report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown outside Number 10 Downing Street.

The following morning, Lily Allen, Oona King and a group of 100 young people gathered on Parliament Square to officially launch the report. The response to the report has been overwhelmingly positive.

Please download the report at http://www.makespace.org.uk/home.aspx to find out more.