Maidenhead & Windsor

The achievements of young people in the Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough will be celebrated in a display in the Town Hall foyer during Youth Work Week, Thursday November 1 to Wednesday 7.

Photographs, captions and posters will highlight the successes of youngsters in a variety of Windsor and Maidenhead borough youth service-based projects, including cookery, car maintenance and summer activities such as outings and sports. There will also be an opportunity to meet with youth service staff members on the Thursday from 1 to 5pm.

The theme of this year's Youth Work Week is All Different, All Equal, which is also the theme of the current campaign being run by the Council of Europe with the European Youth Forum.

As well as highlighting the positive roles played by Windsor and Maidenhead young people in their communities, Youth Work Week showcases and celebrates the contribution of youth work to the development of young people, offers a focused period in which youth workers plan activities around the year's theme, and raises the profile of the youth service as a whole.

Cllr Eileen Quick, lead member for Windsor and Maidenhead children's services, said: "One of the key defining qualities of youth work is that it respects and values difference and encourages young people to do so too.

"Within the borough we have young people from a wide range of social, cultural and economic backgrounds and Youth Work Week gives us the chance to celebrate their achievements and to recognise the people who work so diligently to encourage, inspire and guide them in their teen years."

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead