Fed up with nothing to do and the complaints against them about anti-social behaviour and criminal damage, green fingered young people in Evercreech have teamed up with Somerset’s Rural Youth Project, the police, Mendip District Council and Evercreech Parish Councils.The group is working on various activities during the school holidays to keep youngsters occupied and brighten up their area, such as improving Evercreech’s Millennium Garden after it was recently damaged by vandals.

Other activities include sports sessions, a trip to Burnham-on-Sea and informal chats with Rural Youth Project workers about substance misuse. Project worker Andy Gilbert, said: ‘It is always good to see youngsters, who in the past have received complaints, working closely with the police as well as other community groups.’

To tackle some of the anti-social behaviour within the village, the Parish Council has invested cash into community facilities and its rural youth projects. Police Beat Officer PC Rowan Hawkins said: ‘It is great to see young people giving something positive back to their community.’

Contact: Somerset Rural Youth Project
Website: www​.sryp​.org​.uk
or: www​.mendip​.gov​.uk

Photo: Representatives from the Somerset
Rural Youth Project, Mendip District Council,
Evercreech Parish Council and the police
join young people in the Millennium Garden