The website for leading youth campaign, Make Space, has been re-launched with a brand new image and a series of up to the minute new features. The refreshed website will provide greater support and opportunities for its 1,300 member youth clubs across the country. Its new image has been designed to reflect the innovative ethos of the campaign which over recent years has been at the forefront of lobbying for a better deal for young people.

The Make Space website has been developed for use by youth workers and boasts a series of practical new features. Visit www.makespace.org.uk to:

• Discover over 30 ways to tap into funding opportunities for young people and positive activities
• Publicise your success by submitting a case study or telling us your good news
• Download podcasts of relevant speeches made by experts and high profile personalities
• Deliver your views through the Make Space online polls and surveys

Make Space is a £4million campaign that was launched in 2002 by national charity 4Children, with the support of Nestlé UK. The campaign has a clear mission to transform opportunities for young people in England with the development of a new network of contemporary out of school clubs for 11 to 19 year olds, providing exciting places to go and things to do.

This year the Make Space campaign has launched Make Space for Health, an innovative programme which aims to increase nutrition, health and wellness awareness among youth workers and promote healthy lifestyles to young people in an out-of-school setting.

To view the new Make Space website and learn more about the new Make Space for Health programme, visit www.makespace.org.uk.

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Notes to the Editor

Contact: Julie Watkins on 020 7522 6928 / 07917870641 / julie.watkins@4Children.org.uk for further information or to arrange a visit to a Make Space club in your area.

Make Space for Health will:

• Bring together all those with a responsibility for young people’s health in a local area so teenage community health activities are co-ordinated
• Provide fun and accessible health and lifestyle programmes for youth centres to encourage teenagers to make positive changes. It will focus on healthy eating, physical activity, mental and emotional health and personal health through a series of modules entitled EAT, MOVE, FEEL and ME
• Support and train workers to help young people get fitter and healthier

Make Space for Health Advisory panel members include: Miriam Stoppard (Chair); Anne Longfield OBE (Chief Executive, 4Children); Zelda Wilson (Corporate and Healthcare Relations Manager, Nestlé UK); Stephanie Valentine (Education Director, British Nutrition Foundation) plus academic, health and Government representatives.

4Children
4Children is the national charity dedicated to creating opportunities and building futures for all children. It aspires to ensure that all children, young people and families have access to a creative, safe and child focused environment, and activities. 4Children provides an information line for parents and childcare professionals with advice and support on all aspects of childcare, including details of out of school clubs in your area. For more information see: www.4Children.org.uk.

Nestlé UK
From 2007, Nestlé has focused its community investment around the company’s key strategy of nutrition, health and wellness and is using its 140 year nutritional history expertise to increase nutrition, health and wellness awareness among youth workers and promote healthy lifestyles to young people in an out of school setting.

Nestlé has approximately 5,500 employees across 23 sites and comprises: Nestlé UK (Food & Beverage, Confectionery and Food Services), Nestlé Ireland, Nestlé Purina Petcare, Nestlé Waters, Nestlé POWWOW, Cereal Partners UK (a joint venture with General Mills) and Lactalis-Nestlé Chilled Dairy (a joint venture with Lactalis). For more information on Nestlé in the UK, click on the following link: www.nestle.co.uk.

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