Bar ‘n’ Bus youth mentoring
One of the projects the VVU has supported, and worked closely with, over the last couple of years is Bar ‘n’ Bus. Bar ‘n’ Bus run community-based youth and community work for young people aged 10 to 19, providing support programmes and services such as detached youth work, mentoring and targeted youth work. Recently the […]
Celebration evening for Colchester Respect students
The VVU joined Essex Boys and Girls Clubs last Thursday, at First Site in Colchester, for the presentation evening of the Respect Project. The Respect Project is an early intervention programme for 13-14 year olds, run by Essex Boys and Girls Clubs and funded by the VVU. It’s designed to help Y9’s who are struggling […]
Chill and chat in Saffron Walden
Chill and Chat Youth Café is a new youth club that was set up in Saffron Walden with VVU funding. The free open access youth club is run by Enterprise East and held at the Jubilee Hub (a community hub run as a partnership between Enterprise East, UCAN (Uttlesford Community Action Network) and Uttlesford Town […]
Time with TYPO
We love being invited to visit the projects that we support and were excited to visit TYPO – Tiptree Youth Project Outreach at their Wednesday youth club. The Wednesday youth club was set up following feedback from young people in Tiptree that they wanted a safe space to hang out, with trusted adults to support […]
YMCA Chelmsford
The VVU provided YMCA Essex (Chelmsford) with some funding to develop a new, free to attend Friday night youth club for young people in Chelmsford’s city centre. The club began in June 2024, providing fun activities, workshops and a safe place with qualified youth workers for young people aged 11 to 18 to attend in […]
Out There at Wilderness
The afternoon before the snow fell briefly across Essex, a couple of the VVU were invited to join one of the Out There groups for a chat around the campfire at Wilderness Foundation’s newly acquired Mann Wood site. Out There is a programme, funded by the VVU, which supports young people aged 11 to 15 […]
