Ten years of African Families in the UK
On Wednesday, 11 June African Families in the UK (AFiUK) celebrated ten years of community impact and giving a voice to local British African families. Held at First Site in Colchester the ten-year anniversary saw a range of dignitaries, partners and community leaders come together to celebrate the achievements of AFiUK, share memories and make […]
Lads Need Dads
We are delighted to share with you the successes of one the projects we support with VVU grant funding. The Colchester based Lads Need Dads mission is to “equip, engage and inspire boys and young men aged 10-18 with absent fathers or limited access to a positive male role model, to enable them to reach […]
Developing ReRoute
Our ReRoute practitioners, who work with young people aged 17 – 25 (who have been arrested and on bail or released under investigation for offences relating to drugs and violence), have been analysing which approaches work best with the individuals we support and how we can ensure those we no longer need to work with […]
Theatre for all comes to Braintree
During the Easter holidays we visited Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Theatre for all project, a performing arts project organised for young people aged 11 to 18 in the Braintree area. The project ran over five days, giving young people the opportunity to create, script, produce and perform a play about community safety and how […]
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 […]