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 […]
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 […]
‘You Said, We Did’ funding allocated
Using insight gained from the young people’s Listening Report the VVU continue to respond to locally based needs, including through our ‘You Said, We Did’ funding pot. This funding pot supports local youth groups with purchasing equipment suggested by the young people who attend the project and links to improving the offer and activities on […]
Respect in the woods with Essex Boys and Girls Clubs
This morning we spent some time down in the woods with students from one of the Colchester secondary schools on the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Respect Project. The Respect Project is an early intervention programme for 13-14 year olds, designed to help young people in school Year 9 to increase their ability to deal […]
ReRoute: redirect lives, rewrite futures
ReRoute works with young adults, where an individual is often presenting with some of the most prolific vulnerabilities. ReRoute is a voluntary programme that reaches out to 17–25-year-olds who are suspected of having committed the following offences (with a home address in Southend, Essex and Thurrock): Possession of a bladed article Possession of class A […]
