The big build at Harlow
Last week the VVU joined the young people at Rainbow Services, Harlow to support them to install a fantastic new sensory garden and interactive space in the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Essex VVU supports the work of Rainbow Services for its carpentry project, which helps young people who have struggled with engagement at school. Youth workers […]
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 […]
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 […]
