Happy birthday North Avenue
Here at the VVU we love a celebration, particularly one which marks such a fantastic achievement as a 25th anniversary. On 1 July, North Avenue Youth Centre in Chelmsford celebrated 25years of supporting the local community and we were delighted to attend the celebrations. As proud funders of North Avenue Youth Centre, it was a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]