Grant success of Southend United Community and Educational Trust
As the football season gets underway, we also celebrate the work of Southend United Community and Educational Trust, another beneficiary of our 2023/2024 community grant. Southend United Community and Educational Trust received Community Grant funding in 23/24 to develop a new youth club for vulnerable and at-risk children and young people. The youth club provided […]
Southend: Supporting young people with safe spaces
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to YMCA Southend, who we have recently funded through our community grant fund to provide support to young people in the city. In our recent Listening Report we spoke to more than 1500 young people about their biggest fears and what makes them feel safe. The young people from Southend […]
Easter fun with ATF Southend
Over the Easter holidays we visited a holiday club run by ATF Southend to see the great work they are doing to support families on the Kursaal estate. ATF (Achieve Thrive Flourish) work with young people and their families to build stronger prouder communities and help young people develop into resilient, confident individuals. They work closely […]
Detached youth work success
In 2020 over 600 young people took part in the Violence and Vulnerability Unit’s listening project, which was to help determine future priorities and work areas for the VVU. Their feedback gave us a few main points for consideration and action: The majority of young people told us that youth violence is an issue in […]
