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Tom’s First Year as Charity Ambassador
It’s a year since Tom Holmes, popular 22-year-old Reading FC first team player, became Berkshire Youth’s Charity Ambassador.
12 May 2022
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New Tilehurst Art Club
We’re working with Tilehurst Parish Council to launch the new Tilehurst Art Club for local young people in school years 7 – 9.
9 May 2022
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Mental Health Award Winners!
We are thrilled to have been named ‘Youth Mental Health Champions of the Year 2022 – Berkshire’ by Global Health & Pharma.
5 May 2022
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Free Multi-Sport Sessions for Tilehurst Young People
We’re delighted to be working with Tilehurst Parish Council to offer FREE multi-sport sessions for local young people in school years 7 – 9.
4 May 2022
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Join Berkshire Youth’s DofE Group!
Berkshire Youth is an open DofE provider, offering access to DofE programmes.
28 April 2022
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Winnersh Youth Hub
Our mobile bus will be visiting locations across Winnersh over the coming weeks
28 April 2022
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Waterside Update
Waterside Centre continues to be a hive of activity!
28 April 2022
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Jasmine’s Fundraiser
We are so grateful to Jasmine Barrett and her friends who are fundraising for Berkshire Youth by taking on the Llaberis Path in Snowdonia next month.
28 April 2022
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Tilehurst Parish Council Update
We are delighted to announce that The Jubilee Annexe is now open!
28 April 2022
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Bracknell Youth Worker Vacancy
We’re looking for an amazing youth worker to join our team.
28 April 2022
Champions of Youth Work Conference
27 January 2022
Yesterday, we welcomed around 50 attendees to Waterside Centre for our Champions of Youth Work Conference.
From all backgrounds – including youth workers, volunteers, funders, local authorities and young people themselves – everyone was there to lend their support to championing Berkshire’s young people and to explore ways for us to work together to achieve the very best for them.
We were delighted to be joined by Leigh Middleton, CEO of The National Youth Agency, who delivered an insightful keynote speech re. the National Youth Work Strategy and the current situation for youth services. Leigh told the attendees that youth work is on the rise, with 5M individuals engaging with Youth Work Week in 2021, compared to 3M in 2020. Although there is less and less resource in the South for young people, Leigh gave an optimistic and realistic view for the future of youth work as he continues to meet with government ministers and civil servants on behalf of the UK’s young people. He finished his speech with the call to all attendees to: “Get organised and get involved to help young people!”
Attendees also enjoyed speeches from Berkshire Youth’s David, Sarah, Kelly and Jessica, as well as moving speeches from young people, Ellis and Dennis, who spoke from the heart about the direct and positive impact our youth workers have had on their lives. Everyone was very impressed with them and couldn’t help be moved by their words. Who could put it better than Dennis: “Everyone had given up on me except Colin!” [Youth Worker, Berkshire Youth]
Further discussions flowed, including people’s experiences over the past 18 months, growth mindset, what the future might look like for young people and how we can best help and champion them. Before leaving, each of the attendees wrote down their pledge to young people and a piece of good news concerning young people which we will share across our social media over the coming weeks using the hashtags: #ChampionsofYouthWork, #YouthPledge2022, #YouthWorkWorks, #YoungPeopleMatter, #YouthEmpowerment and #YouthWork. We shall be back again next year to review how everyone has got on with their pledges to young people.
We would like to thank Greenham Trust for supporting this event which was a great chance to get everyone together in person to discuss these very important issues.