JUNE 2013
Kieran Hutchinson talks about his experiences on Team
Laura Talks about her time at YG and university
Free road hazard awareness programme for young people.
I\'m Sophie I\'m 19 and I Volunteer at The Raikes Youth Club run by Young Gloucestershire.
Mentoring is a highly valuable volunteering role. Jules has been a wonderful asset to Young Gloucestershire in our mentoring project - read more about her experiences.
Cat volunteers at our SOSYP project (South of Sroud Youth Partnership)
Hi my name is Craig and I volunteer at the Bishops Cleeve Youth Club near Cheltenham
Hi my name is Jess and I volunteer at Young Gloucestershire\'s Caincross Youth Club and the Young Parents Group in Gloucester.
MAY 2013
Allison Tempest talks about her first few months with YG
Tom Adam\'s role involves engaging with local businesses in the Gloucestershire area and involving them in the work we do.
Young Gloucestershire Charity Golf Day
Martin talks about his first couple of months at YG
Sporting Chances Blog
Marcus Grant from Pluss talks about his expereinces of a Prince\'s Trust team.
APRIL 2013
Can You Help YG?
Cainscross Youth Club Blog
The Effect of Social Media
Tracy Talks About Ongoing Projects at Young Gloucestershire
Seb shares his experiences of working at Young Gloucestershire
Sarah shares her experiences of team 149
MARCH 2013
CEO reflects on the end of the financial year
The Soccer Store have kindly donated a pair of Samba Goals to Young Gloucestershire.
Tom Adam\'s Experience at Blockley Youth Club
FEBRUARY 2013
Hi my name is Jack.
Mock interviews are part of week 9 in Prince\'s Trust Team Programme - they help young people understand the processes involved in effective interview techniques
Ark House and Young Gloucestershire win a film award.
GroBrain programme comes to an end.
Our Volunteer Coordinator says goodbye after nine months on the top floor.
How many YG staff does it take to find a kitchen?
Young People at the YAF have produced a poster about the dangers of Sexting.
The latest update from the Youth Workers at The Link.
JANUARY 2013
The ViParents group at The Link is still going strong.
Cainscross Parish Council has donated a building in Victory Park which has already begun providing opportunities for Young People.
ThisisGloucestershire published a great article about Princes Trust Team last week.
The redecorating continues in the New Year
Dominic Smith has been named a regional winner in the vInspired National Awards!
Greg from the Development Team has returned from his three month secondment to the YAF.
We are pleased to announce our first annual Charity Golf Day!
James is the newest addition to the YG team.
Team 149 is still recruiting!
DECEMBER 2012
The Young Gloucestershire main office will be closed from 21st December until 2 January.
The ViParents group took a trip to Hijinx on Eastgate Street.
Princes Trust Team 146 had their Final Team Presentation today.
The Link held its official grand opening and ribbon cutting last week.
Tom Adam has been out and about raising the profile of YG in the business community.
Young Gloucestershire is working with the South of Stroud Youth Partnership to deliver high quality youth provision in Cam, Berkeley, Wotton and Dursley.
A first hand account of a youth club written by a YG participant.
NOVEMBER 2012
With support from the Big Lottery Fund, YG has been bringing groups from across the county to trips and activities outside their local communities.
YG\'s Three Peaks Challenge team has returned triumphantly from their epic adventure.
Team 145 celebrated the end of their 12-week Princes Trust Team Programme last week.
Tom Adam has recently joined YG as Corporate Engagment Coordinator - welcome to the team.
A team of YG staff is tackling the Three Peaks Challenge next week!
Chris joined the Youth Work Team two months ago.
OCTOBER 2012
We have been slowly building up our social media presence over the past year.
We have had more new staff joining us lately - here are Lisa\'s thoughts on her first few weeks.
Young Gloucestershire hosted its second networking event on Tuesday 9 October. The event was a great success with 62 guests attending from 37 organisations.
YG is soon opening a brand new space on Southgate Street, Gloucester called The Link.
The new year has begun and there are a lot of new faces at the Youth Achievement Foundation...
SEPTEMBER 2012
Our Youth Board have produced a great video - check it out!
On Wednesday we celebrated the end of the 2012 NCS programme.
Our NCS participants have sent us many kind words about their summer experience. Here is another description of NCS through the eyes of one participant.
We have recently welcomed a new member to our Youth Work Team - Here are David\'s thoughts on his first few weeks at YG.
YG runs a mentoring programme for Looked After Children - here is the experience of one of our mentees.
Some inspirational thoughts from a recent NCS participant.
Here is a description of the National Citizenship Service experience from one of our recent participants.
AUGUST 2012
For the birds! NCS visited the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre earlier this week
The Greyfriars staff have been busy this week painting and redecorating the 1st floor.
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Jo Crook and Prince\'s Trust Team 143 wrapped up a few days ago. Here are her thoughts on the end of a great 12 weeks.
GCVYS and PATA as part of TLI fundinf have begun working with a CivSoc to explore improving infrastructure services in Gloucestershire
Guy joined the Development Team several weeks ago - here are his thoughts on his first few months at YG.
Our volunteer coordinator has been shadowing youth clubs over the past few weeks to get a handle on how they run.
JULY 2012
Young Gloucestershire has partnered with UKYouth and UPS to offer a new road safety programme for young people.
If you follow our Twitter feeds (@YoungGlos and @PTT_YG) you may have already heard about RodneyAllenSteve. RodneyAllenSteve was a young seagull living on a roof ledge at Greyfriars. This is his st...
The 8th of YG\'s Sporting Chances projects went down an absolute storm! Laura Manistre from the Development Team reports after a great couple of weeks.
In April, Dan Jones from the Youth Work Team showed a group of Jordanian representatives around Young Gloucestershire. The Jordanian delegation was in town on a study visit to learn about youth justice...
Joel is a member of the YG Youth Board, and he attended the UK Youth Charity Fundraising Gala a few weeks ago. Read on to find out what he thought of it all...
Liam is a member of the YG Youth Board, and he attended the UK Youth Charity Gala Fundraising Dinner in London recently. Here are his thoughts!
Young Gloucestershire has launched a new volunteering programme for people who have unique or specialty skills that they would like to share.
JUNE 2012
Twice a month I drive for an hour to get to...
The seventh sporting chances project is underway...
Nikki\'s transfer from student placement to staff member...
On Saturday Young Gloucestershire...
Teenagers encouraged to sign up for national citizenship programme
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Tom Saunders has been appointed as the new Development Team Coordinator
Reflecting on the achievements of youth work...
MAY 2012
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I wanted to volunteer...
Hello! My name is Sarah Button...
Team 142 started on the 19th April 2012 and are currently in week 11.
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I came on Princes Trust because I thought it would be an excellent opportunity...
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I came to gain confidence...
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During my time with the Prince\'s Trust team I have taken part in a wide variety of activities and problem solving.
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A young person tells their views on the Youth Achievement Foundation.
I go to Stonehouse youth project....
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A few months ago I decided that I wanted to use my spare time more effectively....
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My time at YAF....
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During my time at the YAF...
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My First 12 months as a full time youth worker!
APRIL 2012
I was pleased to visit the Youth Achievement Foundation site at Kingsway last week
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Looked After Children
Are you following our young Gloucestershire tweets?
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The last day of the financial year was celebrated at YG
Last week we had a visit of professionals from Jordanians to Gloucestershire.
Monday was a busy day, the doorbell never stopped ringing
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This week I had a great experience which reminded me of why we do what we do.
Improving local infrastructure organisations
Young Gloucestershire appoints new trustees...
Hi we are Liam, Michael, Elliot and Joel and we are some of the members of Young Gloucestershire’s new Youth Board!
MARCH 2012
National Citizen Service - what is it????
Get the info from the NCS Manager Kay Bunyan.
Dominic Smith (Youth Worker) talks of his experiences delivering training for Young Gloucestershire
Dominic Smith, youth worker from Young Gloucestershire is running the Forest of Dean Half Marathon.
Meet Helen who has just started working as the administrator at The YAF in Tuffley
My experiences of being a participant on Sporting Chances by Luke Barnes
Most people see half term as a time for a holiday and break from supporting young people. However...
FEBRUARY 2012
A short perspective from someone working at the YAF.
Partnership working is at the core of the work that takes place in the voluntary sector.
A young person\'s perspective of their time on Sporting Chances development programme.
Today we started thinking about Young Gloucestershire’s annual report.
February has been a busy time
for YG with two Princes Trust Teams starting...
On 9th February Young Gloucestershire held our first youth work networking event for clubs and organisations across the county.
JANUARY 2012
Looked After Children programme
The Youth Work Manager at Young Gloucestershire reflects on his time working and living in the county.
Sporting Chances is a 2 week personal development programme for 16-25yrs.
When applying for funding it can feel like an uphill battle where you slog away at application forms and feel like they are never going to end. You post them off and then wait with bated breath.
DECEMBER 2011
My first month at the Youth Achievement Foundation (YAF) has been an insight in to the youth of today.
Finally the masterpiece is up! After drilling what seemed to be a multitude of holes in our ground floor walls (oops) the mural has finally taken pride of place in the entrance hall of Greyfriars...
As my second team completed their Princes Trust Team programme last week I feel it is time for some reflection.
Friday saw the final presentation of team 138. As the CEO these presentations are one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.
The staff at young Gloucestershire seem to be up for a challenge so we have a new one this week. Say hello to the YG bear family!
NOVEMBER 2011
Team 139 began 4 weeks ago and so far it has been fantastic. I have had the opportunity to get to know 14 young people on an individual basis, as well as watching them grow together...
My first week at Young Glos has been so welcoming. The team are really friendly, professional and approachable.
I have found myself over the last three weeks tied up interviewing. This has led me to reflect on the process and the changes the current climate has created.
As a CEO of an organisation, vehicles and transport are often a difficult challenge to resolve!!
OCTOBER 2011
Are you a young person in care, would you like an adult to talk to?
The recent youth service cuts has meant that many youth clubs and youth activities across the county have been closing.
Young Gloucestershires first sporting chances programme has been taking place over the last two weeks.
Young Gloucestershire runs a range of programmes for young people across the county.
Young people at the Youth Achievement Foundation will be finding their English lessons more interesting over coming weeks thanks to a donation of new books.
Volunteers wanted to support the six Saturday breakaway sessions for young people with complex needs.
Young Gloucestershire has received funding to run six Saturday breakaway sessions for young people with complex needs.
Friday also saw Princes trust team 137 complete their twelve week experience.
Friday saw a great day in the life of Young Gloucestershire with young people graduating from the first ever sporting chances programme.
I had no direction and really could not see how I was going to get myself out of the situation I was in, no job, no qualifications and no one to support me...
Young Gloucestershire arranged a food hygiene course this week to train volunteer youth workers around the county.
Young Gloucestershire has been awarded a grant from Awards for All to run countywide trips for our member youth clubs.
Young Gloucestershire is currently running a short 2 week personal development programme called Sporting Chances.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Young Gloucestershire had a fantastic opportunity this week to work with a range of staff from Ecclesiastical.
The reason for YG
This week I had a great experience which reminded me of why we do what we do. A young person rang the door bell at YG, he was one of the first young people on the team programme when we started it Feb last year. He popped in to tell us how well he was doing and to remind us that it was because of YG that he was doing well. His mindset, attitude and outlook had changed on life. He is now living independently in a flat, attending college everyday and managing his own money most of the time! We all need a little help sometimes.
The thing that struck me about the young person is how he talked about the tough love we showed him at YG, the desire of the staff to help him but a clear message that he had to help himself to achieve what he wanted in life. A feeling we would support him but he had to help us to do that. If that's the message that young people leave YG with I am very happy with that and look forward to the next ringing of the doorbell from young people wishing to visit to share their stories.
