Tacking youth homelessness through social inclusion
March 06, 2018
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Our North Yorkshire Young People’s Pathway service, supports young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Practical support is provided to help young people into accommodation, but with a long term view the support aims to prepare young people for independent living at the end of the pathway and reduce risk of homelessness […]
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North Yorkshire Young People Autumn/ Winter Round-up
December 04, 2017
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Over the last few months as the light has drawn in, customers across the North Yorkshire Young people’s Pathway have remained busy, using social and inspirational activities to give young people the opportunity to develop skills that will support them as adults living independently. Mercury House In Scarborough the NYYPP service are settling into their […]
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Springboard Customers Survive Zombie Apocalypse!
December 04, 2017
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Springboard customers survived a three day Zombie Apocalypse Residential! With special thanks to Allerthorpe Lakeland Park, Yormed, Lee and Di at Wild Harvest and Paul Dore Bushcraft. Here is the story day by day… Day One The group gathered together and prepared food and equipment for the trip before heading to Allerthorpe Lakeside Park for some raft […]
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Durham Co-production and Inclusion For All
October 16, 2017
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Durham customers and staff have been having success with their group activities for some time now. Support Worker, Deb, who leads the groups, puts this down to the fact that the customers co-produce the activities program on a three monthly basis. She shares with us the range of activities that customers enjoy and how the […]
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Social Inclusion – A Core Building Block For A Positive Future.
October 09, 2017
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At Foundation our core mission is to create ‘inclusive communities where everyone matters’. Through our work we seek to engage our customers in opportunities for building a sense of social inclusion. Often this work is around mental and physical health, changing behaviours, taking responsibility and learning practical skills for keeping home and employment. Yet for […]
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Let’s Talk About Sex…
October 02, 2017
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Workers and customers in our young people’s project have been tackling conversations around sex – sexual health and consent. One of our Activity’s worker’s reports: At The YMCA and Derwent Lodge in Ryedale (Foundation’s partners) took part in the quarter yearly programme of sexual health information advice and screening session. Customers were surprised that people […]
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