Young People Fundraise for Foundation Craven
October 16, 2017
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This summer our team in Skipton, Foundation Craven, benefitted from some fundraising by young people taking part in a UFA (University of the First Age) the National Citizenship Service challenge. Our colleague from Craven reports: Bridget and I met the groups at the NCS ‘Making A Difference’ event at Trinity University and promoted Foundation services, […]
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Barnsley Futures Service – Looking Up.
October 09, 2017
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Barnsley Futures is a relatively new service to Foundation. Part of the service is Holden House, an adult hostel. The team and customers at Holden House have been benefitting from the commitment that Foundation has to focussing on people’s strengths and getting to know one another better. The Church Housing Trust have supported this work […]
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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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North Yorkshire Young People Go Ape!
October 02, 2017
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Customers from the across the NYYPP enjoyed days out at the Go APE activity centre in Northumberland. GO APE is a high ropes activity in the tree tops, it involves swinging from Tarzan swings, jumping into cargo nets and tackling high ropes obstacles. The purpose of the day was to give customers new experiences and […]
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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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Working with Children and Families
October 02, 2017
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As an organisation we are primarily known for our work with Young People and Adults. However we also do a significant amount of work with children and young families, through our work with young people, within the domestic abuse services and our child therapeutic services. The Scarborough Activities coordinator was asked by young parents to […]
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