We are is delighted to announce that Aylesbury Town Councillor and Deputy Town Major, Steve Lambert has been appointed as our first ever Community Ambassador. In the role Steve will help to raise awareness of our vital work to help disadvantaged young people in Aylesbury Vale and to build key relationships across the community. For
On Wednesday our CEO Hannah visited the Oasis Partnership and its new Bagnall Project. CEO Colin Paterson-McGregor gave Hannah a tour, introducing her to service users, volunteers and staff, and showcasing how the centre aims to strengthen the Chesham community through healthy living and wellbeing programmes. Like so many sectors, charities are up
Today Centrepoint have published a report on young people and the impact of food poverty them. These are the main findings. The cost-of-living crisis is devastating for young people. Many are being forced to choose between paying their bills or having enough food to eat. Food insecurity among vulnerable young people has increased significantly, with
On Wednesday 13th July, Youth Concern’s CEO Hannah was invited to speak at Fairhive’s annual conference, bringing the voice of Aylesbury Vale’s vulnerable young people to the social housing provider’s 300 employees.Hannah felt it was important to put social housing residents front and centre by helping Fairhive team members understand what the cost of living
Youth Concern was shortlisted by national charity Homeless Link in their Excellence Awards 2022. Our ‘Home Safe’ application focused on Youth Concern’s homeless prevention projects: Next Step and Nightstop Aylesbury. We applied for the award to celebrate the two teams’ successes, to recognise colleagues’ hard work, raise our profile and, we hoped, help others learn
On 7th June, our CEO Hannah was appointed vice chair of Aylesbury Vale Independent Advisory Group (IAG), alongside new chair David Graham, senior pastor at Southcourt Baptist Church and Community Hub. IAGs were set up after the Stephen Lawrence enquiry so the police could hear the public voice. They’re a way for communities and police to communicate,
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the Homeless Link annual awards which celebrate the best of the homelessness sector. Our work on homelessness; supported accommodation project, The Next Step, and Nightstop Aylesbury, has been shortlisted in the Home Safe category, which recognises high quality, affordable accommodation options for those experiencing rough sleeping or
A big thank you to the team from McAfee for their work on our garden last week. With a generous donation from Lords Builders Merchants, they built seating for our outdoor area. Not only that, McAfee also made a donation of £1,000 to support our work.
Thank you so much to the villagers of Ellesborough who decided to use their annual ball in April to raise money for Youth Concern. Representing the organising committee, yesterday Jess Garmon-Jones and Julie East presented CEO Hannah with a rather large cheque for £9,500! Youth Concern will spend the money raised on our Next Step
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