Time with TYPO
We love being invited to visit the projects that we support and were excited to visit TYPO – Tiptree Youth Project Outreach at their Wednesday youth club. The Wednesday youth club was set up following feedback from young people in Tiptree that they wanted a safe space to hang out, with trusted adults to support […]
Respect in the woods with Essex Boys and Girls Clubs
This morning we spent some time down in the woods with students from one of the Colchester secondary schools on the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Respect Project. The Respect Project is an early intervention programme for 13-14 year olds, designed to help young people in school Year 9 to increase their ability to deal […]
Summer drop in sessions at African Families in the UK
Members of the VVU have been out visiting some of our grant funded projects this summer and on 7 August we popped into African Families in the UK’s community drop in. This drop in includes youth provision and is one of the locations where one to one coaching and workshops funded through the V&V Community […]
Changing Lives in Colchester (March 2023)
Earlier this month we popped down to Colchester to visit Changing Lives. Changing Lives is a non-profit, community interest company that uses sport, social experiences, mentoring and work experience to install confidence in young people and give them opportunities and options to work towards a more positive future. Originally based at Harlow, Changing Lives expanded […]
Bringing a splash of colour to Colchester
Last Sunday we visited The Outhouse in Colchester to film some of the young people who attend the project. The OutHouse is a charity that provides opportunities for LGBTQ+ people in Essex. They run a large programme of services which includes counselling, social events and support groups. The VVU has helped fund a youth counsellor […]
Extra support for our Essex families (October 2022)
The Violence and Vulnerability Unit has, for the last academic year, funded two Team Around the Family Support Officers (TAFSOs) after the Vulnerable School’s Index highlighted two geographical locations where a specific place based TAFSO would have the greatest impact. The role of a TAFSO is to provide support to any professional in Essex who […]
