ABOUT US

Colwall Youth Project supports young people and young adults. Our experienced team of Youth Workers provide an accessible, friendly and safe environment for all young people. This service is delivered through drop-in sessions, 1-2-1 support, mental health and wellbeing support, targeted activities, school holiday activities, educational support, open access sessions, skills4life workshops, positive activities, and continued empowerment. CYP is a community resource, that reflects the needs of the wider community we support and encourage community involvement through consultation, youth social action, and volunteering.

Our Mission Statement

Our mission is to actively respond to the needs and wishes of young people. This is reflected in what we offer young people living in and near Colwall. Our programme is designed to include leisure time activities and open access services that aid the development of young people’s spiritual, mental, social, and emotional wellbeing. We also seek to improve life conditions and promote youth social action that builds maturity. Our service is a youth led organisation. We value the thoughts, feelings, and aspirations of all our members.

The Vision

The project has a goal to be a safe haven, this means that young people living in rural isolation can have a place that they can call home. Youth work is much more than evening youth groups and fun activities, it’s about allowing those young people who feel abandoned by society, by school, by family and restricted by location; the opportunity to feel cared for and included. For some the simple act of knowing they can just walk in and make a hot drink and have a chat, for others it’s about having someone they can ask the difficult questions to without judgment or risk of being shamed. This is a very fluid and ever-changing role in their lives, for those who start accessing the project at age 9, the role of our project is to start a relationship of trust. As they grow and become young adults the project has a very different role, it is to teach them the many skills and life lessons they never see inside a classroom. We teach them about healthy relationships, safe sex, drug misuse, money management, the importance of talking about mental health and most of all about the value of humanity.

Our Aims

To show love to the young people of our locality by providing a youth service which aims to support young people through the challenges of the pre-teen and teenage stages of growing up. 

Our charitable aims and objectives are to work with young people to improve lives and circumstances to aid development and maturity and promote a sense of community. Supporting young people aged 9-18 years old