Emerge has been hosting youth work activities at the amazing green Hut at the top of Bowling Park for many years. We are there EVERY DAY for at least an hour after school to spend time with young people as they leave school and start to head home. The location of the Hut, just 100m […]
Why Sam’s running the London Marathon?
“Youth work has changed my life; now I hope to inspire others.” My Dad died when I was two years old. When I was 11, my Auntie committed suicide and my Mum began to drink, and rapidly became an alcoholic. As a result I had to look after myself from a young age. We had weeks […]
Our 2017 Successes
WE ASKED THE E:MERGE STAFF WHAT THEIR FAVOURITE SUCCESSES OF 2017 WERE… “This year we had a month of sessions where the young people took over. They planned and delivered creative sessions on issues of their choice; bullying, challenging yourself and knowing your rights. It was great fun and great to see the leadership and […]
Longfield Drive Clean Up
After the summer program we returned back to Longfield Drive MUGA to find it covered in broken glass, litter and bits of household rubbish. Rather than waiting for the council or community landlord to clean it up the young people wanted to take matters into their own hands! We returned the following week with bin […]
Never Mind the Age Gap
This half term we have had young people from Bradford Academy partner with a community project for the elderly to help break down generational boundaries. The pupils in year 8, spent time baking, visiting the project helping serve dinners and play bowls with elderly people from their community. This was a fantastic afternoon of building […]
ParkLife 2016
ParkLife is a week long event in Bowling Park, Bradford when we run a broad range of inclusive and fun activities from 11am to 4pm every day with amazing support from the Friends of Bowling Park. This year we had over 320 people attend across the week with over 200 coming for the BBQ on Friday. […]
Hubs Young Leaders Week
Last week at e:merge was a week of seeing our young leaders challenge themselves and grow through their involvement in activities around our Community Hubs. Eighteen young leaders took part in some training and team building activities and then spent the rest of the week helping lead activities from Fun Days in Bierley with hundreds […]