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Emerge young people supporting the wider community
Our Young Leaders and a wider group of young people have recently been involved in several community events that took place through the week; a Community Fun day in Bierley, a Spring Fayre in Holme Wood and events at the Beacon in Bowling Park.Our young leaders have...
Exploring Labyrinths at our Culture Club!
As part of the Bradford City of Culture year, we have started a project looking at ‘labyrinths’ and have been exploring what labyrinths are, making labyrinths out of different materials and even visiting some! We've been to see a number of different labyrinths, both...
Half Term Fun!
Once again, in the recent school holidays, we were able to offer young people a variety of different activities to get involved with, including a football session for the boys, a multi-sports session for the girls, two trips to Ninja Warrior and an arts and craft day...
Proud to be part of Bradford!
Did you see ‘Rise’ - the opening ceremony for the Bradford city of Culture? We took a group of young people down to watch it, braving the cold for what turned out to be a spectacular event! We came away even more proud of our city and looking forward to encouraging...
Happy Christmas!
As we approach the end of 2024, we wanted to take a moment to say thank you to each and every one of you for reading our news pages and supporting our work with young people. We wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas time.We take a short break over...
Creative Moments!
We are blessed to have some very creative youth workers at emerge! Give them a theme and they quickly find an art or craft activity to go with it! This gives young people the opportunity to develop new skills and discover new talents and has a positive impact on...
Why we do what we do!
If you have been following emerge news for a while, you should be in no doubt that we have a lot of fun within our youth work and that our team of staff and volunteers are full of passion and creativity. What the exciting pictures don’t always reveal, is the level of...
The Summer of 2024!
It's been another Summer full of exciting activities for young people! Here's a quick summary of what we got up to! As always, our Summer activities took on different themes and styles each week. Week 1 was full of trips and one off activities including bike rides,...
Single gender groups
Over recent months we have been steadily increasing the amount of youth work we do in single gender groups, with the aim that everything we do creates safe spaces for young people in distinctly different environments, and therefore enables open positive conversations...
Celebrating our amazing volunteers!
At the end of April we invited all of our volunteers to join us for some good food along with silly games and quizzes (we never stop being youth workers!) and time to chat together. This was a small way of saying a big thank you to everyone who volunteers their time...
Talking about Wellbeing
Over the last few years, concern for our emotional/mental wellbeing has increased significantly. This has led to many good things including better knowledge of how to support positive emotional wellbeing as well as care for our physical health. We are now more aware...
‘Feel Good February’ – Half Term Week!
This half term holiday has been one of the busiest and most varied we can remember – over 80 young people took part in 20 different activities. Our holiday activities took the theme of “Feel it all February” and most of the activities that young people took part in...
New Projects
We continue to develop our Young Adults 16-25 work and we are now part of a project that offers employment and training support for this age group. We will also be starting a new project offering support to young women in the 16 to 25 age group in partnership with...
BDisLit Community Light Festival
What an amazing evening we were able to put on in Bowling Park recently, as part of the BDisLit events in Bradford! As daylight began to disappear, a small corner of the park suddenly came alive with a lovely community atmosphere and beautiful lights, showcasing an...
Check out these podcasts!
A few months ago a group of young people gathered to learn some new skills and with the help of the wonderful Abi at Praxis Centre for Hope and Activism, they did some training, research, planning, interviewing and producing. It was a great experience and we love...
What a Summer!
During term time we love supporting young people in schools and leading our community youth work sessions…. but there is something special about the activities that we run during summer. Whether that be the large events like Xsport or the smaller opportunities like a...
Welcome to Jack!
We were really pleased to be able to welcome Jack to the emerge staff team in June. Jack will be supporting young people both in the community and schools and brings a wealth of experience from previous roles – including his time as an intern with us! It’s great to...
Challenge 26 – We did it!!
Challenge 26 - We did it! A big thank you to all who supported us! We recruited our runners, we had visits from runners and a personal trainer to give us some tips, we mentally prepared ourselves for the challenge! …….and we knew we were ready! On the day of the...
Youth Work Works – Part 3
So far in our Youth Work Works series we have introduced you to how we engage with large numbers of young people through our open community based activities, and we have explained how we work to inspire change in young people’s lives through a range of more focused...
Youth Work Works – Part 2
In the last newsletter, we started to explain our approach to youth work and why we do the things we do. We talked through our initial focus on engaging young people, getting to know them and building positive relationships. So, what do we do with this engagement and...
Challenge 26
The challenge of running 26 miles is a big one, but nothing compared to the marathon challenges which many young people face on a daily basis. So, on Sunday 16 April, Andy, our CEO, will run the Manchester Marathon - his first. Simultaneously 26 young people will...
Youth Work Works
Ever wondered what youth work is all about or what the thinking is behind our activities? In our newsletter, we’ve started a series to explore this more and why we believe and know youth work makes a difference. So, let’s start at the beginning… Youth work is nothing...
Hopes and Dreams for 2023!
Hopes and Dreams for 2023! As we start this new year, we’ve been exploring our hopes and dreams for the coming year with young people and our staff team. It's a tough question when life is challenging but it gets us thinking and talking. We’ve been so encouraged by...
Half Term Fun!
During October half term holiday we changed our activity pattern as usual, using the time (and surprisingly good weather!) to get out and about with young people. Activities included trips to Bolton Abbey, Lister Park, Otley Chevin, Alton Towers and Bradford Light...
Welcome to Mikey!
In October we were pleased to be able to appoint Mikey as a part-time sports and youth worker. Mikey will be leading and supporting some of the weekly sports activities for young people across each of the BD4 communities that we work in. Mikey has a long history...
Trusted Relationships
Over the past four years, emerge have been one of the five delivery partners of a project called Trusted Relationships working across Bradford. Trusted Relationships supported young people at risk of exploitation in all its forms, using a 1-2-1 engagement model to...
A Fantastic Summer!
What a fantastic summer of activities we have had with young people! Details of our three ‘big weeks’ are below, but we were also able to do several trips and ‘meet ups’ with young people – smaller in size but just as important! These included bike rides, walks in the...
Trip to the 2022 Women’s Euros
This month we were very excited to have the opportunity to be able to take 32 young people to Manchester to watch the opening England game of the 2022 Women’s Euros and of course the opening ceremony with all its fireworks and various displays. For nearly all young...