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...
Positive Activities
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,...
‘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...
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...
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...