Action4Youth

Youth counselling is a specialist service that expert practitioners like Gehad Mursi, our Counselling Lead know makes a huge difference to a young person’s life. For some young people it can literally be a lifesaver.  The personal stories behind those they counsel are always kept confidential, but one client wanted to share his positive experience […]

One major advantage for us all at Action4Youth is interaction with thousands of young people from diverse backgrounds, circumstances and ages. In a year we work with over 25,000 young people. Taking time to really listen to them provides rich insight into the priorities in their lives. As we move into 2023 Programme Director Emily

Former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Sir Francis Habgood reflects on his experience of visiting the knife angel with Action4Youth’s The Breakout Programme. How do you generate a serious debate about knife crime? Simple – build a massive sculpture using over 100,000 knives and send it on a tour around the country. That was

A message from Jenifer Cameron, CEO December is always a time for reflection as we look back on the year just gone. Last January we were living with covid uncertainty as omicron arrived following a quieter-than-usual Christmas season. That uncertainty hovered over us for the next few months; was there going to be another lockdown

In anti – bullying week, it is worth reflecting that bullying has been around for a very long time and is likely just one of those unfortunate aspects of the human experience? Is the story of Cain and Abel the first recorded story of bullying? It didn’t end well for Abel or indeed for either

A Message from our CEO Jenifer Cameron I’m writing this during National Trustees’ Week so my thoughts are firmly on charity boards. I often hear from CEOs about their difficult relationship with their board; about trustees setting impossible goals, being involved inappropriately in operational matters and generally making life difficult for the executive team. From

A Message from Jenifer Cameron Because of covid we hadn’t been able to have our full scale Big Night Out, our celebration of our young people and their achievements, for a couple of years so it was a huge thrill to be back in the Waterside Theatre with hundreds of young people and their families.

A Message from Jenifer Cameron The beginning of September brings a distinct change of workload as the hectic summer of outdoor education, adventure clubs and the NCS programme give way to those programmes which are delivered in schools; autumn NCS delivered in the special schools, The Inspiration and Breakout Programmes. This academic year we are

I’m Paul Kitchen, an ambassador for Action4Youth, and this week, I was invited to become a Lion! I should explain… Action4Youth delivers the NCS UK (National Citizen Service) program in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes & Slough. One of the initiatives the young people tackle is a “Dragon’s Den” style presentation to bid for seed funding money