Action4Youth

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

A Message from Jenifer Cameron Charities need support. We need help from volunteers, expertise and of course, we need money. We live in extraordinarily uncertain times; having just emerged from the pandemic and now with war in Europe and soaring prices. It is difficult to plan effectively while this level of uncertainty prevails and we

A message from our CEO Jenifer Cameron Early June is hectic at A4Y and after the past two years it is a delight to be rushed off our feet as we prepare for the first of almost 1200 young people who will be taking part in the National Citizen Service this summer and The Caldecotte

Action4Youth is delighted to announce a new partnership with MyMiltonKeynes, Business Improvement District (MyMK), which will include funding a number of The Breakout Programme and The Inspiration Programme projects in Milton Keynes in 2022 and 2023. The focus of the partnership is to reduce knife crime and gang presence in Milton Keynes, as well as

A Message from Jenifer Cameron Isn’t it strange that the news is full of airlines struggling to accommodate all those wanting to go on holiday while on the other hand the dramatic rise in the cost of living means many people are struggling to feed themselves and their families. Clearly there is a real divide