Since the start of Sept, BYP has deepened its relationship with Appleton FC by opening a takeaway cafe on Sat Mornings (8.45am-2pm) and on Sunday Mornings (either side of a church youth work session 10.30-12noon) This has been a really positive step into the community for our youth project, helping to raise its profile and work while opening up new contacts and networks. In addition to that it has provided a necessary diversification of role for our salaried youth workers (Jo

Great news! BYP has received funding for the next year to continue to employ 2 sessional detached youth workers in and around Stockton Heath each Friday Night (7.30-10.30pm). We literally thank God for partners like Stockton Heath Parish Council who have consistently supported BYP to deliver this work in the local area. This funding represents about 15% of BYP's current annual turnover and so is significant in the current financial climate. Funding detached youth work in our

From Weds 14th Oct BYP will be going back to school. Our new School and Community Youth Worker (Georgie Kennedy) and John Harper will be delivering an amazing resource called Thrive to support the well being of all year 9's and year 11's. BYP will have weekly half hour sessions with a class from Year 11 and on Weds 21st Oct we will be spending an hour with each of the 10 classes in Year 9, as part of there personal development day. The sessions are specifically designed to he

A week ago on 2nd Oct, we marked a year since we lost our beloved Chairman, Russell Booth. As a board at BYP we always said we wanted to find a way of celebrating Russell's significant contribution and his character. This is easier said than done, especially when our youth centre is a fairly basic structure and is in fairly run-down surroundings. - The plaque in Russell's honour The idea of creating Russell's Ramp was therefore born out of a recognition of Russell's passion t

Georgie Kennedy joined the BYP team in September as maternity cover for Jen Anderson, who gave birth to Olivia in August! Georgie was a pupil at Bridgewater High, then graduated from York university and has lived in the area for many years. More recently Georgie has trained as a Counsellor and volunteered extensively at BYP with our work in the area of Mental Health and young people. Georgie will be heavily involved in our work this year with Bridgewater High school as we rol