Building communities and big opportunities

Last week was the fourth week of Young Bristol's Summer Holiday Provision. We saw delivery from six of Young Bristol’s Community Youth Clubs, Youth Club on Wheels and Outdoor Activity Centre, working with new and existing young people, providing them with exciting and enriching opportunities, access to a free hot meal and the opportunity to build new friendships.

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The fourth week of our Summer Holiday Provision saw:

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• 242+ contacts with young people across our Holiday Clubs and Open Access provision
• 17+ sessions across the city‍
• 9 communities supported through our Community Youth Clubs and Youth Club on Wheels.

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Key highlights of the week:

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Hartcliffe Club for Young People hosted an amazing paint run as part of their final session of the summer, where young people celebrated and reflected on their amazing summer of exciting trips, new experiences and lots of laughter.

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BS14 Youth Club visited Stockwood Pump Track, hosted by Access Sport. During their visit, young people learnt about their local pump track, xx and enjoyed food and other activities in the park!

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Ashton Vale Club for Young People played a number of team sports and party games, helping our young people build their confidence and make new friends. The games included musical chairs, dodgeball and football.

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Young Bristol would like to thank our staff team, partner organisations, and funders for helping make last week part of the summer of a lifetime. We would also like to thank the Your Holiday Hub Bristol Programme, supported by Bristol City Council and The Department for Education, for supporting our Holiday Clubs at our city-wide Community Youth Club venues.

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Find out more about our holiday programmes here.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Lucrezia Chiarle, Youth Club on Wheels Assistant Youth Leader!

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Lucrezia has worked with young people through creative, community and care-based roles over the years. With a background in the arts, she brings a passion for self-expression, DIY crafts, and inclusive spaces into her youth work. As a multidisciplinary artist and community organiser, she uses creativity as a tool for connection, storytelling, and identity exploration. Since 2017 Lucrezia has led workshops, participatory events, and group sessions focused on ecological and social issues, through art and collective making, often working with themes of transition, empowerment, and emotional wellbeing.

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She joined Young Bristol with a strong belief in the power of community spaces to support young people in discovering their voice and potential.

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We hope you will join us in welcoming Lucrezia to the Young Bristol team! Find out more about our team here!

Last week was the third week of Young Bristol's Summer Holiday Provision. We saw delivery from six of Young Bristol’s Community Youth Clubs, Youth Club on Wheels and Outdoor Activity Centre, working with new and existing young people, providing them with exciting and enriching opportunities, access to a free hot meal and the opportunity to build new friendships.

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The third week of our Summer Holiday Provision saw:

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• 333+ contacts with young people across our Holiday Clubs and Open Access provision
• 19 sessions across the city‍
• 9 communities supported through our Community Youth Clubs and Youth Club on Wheels.

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Key highlights of the week:

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Young Bristol hosted our annual Interclub Summer tournament at St Brendan's RFC, inviting 60+ young people from across the city, both from our Community Youth Club network and other local organisations, to compete for our junior and senior trophy.

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Ashton Vale Club for Young People offered the opportunity to learn new skills through a variety of sports such as badminton and tennis, as well as encouraging team work through playing more familiar sports such as football and basketball.

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Youth Club on Wheels Oatlands Avenue visited Lush Greens, a flourishing community market garden, based in our young peoples local community! During the session, our young people learnt about the vegetables that the Lush Greens team grow in their gardens, and how these benefit their local community.

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Young Bristol would like to thank our staff team, partner organisations, and funders for helping make last week part of the summer of a lifetime. We would also like to thank the Your Holiday Hub Bristol Programme, supported by Bristol City Council and The Department for Education, for supporting our Holiday Clubs at our city-wide Community Youth Club venues.

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Find out more about our holiday programmes here.

On Saturday 16th August, we were pleased to see Louis, Young Bristol's Fundraising Coordinator, as well as Ersin and Gavin from Ergo Chair sign up to the South West Tough Mudder to raise money for Young Bristol!

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The Tough Mudder South West is a challenging obstacle course that takes place at Badminton Estate, where participants naviagte a variety of obstacles, including icy water, thick mud, rope climbs, fire, and electricity shocks.

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It has been amazing to see Louis as well as Ersin and Gavin from Ergo Chair prepare for this exciting challenge, all while fundraising for our young people.

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Thank you to all three of our participants for taking part in the South West Tough Mudder - we appreciate your ongoing support! If you would like to support our participants continued fundraising, click on of the links below

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• Ersin and Gavin - Ergo Chair
• Louis - Young Bristol

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If you are interested in taking part in a third party fundraising event for Young Bristol, click here and learn how you can help fundraise for us!

This summer holiday Young Bristol have offered a wide range of activities for all young people to take part in. From sporting to creative activities, we’ve had something for everyone!

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This week, we hosted an Interclub Football Tournament at St Brendan's Rugby Football Club, welcoming over 60 young people from across our club network to take part. The day brought together young people from Ashton Vale Club for Young People, Hartcliffe Club for Young People, Sea Mills Boys and Girls Club and The Grove @Bedminster Down, as well as a number of external teams from Robins Foundation and Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership.

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The Interclub tournament started with teams playing 4-5 minute matches in a round-robin format, with supporters cheering on their teams from the sidelines.

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After some intense matches, it was announced that Robins Foundations and Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership would play against each other for the junior trophy and Robins Foundations would play against Hartcliffe Club for Young People for the senior trophy!

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We are proud to announce that Robins Foundation won both our junior and senior trophies. Well done to all the young people who took part. It was fantastic to see them interacting and making new friends, as well as engaging other young people from across the city!

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We would like to thank St Brendan's Rugby Football Club for facilitating our football tournament. To find out more about our Community Youth Clubs, click here!

Young Bristol are incredibly proud to share that Charlie Sinclair, Club Leader at BS14 Youth Club has completed her Level 3 Youth Work qualification!

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Charlie completed her Level 3 Youth Work qualification with South Gloucestershire Playscheme in 2025. Since beginning the course, Charlie has learnt how to engage with young people in a youth work setting, and how she can promote young people’s personal and social development, enabling them to have a voice and influence in the community.

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We are proud of Charlie for completing her Youth Work training, as this not only helps her to develop professionally, but has a huge impact on our delivery. Charlie has already used her learning to plan the clubs sessions and has changed the way she engages with our young people. Congratulations!

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- Andy Kimber, Head of Operations & HR

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At Young Bristol, we continue to reinforce our strategy pillars by developing our people and programmes by providing opportunities for personal and professional development, skills for life and opportunities to grow.

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Congratulations Charlie on completing your Level 3 Youth Work qualification!

Last week was the second week of Young Bristol's Summer Holiday Provision. We saw delivery from six of Young Bristol’s Community Youth Clubs, Youth Club on Wheels and Outdoor Activity Centre, working with new and existing young people, providing them with exciting and enriching opportunities, access to a free hot meal and the opportunity to build new friendships.

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The second week of our Summer Holiday Provision saw:

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• 355+ contacts with young people across our Holiday Clubs and Open Access provision
• 24 sessions across the city
• 9 communities supported through our Community Youth Clubs and Youth Club on Wheels.

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Key highlights of the week:

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BS14 Youth Club had the opportunity to create their own portion of nachos, with each young person choosing from a variety of healthy toppings and enjoying their personalised meals.

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Avon Youth Club hosted a wide range of creative activities throughout their second week of summer including using air-dry clay to create mirrors, diamond painting as well as a trip to Blaise Court, where they worked with local residents to create their own masterpieces!

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Hartcliffe Club for Young People took their young people on a number of amazing trips, teaching young people about nature and the environment. These included visits to Bristol Zoo Project, a Grow Wilder workshop with Sustainable Energy and Avon Wildlife Trust, as well as trips to local parks across the city!

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Young Bristol would like to thank our staff team, partner organisations, and funders for helping make last week part of the summer of a lifetime. We would also like to thank the Your Holiday Hub Bristol Programme, supported by Bristol City Council and The Department for Education, for supporting our Holiday Clubs at our city-wide Community Youth Club venues.

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Find out more about our holiday programmes here.

Last week was the first week of Young Bristol's Summer Holiday Provision. We saw delivery from six of Young Bristol’s Community Youth Clubs, Youth Club on Wheels and Outdoor Activity Centre, working with new and existing young people, providing them with exciting and enriching opportunities, access to a free hot meal and the opportunity to build new friendships.

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The first week of our Summer Holiday Provision saw:

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• 346 contacts with young people across our Holiday Clubs and Open Access provision
• 25+ sessions across the city
• 9 communities supported through our Community Youth Clubs and Youth Club on Wheels.

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Key highlights of the week:

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Avon Youth Club hosted a wide range of workshops and trips during their first week of summer delivery, including an archery day, BMX workshops, a visit from SS Great Britain as well as a trip to Blaise Court, the clubs local residential home, where the group took part in intergenerational activities..

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Hartcliffe club for Young People ran a number of playscheme sessions throughout the week, offering a number of sports and creative activities for young people to enjoy. This included football, dreamcatcher decorating and plant pot making!

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Our Youth Club on Wheels has resumed delivery in Brislington, Henbury, Hengrove and Horfield for young people aged 8-19. Our team offer a wide range of activities for young people to enjoy throughout the year including sports, arts, cooking and discussion based activities. To find out more about your local Youth Club on Wheels session, click here!

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Young Bristol would like to thank our staff team, partner organisations, and funders for helping make last week part of the summer of a lifetime. We would also like to thank the Your Holiday Hub Bristol Programme, supported by Bristol City Council and The Department for Education, for supporting our Holiday Clubs at our city-wide Community Youth Club venues.

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Find out more about our holiday programmes here.

Last week, we were delighted to welcome the team from Rebus Medical to Ashton Vale Club for Young People, where 16 of their dedicated team members helped us to improve our facilities for young people!

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During their voluntary day, the team from Rebus Medical joined us outside in the sunshine to get stuck in with some outdoors tasks! The volunteers spent the day trimming back hedges and clearing weeds from around the multi-sports court. The team also helped us with painting around the club, where they painted the walls in the clubs entranceway, helping the Ashton Vale Club for Young People to look more bright and welcoming!

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Thank you to everyone at Rebus Medical for helping us to create a safe, positive place where our young people can thrive! We appreciate your support!

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