Youth Futures UK

About Youth Futures UK

Youth Futures was set up in January 2012 following the closure of other local youth projects due to funding cuts. We emerged in response to a number of local young people voicing their concern and disappointment that there was a lack of safe social spaces in the area, and since this time we have continued to follow a youth-led model, shaping our work based on what our members need and want to see in their community. We see Youth Futures as one big family, where values of respect, trust and understanding are practiced and supported. Our work can look like lots of different things, and is often spontaneous, unconventional and challenging. We are currently have four interlinked strands to our work based on our EDA model of Engagement, Development & Advocacy: • Open-Access Youth Club Sessions in partnership with Southwark Council (currently detached and online) • Youth Leadership Team - the YLT address current issues affecting local young people, often inviting guest speakers and holding workshops, as well as working on upcoming projects for our members. • Ubuntu Roundtable project working across London in partnership with the Tutu Foundation - a round-table project with the Metropolitan Police to improve community relations between young people and the police and identify areas where the police can improve their work. • Mentoring & Personal Development - our personal development programmes encourage young people to highlight the positive things in their lives, and to identify the challenges and difficulties they face and how they would like to progress with them. Our mentors provide support and guidance where and when it is needed, and also help to create opportunities and experiences tailored to the ambitions or interests of the young person.

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