Colwall Youth Project

Our service is a youth led organisation and our programme is designed to include leisure time activities and open access services that aid the development of young people’s physical, mental, social, and emotional wellbeing.

Our project has a goal to be a safe haven, so young people living in rural isolation can have a place that they can call home; for young people to come in and make a hot drink or ask those difficult questions.

Youth work is much more than evening youth groups and fun activities, it’s about allowing those young people who feel abandoned by society, by school, by family and restricted by location, the opportunity to feel cared for and included.

For some the simple act of knowing they can just walk in and make a hot drink and have a chat, for others it’s about having someone they can ask the difficult questions to without judgment or risk of being shamed.

More information about what we do

This is a very fluid and ever-changing role in their lives, for those who start accessing the project at age 9, the role of our project is to start a relationship of trust. As they grow and become young adults the project has a very different role, it is to teach them the many skills and life lessons they never see inside a classroom. We teach them about healthy relationships, safe sex, drug misuse, money management, the importance of talking about mental health and most of all about the value of humanity.

Our mission is to actively respond to the needs and wishes of young people. This is reflected in what we offer young people living in and near Colwall. We  seek to improve life conditions and promote youth social action that builds maturity. We value the thoughts, feelings, and aspirations of all our members.