Programme staff

The staff of our approximately 80 programmes, projects and children’s centres blog about their work with young people across the country.

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Children's minister Edward Timpson being interviewed by the young carers
’Humbling and inspiring’: Celebrating the work of young carers
'Young carers face many adversities every day, and it's great to see so many professionals getting together to take steps to improve things for young carers'
02 March 2013
Lloyd Chapman, Information and Resource Officer | Include Programme
Several attendees at a Prevention Through Partnership event
Building bridges: Giving young carers the help they need
Today, the Prevention Through Partnership initiative takes stock of the enormous successes they’ve had and the challenges ahead
26 February 2013
Lloyd Chapman, Information and Resource Officer | Include Programme
young people and staff from our programme in Essex
Help our young people win £1000 for their gym project
Our gym club that helps vulnerable young people needs your vote this month
08 February 2013
Simon Allen, Substance misuse recovery worker
Young boy who is the lead character in Refugee Boy
Young refugees share their stories
In support of West Yorkshire Playhouse's new production of Refugee Boy, young people in Leeds share their stories
06 February 2013
Nola Pugh, Project Worker at HEARTS, part of our LEAP programme
young boy sitting against a wall
Working with vulnerable and often forgotten families in the asylum system
Our programme worker shares his experiences working with families in Leeds in the asylum system.
30 January 2013
Abdou Sidibe, Senior Practitioner, LEAP programme
A young person and adult smiling
Bringing together different generations makes a difference
Bringing together older and younger generations can mean more positive relationships for people across a community
10 December 2012
Lorna Jacques, Senior Project Worker at Greenwich Intergenerational Community Cohesion Project and Young Voices
Supporting Roma families through multi-agency mediation
After a TV programme raised Roma residents' fears, our SMART programme worked with local agencies to allay the community's fears
10 October 2012, 2 comments
Rosie Tapsfield, Senior Practitioner
Young carers affected by HIV share stories, help launch resource
Young carers joined us at parliament and helped launch an online resource hub to support other young people in families affected by HIV
03 October 2012
Chantelle Lindo, Development Worker
'Advocacy can be life-changing': An advocate shares her story
From our programme in Lancashire, Nafeesa shares what it is like to be an advocate, and explains the benefits of young people's voices being heard.
13 September 2012
Nafeesa Kovariwala, Children's Rights Worker
Joe and Lauren standing with Olympic torch
Young people in Kent share their Olympic and Paralympic experiences
Two young people from our intergenerational project in Birchington talk about their experience carrying the Olympic and Paralympic torch
10 September 2012
Ann Rayment, Programme Manager

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