“Music Can Change the World” We know how important music is to the lives of young people. Helping them to create music is one of the most powerful tools we can use to reach the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in our community, and change their lives. As some of you may…
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As the seasons get colder, we have to think of ways not to go completely crazy inside. Living in the age of Web 3 and the metaverse, we thought that some of the best bonding is done in the real world. Monopoly The classic monopoly always brings out the competitive spirit in everyone. It is…
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The good old days In September, all the back-to-school ads come back on our TVs. Some young people are returning to school or starting their apprenticeships. We were all complaining summer was over but reminiscing on the past years and when some of the older lots were in school helped us come to grips with…
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Staying Closer to Home As we were in a pandemic last year, still quite a triggering word, everybody at CYP was determined to make this a summer to remember. So we’ve done a lot: Cally fest kicked it off, a mindful walk with the girls, the sports activities we did throughout the six weeks and…
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Last Friday, CYP went to wales to Water Fall Country! Before Cyp, some of the young people took over the local MacDonalds to get their breakfast muffins. All with half-open eyes and huffing about how tired they were from ‘ having to wake up at ungodly hours ‘. I mean, what do you expect when…
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Trauma-Informed Practices in the Community with CAHMs At CYP we took part in a project for the Islington Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, on Trauma-Informed Practices in the Community (CiTIPs). The video captures CYP’s real experience of training provided by CAMHs on trauma-informed practice and general involvement in the community project. KJ, our Therapeutic…
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It was another great year at the Cally Festival Youth Stage! On Sunday 4th of July, Cally Festival celebrated its 10th year on the Cally, and we were proud to be part of it. Throughout the day, a wide variety of young talent entertained crowds of all ages on our Youth Stage. Throughout the day,…
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Last week, we sent three young people to Rome to participate in a fake news workshop. The workshop was split up into three days. First day included getting to know the other young people from countries like Lithuania, Germany and France. They were introduced to a method called theater of the oppressed: which allowed them…
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As the Football season draws to an end both the CYP senior team (CYPFC) and CYP u16s have both had productive seasons. CYPFC playing out of the Market Road mid-week league finished in fourth position and are through to the semi finals of the cup so could end the season with some silverware. CYP’s…
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Penny Woolcock our patron has curated the Fantastic Cities Exhibition. One installation brings to life the paragraph written by Stephen Griffith our Project Director and Penny Woolcock from the book A Tale of Two Cities. The installations illustrates the same short walk for two very different individuals originally described in discussions at Copenhagen Youth Project…
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