Trust Youth

Trust Youth in Sandwell!

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Trust Youth pupils celebrate with Bill Butler from the British Red Cross

Trust Youth ran a great programme in Sandwell back in 2007 with Willingsworth High School (now the RSA Academy).

We were invited back this year by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to work with four Sandwell schools as part of their Get On And Learn (GOAL) programme. Pupils from Holly Lodge, Manor Foundation, Wodensborough Community Technology College and Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy ran fundraising and awareness raising projects, supported by Trust Youth and our partner charity - the British Red Cross. They raised over £500 for the British Red Cross, and raised awareness of the charity's great work amongst their school.

Pupils from the schools wrote the following comments for this blog:

What went well

Our cooperation was amazing, but honestly I think that’s due to us being good friends. Our Tea Sale went extremely well, which we are all proud of. The best thing was having the support of Thyssen [mentor].

What went well is the events we did and when we worked as a team.

It’s very fun today. We would recommend it to others. It was very interesting and enjoyable.

The things that went well was the ideas that we came up with succeeded, and we raised money.

What didn’t go well

What didn’t go well was that some of the team fell out with each other but we sorted it as a team. We would also plan an event we wanted to do, but we couldn’t do it because of exams and the snow we had for three days.

The lack of participation from some of the teachers.

People sometimes weren't turning up to meeting, and when they did they were only coming for the free food!

Other schools doing Trust Youth

We would recommend it to any other schools. It’s a great cause!

I would suggest that other people could do Trust Youth. I would recommend that the other groups should do a car wash because we thought it was great.

We would like to send our many congratulations to the pupils!

London Celebration!

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Teams from Haling Manor High, London Academy and Parliament Hill School travelled to central London for the second London Celebration of the year. And what an event it was! We heard all about the Trust Youth projects the teams had been doing, raising money and awareness for the British Red Cross, RSPCA and Age Concern. Here is what they did:

Haling Manor

Charity: RSPCA
Year group: Year 7s and 8s
Fundraising projects: cake sale (£25) and food stall (£60)
Campaign: to introduce free range eggs into the school canteen

The team ran a Year 8 assembly to raise awareness about the importance of free range eggs, and then met with the school's Canteen Manager and Head Teacher, presenting them with a petition of almost 500 signatures from pupils in the school. As a result, the school will be introducing free range eggs this autumn.

After a fantastic presentation at the Trust Youth Celebration, the team were awarded the Best Presentation, as well as a special certificate for participating in Trust Youth and doing such a great job for the RSPCA.

London Academy

Charity: British Red Cross
Year group: Year 10s
Fundraising project: dress down day (£800)
Awareness raising project: assembly in front of 300 people

This is the third year London Academy have been involved with Trust Youth, and they raised a huge £800 for the British Red Cross, as well as spreading the message about the Red Cross to their fellow pupils at an assembly in front of 300 people. Pamela Chapman from the British Red Cross was thrilled with their work, and handed out the Trust Youth certificate for Best Teamwork at the Celebration, as well as the participation award for supporting the British Red Cross so well.

Parliament Hill

Charity: Age Concern Camden
Year group: Year 10s
Fundraising project: car wash, cake sale, pyjama day (£486 raised so far, more to come!)
Awareness raising project: Clip It bags

This is the first year Parliament Hill have take part in Trust Youth, and they decided to support their local Age Concern in Camden. The team ran a number of fundraising projects, with more money still to come in, and through designing special trendy bags they raised awareness of the work of Age Concern. They estimate an amazing 1,200 people heard about Age Concern through their awareness raising. Gary Jones, Chief Executive of Age Concern Camden, was hugely impressed by their work, and handed them the Trust Youth certificate for best fundraising idea, as well as a certificate of participation for supporting Age Concern.

See below for comments from some of the teams on the day!

London Celebration comments

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We have learnt:

About Trust Youth
About others and what they have done
How our contributions can be so important and affect the lives of others
How to use skills in different ways and how important they can be, such as teamwork which has improved through organising our events
Most importantly, we have learnt how to co-operate and communicate when essential. How to get on with people that you may not be friends with. And how to work with teachers and gain the help needed in order to achieve our aim.

Sadia and Zac (London Academy), Jasmin (Haling Manor) and Hanan (Parliament Hill)

London Celebration comments

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One of the best experiences we had was making new friends. At the beginning we didn’t really know each other, but as time passed we grew a relationship with each other and became close to each other.

Another good experience we had was working as a team which as a result created a bond with one another. We learnt with each other, and at the end of it we successfully achieved our goal and raised more than we could imagine.

Ylli, Ekin, Madhu, Tomi and Kelly (London Academy and Haling Manor)

London Celebration comments

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We learnt teamwork, how to communicate ideas and pick the best ones. Also we learnt new skills, such as filming.

Valerie (Parliament Hill), Georgia and Nikki (Haling Manor), Keshvi and Jack (London Academy)

London Celebration comments

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Throughout this project we have learnt a lot of new things. One of these was what different charities do to help and the impact they can have. We also gained a lot of communication skills because we had to speak to different people. It was also important that we worked as a team and co-operated which was something we got better at after doing the project.

The most important thing we learnt was how to be a good leader. Some of the quiter people had a chance to stand out and make a difference. We were able to show our abilities when we wouldn’t normally have the chance. Overall it made us much better people.

Charlotte and Christopher (London Academy), Fatima (Parliament Hill) and Fatema (Haling Manor High)

Celebration blogging

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Last week we held our London and Dudley Celebrations for several schools who have run fantastic projects this year. We asked the students to put together blog posts on how they've found Trust Youth - see below for the results!

Dudley Celebration: student blogs!

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What we enjoyed the most was knowing that all the money we were raising was going to charity - it allowed us to get to know each other more and it will encourage us all to make a contribution to charity in the future. Plus we all had ice cream and biscuits! Matt, Alex and Alex (Redhill School)

I liked raising money for charity because it was for other people. In this project we worked together and raised money for a good cause. Asma, Sarah and Noor (Pedmore School)

Individually and as a group we have enjoyed many aspects of the project. We liked preparing the fundraising events and putting up posters to advertise events for the Red Cross. During the challenge many of us made new friends and enjoyed the experience. To conclude, the best part overall was selling things and raising money. We learnt how to work as a team and developed individually. Sophie, Suzie and Ste (Redhill), Mamoona, Stacey and Natasha (Pedmore)

We found that one of our best experiences was raising money and having fun at the same time. Also, we found making posters and marketing the event was fun. Moreover, the best experience was seeing fellow students buying the ice cream and keen to help raise money for a worthy cause. From this experience, we found that we learnt how to work well within a team and how to improve if we carry out any more events in the future. Danielle, Kieran and Zulikhan (Pedmore), Lucy, Chloe and Ryan (Redhill)

The best thing about this project has been: learning lots about the British Red Cross, improving relations with our team members, selling and making profit for a good cause. The challenge has been the long queues for the ice cream stall. Vicky, Cheryl and Jo (Redhill), Kirsty, Zahra and Zawadi (Pedmore)

London Celebration: student blogs!

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What’s good about Trust Youth?

People can trust young people these days because people mostly have a low opinion of young people
We got to work with teachers in a more informal way
Created a community spirit within the school: people around the school were very supportive and interested in the project
Raising money and awareness for charity – felt like we were doing a small thing for someone else, to make a difference
Working in a team
You realise a lot of things you didn’t know before – we take things for granted
Doing things you don't normally do - taking part in the events
Getting to talk to and work with people you don’t usually talk to

Trust Youth is good because it helps to develop a lot of skills that you can’t develop in a classroom.

Why do fundraising?

When you go to university this is something good you can write on your UCAS form
Makes you feel good about yourself
Helping people that can’t help themselves
New experiences
Fun!

We’d like to thank Trust Youth for giving us this opportunity. Thanks to our mentors Heather and Rachel from the Red Cross, and our schools. We’d like to carry on and do our mentoring for the new Year 10s next year!

Hema, Aamna and Baljeet (Loxford School), and Ayse and Fasiha (Sailsbury School)

London Celebration: student blogs!

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Trust Youth is a good experience as it helps kids raise money for people in need. This money goes towards helping the poor. It shows how serious young people are about helping people. We all learnt how to work as a team and in this process we got to meet new people. We enjoyed our time while doing something serious. At the end of the day we left with a positive feeling.

Salma, Nurzahan, Rowshaneva and Hanisha (Loxford School) and Tom (Crown Woods School)

London Celebration: student blogs!

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Why do Trust Youth?
Trust Youth is an organisation that raises money for charity by getting young people in school involved. First we had to pick a charity and then find some information about that charity.

The best part of all this was organising the events and taking part in them. Working as a team was hard because everyone had different opinions but it was also good because we had creative ideas. We learnt many skills such as teamwork and planning.

Why do fundraising?

To help people that are less fortunate than yourselves
To make a profit we learnt business techniques
We chose events that were popular so that they would be a success
It was very creative
Makes you feel like you’re achieving something for someone else
Treats us as adults and respects us more
You get noticed well

We would definitely recommend this to the younger years because it was a great opportunity.

Internship Programme

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Part of Trust Youth is about giving young people experience of what its like to be involved with running a charity.

This year Trust Youth are extending this by putting on an Internship programme in Oxford. Students at university who are interested in gaining real experience in running a growing charity are invited to apply.

It can be difficult to gain a job working for a charity after graduating, and there are few internships available. Trust Youth isn't limiting applications to only those who want a career in the charity sector, but we are looking for those interested in charities and social enterprise.

More information can be found below - do get in touch if you have any questions.

Internship Programme in more detail

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Trust Youth are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic people to join their first ever Internship Programme. This is an excellent basis for anyone looking to work in the charity sector, but also valuable experience for those considering other careers. We provide real hands on experience of helping to run a growing charity, and also provide and pay for training.

In return we ask for dedication, commitment and enthusiasm for the project. Working with the Project Manager, a recent Oxford graduate, candidates must be easy to work with, open to ideas and with a sense of humour!

Candidates must be able to commit 4-5 hours a week during termtime (in Oxford), plus a bit during vacations (at home).

We are looking for a Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern, Research & Development Intern, an IT Intern and two Fundraising Interns. Please see below for more information.

How to apply: please send a brief CV & covering letter via email to info@trustyouth.org
Closing date for applications: 25th October 2007
Internship duration: Michaelmas 2007 to Trinity 2008

Please feel free to email us at info@trustyouth.org if you have any other questions.

John, Susie and Jamie
The Trust Youth Team

Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern

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The Trust Youth Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern will be responsible for helping to co-ordinate liaisons with schools. Trust Youth currently works with 15 schools and we aim to double this during academic year 2007/8. Working with the Project Manager, the role can broadly be split into two areas:

1) Responsibility for liaising and building partnerships with current schools, charities and mentors

Keeping in regular contact with our teacher contacts who are facilitating the project, and our supporters and advisers in each region, answering questions and offering support wherever possible
Organising the regional celebration events
Liaising with school teams to ask for articles for the blog
Liaising with our partner charities
Advising and supporting mentors from our partner charities
Updating the database of schools

2) Responsibility for forging links with new schools, charities and partners

Organising mailings to targeted schools
Creating links with Local Authorities and other partners who might be able to publicise Trust Youth
Contacting and liaising with potential partner charities
Updating the database of schools contacted

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience in working with schools, young people or charities. You will gain a real understanding of education and charity issues, policy and priorities including social inclusion. There will be (optional) opportunities to visit schools around the country and see the work of the teams at first-hand. The Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern will play a major part in helping to deliver Trust Youth projects to schools, and will have an important role to play in influencing the development of the charity.

Research & Development Intern

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The Trust Youth Research & Development Intern will be working with the Project Manager on strategy, and helping to put into practice such strategy. Responsibilities include:

Researching specific areas of work, budgeting and presenting findings to the Directors
Evaluating and monitoring Trust Youth progress, suggesting improvements
Ensuring efficacy of branding and marketing, tailoring and changing where necessary
Planning for increased involvement by young people in the governance and strategy of Trust Youth
Creating evaluation forms for pupils, teachers and partners
Analysing characteristics of the types of schools, teachers and pupils opting for Trust Youth, with a view to widening Trust Youth’s reach
Analysing evaluation and feedback from pupils, teachers and partners
Helping to plan the next stage in the strategic development and expansion of Trust Youth
Helping to produce a full set of policies, including child/vulnerable adult protection, diversity, and personnel policies
Writing content for the Trust Youth website (www.trustyouth.org) and blog (www.trustyouth.blogspot.com)
Updating the Trust Youth Student, Facilitator (teacher) and Mentor information packs

This is a real opportunity to help develop the strategy and influence the success of Trust Youth. The Research & Development Intern will gain tangible experience in utilising the power of research to positively impact on the development of the charity.

Fundraiser Intern x 2

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The two Trust Youth Fundraiser Interns, working with the Project Manager, will be responsible for ensuring the long-term financial future of Trust Youth. Responsibilities include:

Researching funders – mainly trust funds, but also investigating government and corporate funding
Making contact with potential funders
Managing the relationship with funders, ensuring communication and long-term partnership
Investigating the viability of gaining sponsorship from businesses, organisations or individuals
Compiling a database of all funders and potential funders
Putting in place long-term funding and financial plans

Fundraiser Interns will gain real experience in fundraising and help find the funds to be able to expand and develop the project in more schools, making a difference to the lives of more young people.

Fundraiser Intern x 2

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The two Trust Youth Fundraiser Interns, working with the Project Manager, will be responsible for ensuring the long-term financial future of Trust Youth. Responsibilities include:

Researching funders – mainly trust funds, but also investigating government and corporate funding
Making contact with potential funders
Managing the relationship with funders, ensuring communication and long-term partnership
Investigating the viability of gaining sponsorship from businesses, organisations or individuals
Compiling a database of all funders and potential funders
Putting in place long-term funding and financial plans

IT Officer Intern

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The Trust Youth IT Officer Intern will be responsible for running, enhancing and developing the Trust Youth technological capacity. Amongst other things, this includes:

Updating the Trust Youth website and blogs
Investigating enhancement and maximisation of Trust Youth website and technology
Implementing and moderating a message board
Implementing survey technology to enable streamlined feedback comment from partner schools, teachers and charities
Creating a database to track schools, finance and targets
Researching software and hardware to buy
In addition to this, the IT Officer will help with the general running of Trust Youth when not working on IT-related issues

The IT Officer Intern will play a major role in helping to develop the charity. In order for Trust Youth to expand to more schools, and to engage with young people, we need to improve on our technological communications, as well as our technological infrastructure. The IT Officer Intern will enable Trust Youth to improve operations substantially. There will also be an opportunity to develop other skills and be closely involved in the running of the charity.

Headlines for 2006–7

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It's been an exciting second year for Trust Youth. Below are some of the headlines from the year. Thank you to all the pupils, teachers, schools and supporters that have helped make this such a good year.

- Expansion to Midlands, West Country and Belfast (in addition to London)

- Scheme run successfully in 13 schools (with expansion to 30 planned for 2007-8)

- Four training events held attended by over 100 young people

- The British Red Cross promoted to over 6,000 school pupils

- Over 100 young people involved and over £2000 raised

- Three celebration events held

- Web site up and running

- Backing from third sector, local authorities and schools secured

- New charities joining

- Turnover up from £4,700 to £26,000

- Project Manager appointed

- Company registered at companies house

- Charity status granted

Trust Youth travels to the West Midlands!

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The Trust Youth team travelled to Birmingham last week to meet our two teams in the West Midlands, Redhill School in Dudley and Willingsworth High School down the road in Sandwell.

Navigating the inner-city rail network was a bit of a challenge, but we managed to reach Redhill in time for our lunchtime visit. Chief Executive Officer Siân and her team of Year 10s have been busy working away on their Trust Youth project since the training two months ago. Having had loads of different and innovative ideas, from treasure hunts to hugathons, they settled on a couple of exciting events – we won’t spoil it for you as the team are, as we speak, busy penning a blog posting which we hope to put up in the near future. A big thanks to Miss Rudd and the team for their friendliness and hard work raising funds and awareness for the British Red Cross!

A couple of hours later we were entering Willingsworth High to meet Miss Kinley’s new Trust Youth team of Year 9s. The initial ice-breaker of ‘who would you like to be stuck in a lift with’ was met with strikingly similar answers – the girls stuck for footballers Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, while boys preferred the charms of Jordan. No-one plumped for the safest option: a lift technician. Trust Youth’s co-Director, John, came and put on a leadership exercise to see which team could build the biggest tower. At admirable speed, both teams did very well. We’re looking forward to seeing what the team can do!

Both teams will come together in a prestigious West Midlands Celebration event in September. We’ll keep you posted as to how it goes.

London Celebration

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Today saw the Trust Youth London Celebration in the fantastic venue of 11 Million in London Bridge, just south of the Thames. Our five London schools, pupils, teachers and supporters came together to celebrate their achievements so far in raising awareness and funds for the British Red Cross.

Each team were asked to give a five minute powerpoint presentation. The London Academy won the award for Best Presentation, with all the team joining in presenting their main ideas: a school dress-down day, charging for teachers for the use of the car park and a teacher sponging event (how did they ever get permission?!). The Crown Woods team won the award for the Most Creative Idea for their innovative project to provide refreshments after the school’s Oliver production. Both awards were voted for by all the pupils present, and presented by Robin Wells, British Red Cross Youth Development Coordinator who had kindly come in all the way from Norfolk.

Other teams also impressed. Salisbury School, in their second year doing Trust Youth, facilitated by their teacher Miss Maclay, are having a non-uniform day, a teacher car wash, a talent show (Salisbury’s Got Talent) and cake sales amongst other ideas, so they are very busy!
Ashburton Community School, chaired by their Chief Executive Officer Anton, have been running a number of events (including CSI nights, movie nights and a quiz), but the main fundraiser for the British Red Cross has been their recent sponsored rounders match. They impressed with a very slick presentation.

Quintin Kynaston, from Westminster, also had a great idea of running a tuck shop at their school based around healthy eating. Patrice, Reece, Toiseja, Sarah, Arian, Assal, Hamdi and the team told us about their project which has got off to a flying start, supported by their teacher Mr Akinsowon.

After the presentations we had a surgery where the teams helped solve each others’ challenges and hurdles faced. This was followed by a speech by the British Red Cross’s Robin, who thanked all the teams for their fantastic efforts.

With many thanks to all the pupils and teachers who attended, as well as to Rachel Booles from the British Red Cross and Ulrika Hogberg from UnLtd. And also to 11 Million, and Ali and Nicole who organised the brilliant venue for us!

Advice from Crown Woods School, London!

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Hello we are Crown Woods School,

Over the past 2 months we had been having meetings on how we can raise as much money as possible for the British Red Cross and get the British Red Cross well known. We had to think about what fundraising events we could put on for the school and its students.

Throughout the challenge we have had a number of difficulties. One of which was deciding on what events to do. We as a group debated and agreed on what the best ideas were and if we could achieve them.

Another problem we had come across was how many people would turn up to our meetings. One week would have 7 turn up and the next we would have just 2 people. To succeed in this challenge you need a good amount of business men and women to turn up week in week out.

Trust Youth are much appreciative of the money raised by all school, but what they really want for us young people to understand what the Red Cross do and how much trouble they go to succeed their aims and goals.

In our opinion these are the main points to have a successful team for this challenge;

- Make sure you have a certain amount of team members that will turn up week in week out.

- Once your group have written down the activities that are possible to do, stick with 2 or 3 of them and focus your whole group on that task.

- Make sure you have a good, reliable leader who wants to win and can motivate everyone.

Jamie, Crown Woods Trust Youth team

Trust Youth visits London Academy!

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This afternoon Trust Youth popped in to meet the London Academy team near Edgware, at the far end of the Jubilee line.

On a hot and humid day it was a relief to escape the outside mugginess and step into the new, plush school building.

Mr Sheldon, Ms Knight, Ms Mitchell and Mr Sadgrove were all helping to facilitate the TY team of around seven Yr 10s.

The timing of the meeting was perfect, as the team were about to pitch to the Head to try and get the go-ahead for their project so they got to test it out!

We don’t want to give away their ideas before the Celebration, which is coming up on the 25th June, but it’s safe to say that, if the Head gives the go-ahead, several teachers should be quaking in their boots (or rather, in their wellies)!

Hopefully the team will do a blog posting in the near future so we’ll get to hear how they get on.

With many thanks to the team for being so friendly and accommodating!

Trust Youth and British Red Cross training events!

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Last month, Trust Youth packed their bags to travel round the country putting on half-day training events in collaboration with the British Red Cross for our school teams in London, Belfast, West Midlands and Wiltshire.

First off were two sessions in London, under the skilled direction of the Red Cross’s Rachel Booles and Andy Lloyd. Rachel and Andy started off with a fascinating pitch about the work of their organisation. This showed the astonishing range of services the Red Cross provide – it’s not just about international development or first aid.

Then came the first workshop, on message communication, vital for Trust Youth teams who are entrusted with putting across the message of the British Red Cross in their school. The Crown Woods team, from Greenwich, immediately set the pace, with creative ideas on ways of designing a poster as well as how to catch the attention of their audience.

After a quick biscuit break the Red Cross team went straight into their second workshop on how to put on an event. Teams were asked to think up an event and to budget and cost for it. To the dismay of the party-lovers in the audience, it was emphasised that it’s a lot harder to put on a bash than it first seems! Ashburton School in Croydon came up with some interesting ideas for events.

The final workshop, on leadership, was the best received, with teams having to build a free-standing paper tower, with the highest one the winner! Teams had to choose a leader, who had to orchestrate the building but couldn’t touch anything. They were given a budget of £5, with each item (paper, sellotape, paper cups etc) costing a certain amount. After much debate, activity and outstanding feats of engineering the winners were announced, with The London Academy, from Edgware, showing great creativity and building nous!

Many thanks to the Red Cross for putting on the sessions, which received fantastic feedback from the teams. Log back later to see reviews of training in our other areas!

Who are we?

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Penny Sharland (Trustee)
Penny started her career as a Probation Officer specialising in work with young offenders. She has had a varied approach to work since then, moving to NACRO to do policy work on youth justice and then into private business as a management consultant with the radical collective Framework. After 15 years working with public and voluntary sector organisations Penny changed direction again to lead Oldham Youth Offending Service in 2005. This demanding role has lead Penny to develop her approaches to some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable, as well as the most challenging young people in the Borough. She enjoys putting the theoretical analyses about organisations and management that she learnt during her masters at Bristol University in 1994 - 6. She also has several years' experience of working voluntarily as a trustee with various organisations.

John Crossman (Director, Trustee)
After twenty years working in comprehensive schools and further education in Lancashire, John joined Education Extra and then ContinYou, charities which develop and promote learning outside the classroom. He is passionate about the value of young people taking on responsibilities outside the classroom and helped develop national policy and practice in the field over ten years

Susie Wooldridge (Director, Trustee)
As a newly qualified teacher in a challenging London school, Susie ran a Trust Youth project in her school funded by The UnLtd Millennium Awards Scheme, demonstrating the value of involving students in charitable activities and winning a Teach First School Projects Award. She was also commissioned to write a report investigating the provision for, and barriers to adult learning in Winchester. Currently, Susie is working for a charity called School-Home Support, which builds bridges between the home and school to enable children and young people to make the most of their education.

Roger Cooper (Company Secretary)
Roger qualified as a Chartered Accountant (FCA) in 1967. He has spent over 30 years in the financial services sector, culminating in being Finance Director of Towry Law plc and being part of the team that brought this company to full listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1993. Since 1996 he has worked on his own account as a Chartered Accountant specialising in the financial and other management of charities. Roger joined Trust Youth in 2005 as Company Secretary.

Jamie Dear (Project Manager)
Jamie joined Trust Youth in early 2007. Previously he was Director of Jacari, a charity in Oxford providing home teaching for children who don’t speak English as their first language and is currently chair of the board of trustees. He has a varied experience of the voluntary and community sector having managed the Card Aid charity shop in Richmond, West London, for the Charities Advisory Trust. In addition to his responsibilities with Trust Youth Jamie works with Helen & Douglas House children’s hospice, and is currently in the process of setting up a social enterprise company, Oxford Fission.

What is Trust Youth?

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Trust Youth (TY) is a charity providing opportunity for practical citizenship and awareness of the voluntary sector in schools.

We help students to set up ‘mini-charities’ in schools which raise funds and awareness for a national charity (this year it is the British Red Cross).

We provide materials and support for our partner schools, put on training events for pupils and celebration events where the young people can win national awards. We are currently working with 20 schools in four regions throughout the UK. Schools taking part last year raised a combined total of £2,500.

Welcome!

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Welcome to the Trust Youth blog. This is a blog for all of our schools, partners and charities, but particularly the students we work with. It's YOUR blog, so YOU decide what you want on it (within reason!). Let us know how your TY project is going, what fundraising and awareness raising projects you've put on, how much you've raised etc - we'd love to hear.

Let us know what you want published and send it through to us at trustyouth@trustyouth.org and we'll put it up!