Angels in Action: We Are Flying!

April 21, 2011

The summer of 2011 is set to bring a new surge of excitement to the East Riding, when ‘Angels In Action’ help to bring you live music, family fun activities and electrifying entertainment. Angels in Action, the Youth in Action initiative being rolled out by a group of young people from the Beverley-based CSV East Riding project, is now in flight according to the coach, Sue Dudill.  The team is…

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Aiming High: Celebrating Volunteering in the East Riding

March 14, 2011

Olympics athlete and current British in-line skating champion Jenna Downing will be attending an event next week to celebrate the volunteering work done by young people across the East Riding. East Riding of Yorkshire Council Youth Service is hosting the event on Wednesday, 23 March at the Hexagon Music Centre, Beverley to celebrate the positive involvement of all the volunteers within the youth service who fulfil a variety of roles…

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Youth Cafe Success Inspires Others

March 2, 2011

The Youth Café is relishing from the successful publicity given by its appearance on Songs of Praise in January. Youth Workers & Churches from as far as Wales & Ireland have contacted the Youth Café team with messages of praise & admiration for what Beverley Minster is offering to young people in Beverley. Lee Kirby said: “I have also been approached about compiling a pack for prospective churches wishing to…

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Youth Cafe @ The Beverley Minster

January 29, 2011

Over 200 young people attended a Club Night themed Youth Cafe at Beverley Minster on Friday night. An army of volunteers from the congregation ensure this event takes place every 6-8 weeks for the young people of Beverley. Working in partnership with other churches in Beverley, the Beverley Minster hosts the Youth Cafe under the Love Beverley banner, which seeks to serve the town of Beverley in any way possible….

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Young People Help Out With Festival Despite Cold Weather

December 14, 2010

Today, a team of young people from CSV East Riding’s Vinspired project got involved in what is without a doubt one of the best annual community events on Beverley’s calendar. These active young citizens gave their time and effort to add to the success of this amazing day.  They dressed in character costumes took part in the parade and entertained the visitors both young and old alike. Sue Dudill, Project…

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Young People Premiere Beverleyhem at Cineworld

December 8, 2010

Sixty Children and Young People aged 10 to 18, who created an original movie depicting the nativity in a fresh way, showcased their work in Cineworld, Kingswood on Sunday 5th December. Even the recent weather conditions couldn’t stop audiences packing in the cinema for two sell-out performances as they laughed, cried and applauded their way through the thirty minute show. Beverleyhem was inspired by the question “What if the Christmas…

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Beverley Longcroft LAT Question Time Event

November 26, 2010

Beverley Local Action Team held a Question Time style event at Longcroft School yesterday. 32 students put a variety of questions to a panel made up of local police, health, voluntary sector and youth service staff along with local town and ward councillors and a young person volunteer. The questions, which the students came up with, included: What are the police doing about the gangs of young people hanging around…

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Angels Take Action and Use Initiative

November 10, 2010

Volunteers at the Beverley-based CSV East Riding project are celebrating the good news that they were hoping for. They have received feedback from the British Council giving them a strong indication that their application for almost 10 thousand euro will be accepted and official confirmation received in January. This core group are heading out east to Bridlington to develop this European Commission funded Youth in Action project with other young…

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BBC Children in Need Youth Café at Beverley Minster

November 5, 2010

For one night only, the Youth Café is giving away 250 FREE tickets to young people age 11-18 (usually priced £2) in the hope that lots of money can be raised for BBC Children in Need. The event on Friday 12th November at Beverley Minster starting at 7.00pm, will host young local DJ’s, lots of crowd games, giant inflatables and lots of fundraising challenges. Young people are invited to come…

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Looking for Love in Beverley

October 21, 2010

Teenagers who want to make a positive difference to the town of Beverley are being invited to join a new organisation. Love Beverley aims to serve the local community through acts of kindness and help young people show the many good aspects of the vast majority of youth in the town. Led by Beverley Minster Youth Minister Lee Kirkby the Love Beverley team is aiming to be a real help…

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Volunteers Contribute to Food Festival

October 3, 2010

Today, a team of young volunteers turned out from CSV East Riding’s Vinvolved Team and East Riding College Beverley, to support the annual Beverley Food Festival. They brought Bertie Beaver, the town mascot to life and helped with a consultation of the event by asking visitors what they thought of this popular community event. In addition, the now ubiquitous Vmedia Crew spent the day filming and photographing the proceedings and…

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Vmedia Crew Snapped Up Yet Again For Town’s 2010 Festival

September 15, 2010

John Bird, Chair of the Beverley Festival of Christmas, today took official delivery of the DVDs of this annual town event produced by a group of very dedicated young volunteers from CSV East Riding’s Vinvolved Team who are students at East Riding College, Beverley. The young people form the project’s Vmedia crew who have been involved with a number of other local community events. They were thanked for their tremendous…

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Youth Centre Football Festival

September 2, 2010

East Riding Sport and Play Development in partnership with Positive Futures and Beverley Youth Service ran a Youth Centre Football Festival at Longcroft School on Wednesday 1st September. Nine teams from all corners of the East Riding were competing to be crowned Youth Service Champions!! Teams came from Pocklington, Beverley, Withernsea, Driffeld and for the first time South Hunsley! The teams were split into 2 groups in a round robin…

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Beverley’s CLB Three Amigos

August 23, 2010

Three members of the Beverley Church Lads and Girls Brigade – Bethany Hoggard, Chole Ruddock and Chole Lound – have certainly done their bit to make a positive impact on our community this summer. Calling themselves ‘The Three Amigos’, the girls have been taking part in the Humberside Police Lifestyle Challenge 2010 which, in its 22nd year, is inviting thousands of young people aged 10 to 16 throughout the region…

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Volunteers to Provide Activities for BTT Launch

July 9, 2010

Young volunteers are doing their part to ensure the launch of the Beverley Town Trail provides something for everybody. On Sunday, from 11am, the eagerly-awaited launch of the £350,000 trail takes place in the town. The trail will provide, through a series of installations and artwork across Beverley, a guide to the medieval arts and craft that helped make the town the prosperous place it is today. As part of…

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Interview: Star Shaped City

June 5, 2010

Tell me about this band’s first show? The first gig we performed as the current line-up was Beverley Minster Youth Cafe. It was by far the most complicated set-up we’d done, but it was also the most enjoyable. We had a huge amount of stage space so we could be as energetic as cable length permitted, and we got a very appreciative response, and an encore! This gig was also…

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