Maisy’s Story
Young Person Statement When I first came I was really naughty and not good. Just bad, I don’t really know how to explain it. I would always get in trouble, well not always, most of the time. I got in [...]
Peanut’s Story
"When I was younger i was quite annoying and I used to judge people. I also used to laugh at nasty things like less abled people. But now I’m a caring and kind person. That’s because the youth workers taught [...]
Sophie’s Story
"From coming to the youth centre, I have been able to stay in mainstream school. Youth workers have helped me a lot over the 7ish years. Youth workers didn’t give up on me. They have also helped me build my [...]
Milo’s Story
Young Person Statement When I first started coming to Youth Club I used to be a waste of space. I used to spend all my money on drugs and food. I was a nuisance to the Youth Workers and my [...]
Lucy’s Story
Young Person’s Statement “In 2015 I was in a very unhealthy relationship that led me to self harm, do drugs and alcohol. The youth centre was not only my safe place to go when I needed help, but they also [...]
Young Volunteers Top-Up Training Day
On Saturday 3rd February our young volunteers from the 2016 and 2017 Essential Skills Training, as well as recent Social Action Champions, travelled to Tiverton Youth Centre to re-cap on their previous learning, setting targets for their Give Back awards [...]
Abs’ story
Abs’ Story Before I started coming to Youth Club, I didn’t really have any friends to talk to, just adults really. I live in a children's home and only had other young people in children's homes to talk to- [...]
Trevor’s Story
Trevor's Story “At youth club I used to be a proper little trouble maker. I was rude to Youth Workers and I'd answer back with comments I knew were out of order like “alright my darling”and “calm it down [...]
Ricky’s Story
Ricky's Story “When I moved up to senior sessions, I made a new group of friends. They were nice and kind but liked to experiment with drugs, drinking, lying to their parents and stuff like that. I started to [...]
Billy Bob’s Story
To preserve anonymity, young people choose their alias for these stories - meet Billy Bob. Billy Bob’s Story I was a bit of an arse when I first starting attending Youth Club about 2 years ago. I got involved [...]