Local councillors Peter Brayshaw and Samata Khatoon together with Shayla Walmsley, a trustee of New Horizon Youth Centre, presented the centre’s clients with accredited certificates at an award ceremony on 10th July 2010.
Peter Brayshaw said ‘We are delighted to recognise the hard work achieved by the young people at New Horizon Youth Centre, we hope that they continue to move onto positive and independent futures.’
New Horizon’s young people replicated The Trafalgar Square plinth at the festival held on 10th July 2010 and entertained the crowds throughout the day. Fifteen minute performances of dance, music, song and poetry contributed to the fantastic local community festival.
Tim Loughton MP the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families in the Department for Education and Ian Brady Deputy Director of the Youth Task Force visited on Thursday 17th June to meet young people and to gain an understanding of the issues facing young people who are in a vulnerable situation.
Tim congratulated the centre on their work with homeless young people and the innovative projects focusing on preventing gun and knife crime.
“This exhibition shows what can be acheived by the most disadvantaged with a little support. Young people’s creativity never ceases to astound me, the professionalism of these photos is on a par with anything on display in London”. …Check out our Facebook Group for the full exhibition pics.
New Horizon Youth Centre staff picked up the prestigious 2010 Impact Award at the GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards at the Science Museum on 29th April.
The judges selected New Horizon Youth Centre from 280 applicants nationwide and commended the centre for its work with marginalised members of society and its ability to bring about lasting change in their lives. Click here to download a short overview of what we are about.
Congratulations to everyone at the centre for this excellent achievement!
New Horizon Youth Centre’s new building was officially opened by Sarah Brown yesterday. Other speakers at the launch were MP’s Frank Dobson and Vernon Coaker, Mr Bobby McDonagh, the Irish Ambassador, Comedian Rory Bremner and our very own Jon Snow!
The launch began with young people giving guests tours of their new building and culminated in an unveiling of our supporter’s plaque by Sarah Brown, who was helped by Fitsum – a young person from the centre who was an apprentice on our re-build site.
Sarah Brown then joined in a creative art workshop with young people. Sarah later tweeted ‘what a great space for those who need support’.
Thank you to everyone who attended the launch and helped to make it a very special day for New Horizon Youth Centre.
Following on from winning the Tackling Drugs Changing Lives - Home Office Award in December – We are now the proud winners of the King’s Fund ‘Impact’ Award for our contribution to community health.
The GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards have been running since 1997. This year they received over 350 applications from national and local charities. New Horizon Youth Centre were among the 20 organisations shortlisted and underwent an independant, indepth assessment which was reviewed by a judging panel.
The panel recognised our exellent work in this field and we were chosen as one of ten national WINNERS! Click here to find out more about the awards.
