Aylesbury Youth Action sparkle!

I enjoyed a fabulous evening on Wednesday with Aylesbury Youth Action for their annual celebration of all the great volunteering that the Young People have been involved with this year.

AYA is a place of opportunities. It is a place where young people aged 14-25 can further develop their skills and step into new and different experiences. A place where you make friends and meet new people. AYA offers an opportunity to volunteer and help the community. The aim of AYA continues to be to improve the life chances of young people and enable them to make a positive contribution to their local community. AYA unique approach to youth and community work results in a double impact for the benefit of the community and the development of the young person who is volunteering.

I met a wonderful bunch of people and was thoroughly impressed with the work that the young people are involved with. AYA supports Young Carers and several other projects around the District. It is mostly Aylesbury focused but one of my reasons for attending was to draw their attention northwards!

So if you are a young person or know a young person who might like to get involved, please contact AYA and make something happen! 

I loved this piece in the Annual Report (and I met Mitchell's Mum on the evening as well - she was a very, very proud and happy Mum!) This is a great case study of the kind of stuff that AYA does with and for young people.

And here is a pic from the event.

And I spent some of the evening learning about the work of an allied organisation: Action for Youth with these two lovely people. Jenifer Cameron (Chief Exec) is on the right and Jan Knight (HR & Admin Manager) is on the left. I will be visiting them soon!