Youth Worker
Ange is our Catalyst Youth Worker in St Neots. Her aim to provide young people with safe spaces to belong and to know they are valued. Ange has worked with children and young people for many years and recognises the importance of providing extra support they need at this crucial age & in the aftermath of the pandemic, wars & cost of living affecting their families.
Youth Cafés
Monday: St Mary’s Church, Eaton Socon, Great North Rd, Saint Neots, PE19 8EJ
Tuesday: St Neots Evangelical Church, Cambridge St, Saint Neots PE19 1PL
Time: 3.30-5.00pm (term time only)
Ages: School years 7-13
Details: It’s a space for young people to come together to hang out, play games, do their homework and enjoy refreshments. (It is free, but there is a small charge for food & drinks, from 10p-£1).
There are also Friday night youth clubs at various places around the town and Thursday night small groups where faith is explored.
Email for more information: ahoile@cambridgeyfc.uk
Mentoring
Ange and a dedicated team of volunteers run weekly mentoring sessions in some of the secondary schools in St Neots. Students involved chat informally as a group with games and discussion, and are invited into a conversation with a mentor. Young people set personal growth targets and many are making progress in their lives as a result.
Students are referred to the programme by school teaching staff.
More information: ahoile@cambridgeyfc.uk and email your school’s Head of Year and Pastoral Staff.
Making connections
Ange works in partnership with other youth workers across town, and together they aim to give our young people more opportunities to have the support they need. This includes fun social events, weekend youth groups and more.
Join the mailing list to receive info on all the fun activities we provide.
https://tinyurl.com/youthcaferegistrationyfc
Our Team
All Ange’s team wear team lanyards and have enhanced DBS certificates, have tons of experience, are well-trained and supervised and are particularly kind and fun!
Funding
The project is supported financially and/or through volunteers from St Neots Evangelical Church, Open Door Church, River Church and St Mary’s Eaton Socon Church, along with individual donors and grants from Cambridgeshire County Council, Living Sport, The Spaldwick Trust and the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.
Running the youth cafes comes at a cost and we want to provide free food to young people who come with no money. We would also like to offer more support in schools. If you would like to help support our local young people, would you consider supporting Cambridge Youth for Christ financially?
Our supporter form enables us to get your details and has on it all the information you need to support us financially, so please complete one and send it back to us (Cambridge & District Youth for Christ, 40 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR).
If you are a UK tax payer, then Youth for Christ can benefit by claiming Tax back under the Gift Aid scheme: for every £1 you give, we can claim an additional 25p from the Inland Revenue. All you have to do is complete the supporter form and make sure you tick the Gift Aid declaration.
Faith or not?
It is important to mention that this youth work is open to anyone, faith or no faith, or not sure! If a young person wants to chat about faith or any other important issues, we are more than happy to listen and to answer their questions. We might ask ‘Is there anything I can pray for you?’. In both school and community settings, we aim for such conversations to be led by the young people.
Parents & Carers
We are here for you too. If you need to chat about any concerns about your young person, how we can help them access other social events or opportunities, or if we can support you personally, please get in touch.