Jonny and Liz walk the Great Wall of China in support of Youth Federation!

Two volunteers from West Cheshire College, Jonny and Liz fundraised their way to China in support of Youth Federation. Through a range of creative events which included car washes, bag packing in local supermarkets, themed dinners and a night out in Chester to name just a few, together they fundraised over £5000. This amount will help delivering continuous support to disadvantaged children and young people across Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral.

Wow! What an achievement!!

The MYAF continues to go from strength to strength. Students and staff have been working very hard on the latest issue of their newsletter. Read all about what has been happening over the winter months and see the successes of all the students in Youth Achievement Foundation in Macclesfield.

A big well done from the Chief Executive and the Directors of the charity.

Congratulations goes to Toni Davies (MYAF graduate) who was runner up in the young enterprise of the year award in Manchester. Toni has supported over 100 children through various projects including workshops in local primary schools to break down barriers between the younger and older generation and carnival costume making workshops, which supported children to learn many crucial life skills.

One in five young people are not in employment, education or training and a quarter of a million have been unemployed for over a year, according to official figures.

Labour MP David Miliband has warned Youth unemployment in the UK has reached "emergency point" and could cost as much as £28bn by 2022.

One of our members the 'H Club' run a number of interactive training courses that are designed to enhance and support the effectiveness of your organisation.

They offer specialist courses that can be booked through their website and contact number.

Celebrations as the new AMICUS area of the website is launched. Thanks to Transition Funding, over the past six months, the dedicated AMICUS web area has been developed by Geoff Birch of Viveza. The area provides a dedicated area where registered members of the AMICUS project can share information and ideas about delivery sessions for young people. The website area provides a database of skills and aspirations of AMICUS groups so that funding opportunities can be linked to specific groups for delivery.