THE FEAST YOUTH PROJECT

This funding will be used to continue delivery of a programme of health learning and social activities for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years old across Birmingham. The project aims to empower young people in a supported safe space to ....more

This funding will be used to continue delivery of a programme of health learning and social activities for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years old across Birmingham. The project aims to empower young people in a supported safe space to break down barriers created by fear and ignorance enable them to explore and share their identity faith and culture and to develop lasting friendships.

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Living Well with Difference

This project will use funding to bring teenagers from different ethnicities faiths and communities together on a regular basis. It will help young people to re-connect and complete activities with others from different heritages cultures or faiths.

Personal Livery Giving Award 2022 (unrestricted)

Weekly workshops for young people giving practical skills for developing and maintaining good mental health with activities including mindfulness, relaxation and group discussion.

Small Grant unrestricted core costs

The funding will be used to deliver a programme of summer activities for young people. The project aims to rebuild relationships address isolation and restore wellbeing in the aftermath of Covid. Young people will be encouraged to think about how ....more

The funding will be used to deliver a programme of summer activities for young people. The project aims to rebuild relationships address isolation and restore wellbeing in the aftermath of Covid. Young people will be encouraged to think about how they can impact the town for the better and come up with a social action project which they can run with the project.

COVID19 - This grant is for 10 tablets and wifi dongles for children living in a deprived area of Birmingham who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to reduce isolation and improve friendships.

This funding will be used to run a holiday programme for young people aged 11 - 18 in Birmingham. Activities will be agreed with the young people and could include paintballing, climbing, trampolining as well as games, trips, pottery, art, drama, ....more

This funding will be used to run a holiday programme for young people aged 11 - 18 in Birmingham. Activities will be agreed with the young people and could include paintballing, climbing, trampolining as well as games, trips, pottery, art, drama, cooking, gardening, scavenger hunts and community work. The aim is to empower the young people, get them to step out of their comfort zone and provide a safe space to break down barriers.

In Faith, We Dare to Imagine

This funding will be used to provide a summer holiday programme of activities for young people. The project aims to promote strong relationships between different communities.

to support the young people to improve the environment on a stretch of the Grand Union canal in Birmingham by painting locks, tidying up alongside the canal, gardening and grappling.

This project is an inter-faith cultural development programme working with children and young people living in Birmingham. The project aims to postively empower young people to build relationships, increase self-esteem and encourage self expression.

The Feast is committed to building stronger and more integrated communities, by investing in young people and giving them the resources and experiences that will enable them to live well together. We are seeking funding and in-kind resources to ....more

The Feast is committed to building stronger and more integrated communities, by investing in young people and giving them the resources and experiences that will enable them to live well together. We are seeking funding and in-kind resources to enable our staff and volunteers to reach more young people, running programmes that help them to grapple with their identity and the complex and emotive differences that surround them, and inviting them to participate in youth encounter programmes with peers they would not normally have an opportunity to connect with. To do this we want to secure and equip Development Workers in all four of our working UK locations, or what will become The Feast Hubs, who will lead local teams, nurture partnerships, recruit and support volunteers and raise capacity for the long term impact in their communities. This application acknowledges that our greatest need is to establish these key positions, with seed-funding and associated communications resources, that would enable them to raising ongoing profile, income and support to sustain the work. The Feast has teams located in four UK locations - Birmingham, Bradford and Keighley, Tower Hamlets and Luton. These communities share many challenges that come with significant cultural and faith diversity, such as different groups tending to congregate together around their similarities, leading to isolation and many growing up with parallel lives. Our work centres around young people who come from minority backgrounds, such as from South Asian or African and Caribbean ethnicities, and of the Muslim, Sikh and Hindu faiths. However as our approach is to connect with others who are different, we also need to network widely with majority communities such as white British and those who hold the Christian faith, or no faith at all. With Development Workers in place, leading local teams, The Feast will be able to establish the necessary profile and trust with community leaders which is vital in order to work with many different groups of young people. This would include winning faith and youth leaders to the benefits and importances of connecting outside their faith and culture, negotiating access to and delivering bespoke programmes for schools, raising new income from local donors and grant funders, coordinating and delivering youth work, and celebrating the stories of positive change. The Feast believes that by focusing on teenagers and enabling them to gain the skills and confidence to live well with difference at an early age, that when adults they will be much better prepared to face the challenges of diverse societies. We have also clearly seen the potency of working with young people to change their community. A young person who has been impacted by our programmes, with increased self-awareness and confidence in their identity, and having experienced a positive and uplifting encounter with peers from a different faith or cultures, leads directly to change in their families and faith group. Their personal stories are much more likely to confront prejudices and fears, especially when amplified by intentional sharing with, than outsiders speaking in.

Grant to The Feast Youth Project

This is a pilot project targeting two culturally diverse youth organisations. It aims to bring the local youth community together to participate in discussions, group work and games and celebrate community identity, culture and diversity.

Towards a multi-cultural and multi-faith project which will be taken to school assemblies, churches and mosques in Birmingham to improve community cohesion.

Towards an inter-faith project in churches, mosques and schools to help build a more cohesive, peaceful and positive community in Birmingham.

the salary costs of the Project Manager