Media highlights archive

• Tyne & Wear focus on unemployment

  11 Aug 10

  Young people from Fairbridge in Tyne & Wear got involved with a film making project in the Baltic art gallery to highlight the problems they face finding work.

• Hackney young people in Natwest Sense magazine

  30 Jul 10

  Young people and staff at the Hackney centre tell every Natwest customer in the country about what we do!

• Teeside manager on BBC Radio Tees

  23 Jul 10

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  Fairbridge Teeside manager Wayne Mason spoke to his local radio station about the work Fairbridge does after a visit by the Centre for Social Justice.

• Woman's Hour visit Fairbridge in Kennington

  30 Jun 10

  Felicity Finch went to the Fairbridge Centre in South London to see a pilot project called “Because I’m Worth It” to advise at-risk girls on how to become more aware of, and protect themselve...

• Fairbridge database makes the news

  14 Jun 10

  Children and Young People Now heard about our new database and pondered on how youth work outcomes are recorded

• De Cymru graduation ceremony in Western Mail

  03 Jun 10

  Another fabulous graduations ceremony for the De Cymru centre in Cardiff.

• Merseyside centre scores a goal with Cahill

  14 May 10

  When Everton first team player Tim Cahill popped in to open a media-suite at the Merseyside centre, he was impressed.

• Scottish teams unusual funding stream

  11 May 10

  One of many articles about the launch of the Junction project in Scotland.

• Ant Metcalf on BBC Wales

  29 Apr 10

  Fairbridge De Cymru's manager Ant Metcalf appeared on BBC Wales at Work's Question Time style debate in Cardiff. Listen for his question 19 mins in.

• Fairbridge young people on Today programme

  28 Apr 10

  Five Fairbridge young people are interviewed by Sarah Montague to find out their views in the run up to the election.

• Fairbridge in Birmingham Post

  26 Feb 10

  Jerry Blackett, head of Birmingham's Chamber of Commerce, took part in a Fairbridge roundtable event and wrote about it in his column.

• Fairbridge in Director Magazine

  02 Feb 10

  The article cites Fairbridge as an example of a charity who are successful in engaging young people who are being failed by the government.

• Fairbridge on BBC Radio Solent

  24 Jan 10

  Centre manager Pete White appeared on the Nick Girdler show on 24 Jan. Listen for his ten minute segment which starts at 33mins.

• Fairbridge visited by Paralympian

  12 Jan 10

  The Bristol Evening Post reported on the visit of Paralympic basketball player Ade Adepitan to the Fairbridge West centre in the city.

• Fairbridge in Youth Work Now

  04 Dec 09

  Fairbridge West Midlands Development Tutor, Jacob Foster, talks about how he came to be a youth worker.

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