Youth Empowerment Worker for East Ham South

Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA) needs £20,000 to fund a part-time Youth Lead to deliver weekly activities for young people in East Ham. With the help of sessional youthworkers and tutors, they will run free weekly sessions over two evenings a week including: football on the MUGA at Flanders Field, gym sessions in the pavilion with a personal trainer, calming crafts to support mental health, and drama classes led by a local actor who was in Eastenders. We already have match funding for six month’s activity costs, and the new Youth Lead will work with young people to find funds for more. 

BDCA has a great track record as part of a Newham-commissioned youthwork consortium since 2021. Last year in partnership with another local charity, we delivered 796 hours of youthwork to 599 young people in East Ham. Funding cuts mean we are rebuilding from scratch – and we hope you can help us. This is important because there’s no other youth club in East Ham, and young people need a positive alternative to being unsupervised on the street after school. This fully inclusive project will improve their health, wellbeing, and skills and help them feel part of the community.