Education, Training and Advice

Christian Youth Outreach (CYO)

Christian Youth Outreach works with schools and colleges in Colchester to run personal development courses and provide teaching resources for young people.

Our funding helped them to continue this work and provide informative, engaging and creative workshops for Year 6 Pupils to help prepare for their teenage years. These sessions focused on making and maintaining positive friendships, overcoming peer pressure, and having good mental health.

These were the main concerns of local parents and helps to instills confidence in the young people as they approach secondary school age.

This will help them to feel more comfortable making friends and to know how to identify toxic relationships, ultimately promoting their independence and reducing the anxiety they may feel about progressing onto the next stage of their education.