Henbury Youth Inclusion Project (YIP)

Henbury Youth Inclusion Project (YIP) works closely with local families, schools and neighbourhood police to support young people in Henbury and Brentry. Our project workers provide one-to-one support for young people to help prevent involvement in crime and anti-social behaviour, and to enable youngsters to reach their full potential at school. We have been pleased to play a part in reducing the recorded levels of anti-social behaviour within the locality and hope that we can continue to make an impact.

In addition, Henbury YIP also runs regular open sessions at Brentry Lodge Youth Centre on Machin Road, where ALL young people aged 12-17 are welcome. During term time, we are open for Manic Monday from 5:00-8:00 and Wicked Wednesday from 3:30-6:00. During the summer holidays, our Wednesday opening hours will change to 1:00-5:00, providing a whole afternoon’s worth of fun.

There are loads of different activities for young people to get involved in: the youth centre has a sports hall, outdoor sports court, pool table, table tennis, arts ‘n’ crafts materials and internet access. We have also recently re-launched our popular mini-gym sessions, helping young people to stay fit and healthy through use of a suite of exercise equipment and free weights. Project worker Jerry Pearcey assesses the fitness of young people who want to use the gym, talks about their aims in getting fit, and then helps them to devise a personalised routine incorporating work on the treadmill, cross-trainer, exercise bike and rowing machine.

During last year’s school summer holiday, we provided loads of extra activities such as parkour, graffiti art, t-shirt printing, henna tattooing and DJ mixing decks for young people to try. This summer, we are again planning to offer plenty of entertaining choice, with activities such as cookery, trampolining and nail art already booked and much more to come. We see new faces at our open sessions every day and all young people are welcome, so why not come down and try it out?

Karen Thorn is Henbury YIP’s Project Coordinator and she or any of her team are happy to answer any questions you may have: give the office a call on 0117 377 3658, or pop in to see us at Brentry Lodge. The Henbury YIP team will also be face-painting at the Henbury & Brentry Fun Day on Saturday 21^st August, so if you would like to try out a new look for the day, come and find our stall and say hello!