Celebrating the power of play
Today, we’re thrilled to celebrate the International Day of Play! At Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, we believe play isn’t just fun, it’s essential for supporting children and young people to explore, create, learn, and grow. Every year, our playground welcomes almost 200 local children and young people, offering a vibrant, open-access space where they can […]
Inspiring training for youth and play workers
This month, we were thrilled to host an engaging training session for youth and play workers at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground. The session brought together youth and play workers from 12 different organisations based in Lambeth. Delivered by Hackney Play, the training combined theory with practical sessions and activities. A key highlight was the assessment […]
Launch of new Guide to Employing Young People
We’re pleased to introduce our brand-new resource designed to support voluntary and community organisations who are looking to employ young people. Our ‘Guide to Employing Young People in Your Organisation’ is filled with insights and practical advice. This guide draws on our experience of employing young people as young leaders, peer researchers and peer mentors. […]
Creating beautiful mosaics for the Adventure Playground
Last term, a group of 10 learners came together to create a beautiful collaborative mosaic, with the aim of making a piece of art to feature at the Tulse Hill Adventure Playground. During this intensive 6-week course, the learners embarked together on a creative journey. They chose the theme ‘Protecting our Earth’, wanting to inspire […]
Success of Building Young Brixton’s National Lottery Funding
We’re pleased to celebrate the impact that National Lottery funding has had on the Building Young Brixton (BYB) partnership! Building Young Brixton is a partnership of ten Lambeth-based organisations working together to inspire and empower young people in Brixton. Since 2022, National Lottery funding has allowed BYB to support 3,857 local young people to improve […]
Launch of new Building Young Brixton website
We are pleased to announce the launch of Building Young Brixton’s brand-new website! Building Young Brixton (BYB) is a partnership of ten Lambeth-based organisations working together to inspire and empower young people across Brixton. The partnerships’ exciting new website is designed to connect even more young people with the wide range of opportunities offered by […]
Highlights from our children and young people summer programme
Our children and young people summer programme recently wrapped up, leaving us with some great memories! Over four action-packed weeks, we welcomed over 100 children and young people, who took part in a variety of fun trips and activities. With plenty of sunshine, water fights and slip n’ slides were a hit, and we had […]
Building Young Brixton summer party celebrations!
We recently hosted the Building Young Brixton (BYB) summer party at the Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, and it was a big success! Over 90 young people came together to celebrate the start of summer. Building Young Brixton is a partnership of ten Lambeth-based organisations working together to inspire and empower young people in Brixton. BYB […]
Tulse Hill Adventure Playground re-opens!
We are excited to announce that the Tulse Hill Adventure Playground is open again after undergoing important repairs over the past eight months. The children and young people are thrilled to be back in their beloved space and are looking forward to all the fun activities we have planned at the playground during the summer […]
Building Young Brixton welcomes a new cohort of peer mentors!
January marked an exciting milestone for the Building Young Brixton (BYB) partnership as it welcomed a new cohort of peer mentors, ready to inspire and support their peers. This is a 12-month paid opportunity for young people who want to make a difference in their community, are great listeners and who want to support other […]