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Lancashire Youth Challenge

About

Lancashire Youth Challenge is an award-winning charity who work with and support young people aged 11-25 years who live in North Lancashire, Preston, and West Lancashire. We nurture, support, and empower young people to discover their potential, cultivate resilience, and build a foundation for lifelong success.

We deliver three distinct programmes providing physical, creative, emotional wellbeing and outdoor activities including residentials and expeditions designed to provide young people with the tools, skills and resources needed to live happy, healthy, and meaningful lives.

We adopt a strength and asset-based approach to our work with young people, and we encourage the celebration of achievement, youth empowerment, collaborative working, and youth-led practices. We recognise that all young people have the potential to achieve personal success and gain new skills when given an equitable opportunity, meaningful encouragement, and quality engagement.

In 2021, Lancashire Youth Challenge was honoured to receive the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for Voluntary & Charitable Organisations.

Vision

Lancashire Youth Challenge envisions a future where every young person in our community possesses the resilience, robustness, and confidence needed to navigate the complexities of life and shape their own destinies.

Mission

Lancashire Youth Challenge, nurtures, supports, and empowers young people in Lancashire to discover their potential, cultivate resilience, and build a foundation for lifelong success.

Values

Empowerment: Empowering young people to overcome challenges and craft the lives they wish to lead.

Inclusivity: Ensuring all young individuals, regardless of background, have access to transformative experiences.

Equality & Equity: Ensuring our programmes of activity our ‘fit for purpose’ and meet the needs of each participant.

Innovation: Continuously adapting and developing activities to meet the evolving needs of young people in the 21st century.

Collaboration: Embedding collaborative practices into the work of Lancashire Youth Challenge; to ensure high quality delivery of our purpose with young people, communities, and stakeholders.

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Be A Volunteer

Are you passionate about making a difference in your community? Do you have the drive to nurture, support and empower young people to overcome personal challenges and achieve success? Lancashire Youth Challenge (LYC) is seeking dedicated volunteers like you to join our mission of support, encouragement, inspiration, and empowerment for local young people.

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Donations & Patrons

Lancashire Youth Challenge, supports, inspires and challenges young people in Lancashire to overcome barriers and obstacles to build resilience and achieve personal success via an annual programme of high-quality participatory activities.

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How do I join Lancashire Youth Challenge?

Head over to our Sign up page to enrol now, or register your interest.

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Any questions, give us a call on

01524 956046

or email Guy Christiansen:

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