FYT News
FYT produces a printed newsletter 3 times a year and sends it to thousands of supporters and youth workers. Our web site draws on the articles from FYT News and other sources to keep you in touch with some of the issues that are important to us. If you wish to receive a hard copy of FYT News regularly please e-mail frontier@fyt.org.uk
Mash from scratch
Friday, 10 May 2013
Recently Urban Hope has undertaken a new project to grow mash potato from scratch. The idea is to build a potato planter out of an old wooden pallet, plant and grow the potatoes and finally cook and eat them when they are ready for harvest. The... [more]
Feet On The Streets For FYT
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Thank-you very much! Alastair Jones, FYT’s CEO, completed the Manchester Marathon on April 28th 2013 in a time of 4 hrs and 17 min. So far the online donations, and cheque donations including gift aid have raised just over £750 for... [more]
The power of stories...
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Stories are powerful, and last month people gathered from across the country to write and share their stories at the StreetSpace Gathering. This is the one point in the year we come together, to gather and to share. We facilitated the weekend by... [more]
StreetSpace Young People Think Big with O2 Partnership
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Over the last two years Frontier Youth Trust and StreetSpace have worked with O2 to help young people run more than twenty community action projects. StreetSpace are an O2 Think Big youth partner, working with the National Youth Agency to support... [more]
Would you accept a cup of free coffee?
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Liam* is 25. He is thin and short and could be taken for 14. He has no friends or family. His mum died when he was 10 of a heroin overdose and his Dad hung himself just over a year ago. As a result, everything in Liam’s life is easy come, easy... [more]
Dreamers Required: Supporting Those With The Dreams…
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
As the new boy at Frontier Youth Trust I have had the privilege of meeting supporters, previous staff and those with the vision to have started FYT nearly 50 years ago. Recently at our StreetSpace Gathering we discussed the need to “re-visit... [more]
Out4Good Helps Bring Freedom To A Young Person
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Look out of the window at the snow on the ground, frost in the air and a temperature of -3c. Now consider living in a caravan on a farm with no heating. Would you drink to keep warm? Would you drink to forget? Or would you drink just because there... [more]
Want a Workshop?
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Would you like to do something to support young people who are struggling with unemployment? Don’t know what to do? Why not invite us to coordinate a workshop in your area? Since publishing the One in a Million report, we have been... [more]
Community is for life not just for Christmas
Monday, 07 January 2013
FYT has believed for a long time that theology should go hand in hand with youth work practice. StreetSpace has been key in helping that process along as we explore what it really means to build community with young people and ... [more]
One in a Million - Campaign on Tour!
Thursday, 20 December 2012
The last month has seen a series of One in a Million events take place across the south of England, culminating in a trip to Brussels! The Church and Society Commission (CSC - http://csc.ceceurope.org/who-we-are) of the Conference of European... [more]