Supporting a wide range of community projects
The Vulcan Centre has been the recipient of funded support for a wide range of community projects including Reaching Communities - Vulcan Futures (Big Lottery funded), Safe, Secure Settled - Secure Futures (Comic Relief Funded), Youth Project - Vulcan Active Youth Project (BBC Children in Need) and Mental Health Boxing in partnership with Recovery College Hull (Humber NHS Foundation Trust).
You can read about a few of our projects below.
A project to support and provide early intervention for young people, aged 14-27, who may be experiencing difficulties caused by factors such as social integration, exclusion from education, substance misuse, family breakup, crime, inadequate housing, unemployment, and poor health
Dewy
Dewy* met us when we were promoting our Reaching Communities project (funded by the Big Lottery Community Fund) at Connexions, Hull (helps young people in Hull, aged 13 to 19, to make informed choices about their education, training and employment).
He said he enjoyed fitness activities and was interested in our Sports Course for Post 16’s. At that time however education was not his immediate priority, even though he had not passed any of his qualifications at school. This was because he was living in a hostel, wanted to find employment and was struggling with anxiety.
Through the Reaching Communities Project we were able to support Dewy with the barriers he was facing and to enrol him on the Sports Course. With the support he was able to gain qualifications in Maths, English and Sport. With support from our Secure Futures Project (funded by Comic Relief) he has been able to work on achieving the next level in these areas.
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A project that aims to improve the lives of young people, up to age 25 years, who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation by providing them a safe space in which to take part in sports, recreational and social activities.
The project also helps them to find more secure accommodation and supports them to increase and sustain their engagement with education.
We look to increase their pathways into training or employment by improving their daily living skills, knowledge of legal rights & responsibilities, problem solving, creative thinking, communication, interpersonal relationships, mindfulness, assertiveness, empathy and resilience in the face of stress, trauma and loss.
This project funds team building sports and personal development work for young people in Hull who are affected by high levels of deprivation and anti-social behaviour. It’s aim is to make young people feel empowered, feel more able to make healthy choices, improve their well-being and have increased life skills.
Several members of the youth project participate in the Vulcan Youth Council to ensure that our young people have a voice.
