26/05/2026
🌻 What a Weekend at the Puffin Festival! 🌻
Wow — what a gorgeous weekend for the Puffin Festival, and for the Bank Holiday as a whole. Amble Youth Project were proud to join the festival on Saturday, where we launched our sunflower‑growing competition, added a splash of colour with face painting, showcased our activities (including our fabulous allotment project), and unveiled our Row the Coquet Challenge as part of celebrating AYP’s 30th Anniversary.
Row the Coquet is a simple but powerful way to show what we achieve when we work together. AYP has reached 30 years because so many people, over so many years, have pulled together and supported our work.
Our goal: row 90km — the approximate length of the River Coquet — on a rowing machine, one pull at a time.
And what a start!
11 amazing people helped launch Row the Coquet at the Puffin Festival, rowing a fantastic 11.8km between them.
A huge thank you to Lindsay, James, Jacqui, Peter, Rob, Claire, Tom, Craig, Jamie, Duncan, and Brad — you were brilliant.
Look out for next time the rowing machine is out - maybe you too can add to the kilometres!
We’re also incredibly grateful for the £75.75 donated on the day. Every penny helps us continue our work with young people.
A special thank you to Sarah, Dave, and Karen, (and Ian behind the scenes), who gave up their Bank Holiday to help run the stand — your support means the world.
And another huge thank you to Jess, who ran the baby/toddler/toy sale in the afternoon and provided a fabulous array of cakes. Thank you to Jess, Joan, Neil and Jean for managing the event when we were all in the Town Square, and the contributors of items! An outstanding £68.80 was raised for AYP from this as well.
Finally, thank you to you as a community, who popped along to the clothes and cake sale, had their face painted, entered the sunflower competition, rowed part of the Coquet, popped some donations in the pot, or simply came to say hello. — to our staff who came along too - you all helped make it a wonderful day.
AYP is 30 years strong because of people like you.
Here’s to the next 30.
(Photo - Brad representing all our "rowers", and just some of the cakes that were enjoyed)🌻 What a Weekend at the Puffin Festival! 🌻
Wow — what a gorgeous weekend for the Puffin Festival, and for the Bank Holiday as a whole. Amble Youth Project were proud to join the festival on Saturday, where we launched our sunflower‑growing competition, added a splash of colour with face painting, showcased our activities (including our fabulous allotment project), and unveiled our Row the Coquet Challenge as part of celebrating AYP’s 30th Anniversary.
Row the Coquet is a simple but powerful way to show what we achieve when we work together. AYP has reached 30 years because so many people, over so many years, have pulled together and supported our work.
Our goal: row 90km — the approximate length of the River Coquet — on a rowing machine, one pull at a time.
And what a start!
11 amazing people helped launch Row the Coquet at the Puffin Festival, rowing a fantastic 11.8km between them.
A huge thank you to Lindsay, James, Jacqui, Peter, Rob, Claire, Tom, Craig, Jamie, Duncan, and Brad — you were brilliant.
Look out for next time the rowing machine is out - maybe you too can add to the kilometres!
We’re also incredibly grateful for the £75.75 donated on the day. Every penny helps us continue our work with young people.
A special thank you to Sarah, Dave, and Karen, (and Ian behind the scenes), who gave up their Bank Holiday to help run the stand — your support means the world.
And another huge thank you to Jess, who ran the baby/toddler/toy sale in the afternoon and provided a fabulous array of cakes. Thank you to Jess, Joan, Neil and Jean for managing the event when we were all in the Town Square, and the contributors of items! An outstanding £68.80 was raised for AYP from this as well.
Finally, thank you to you as a community, who popped along to the clothes and cake sale, had their face painted, entered the sunflower competition, rowed part of the Coquet, popped some donations in the pot, or simply came to say hello. — to our staff who came along too - you all helped make it a wonderful day.
AYP is 30 years strong because of people like you.
Here’s to the next 30.
(Photo - Brad representing all our "rowers", and just some of the cakes that were enjoyed)
