Connecting Youth CIC

29/10/2026

Another session of our Callington groups “Connecting to a Positive Future” project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund today.

The group are learning about crime & punishment and today visited the magistrates court in Plymouth to see first hand how they run and operate.

A big thank you to Jeff Deacon for accommodating us yet again and the group fed back they found the visit very informative and interesting.

28/10/2026

DJ workshop session with Fred from The Depo today and funded by Nudge. Looking forward to the guys getting into The Depo on Friday for a proper go on their decks

28/10/2026

28/10/2026

Well done to the guys who made the effort to dress up for the fancy dress party at our Stonehouse session last night 👏

A fun evening with over 30 local young people dancing and having fun at The Plot on Union Street.

A massive well done to our ambassadors Niamh & Alahna for setting it all up and helping run a fantastic evening for all!

The National Lottery Community Fund

25/10/2026

Just a reminder that our fantastic youth work lead in St Budeaux Carly is running this event with a group of local young people to help raise money to support the local youth!

Please come along an enjoy a great evening with Carly and her team.

21/10/2026

Members of our Stonehouse group got the chance to take part in a skiing lesson at Plymouth Ski Centre yesterday and after got to have some fun on the donuts and taboggan.

This is a brand new project we are planning to run with Plymouth ski centre where young people who might not usually get the chance to learn to ski are given that opportunity as skiing is a sport that teaches discipline, coordination, confidence while also giving the guys a real sense of achievement.

We look forward to more sessions in the future! ⛷️

19/10/2026

Our CEO Jon Di**le has been in Brussels for the past 2 days representing our organisation and young people from across the city at the Erasmus+ partnership building event.

Today he was at the Belgium Department for Culture, Youth and Media undertaking training and partnership building for Erasmus+.

He linked in with youth groups from Portugal, France, Cyprus, Turkey, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. It’s been fantastic learning how they run and what they do.

We have now formed an exciting new partnership with youth groups in Hackney and Braga and we will be working a lot tomorrow on sorting out the technicalities of bringing our partnership to life!

Exciting times 🙌

17/10/2026

A big thank you to chief magistrate Jeff Deacon for coming and meeting our Crime & Punishment group this week.

The group will now be embarking on a 3 session plan with Jeff that will involve a Knife Crime Workshop, a sentencing workshop and a visit to the magistrates court to learn how they operate.

15/10/2026

Hi all!

So our amazing project lead in St Budeaux Carly is running this fundraising Gala to help raise money for our organisation. It would be great if you brought a ticket and came along!

11/10/2026

Start of our Crime & Punishment project Callington yesterday and we took the group to Shepton Mallett Prison to learn about the history of our criminal justice system and the consequences of becoming a criminal.

The group thoroughly enjoyed themselves even though we arrived a little late and found the experience of seeing the consequences of crime first hand really informative.