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‘ ALL TALK. Altruism. Innovation. Inclusivity .

A multi-agency ‘PURPOSE-DRIVEN’ movement for change elevating the lives of young people in Stoke on Trent 🔥

📱UTH CITY stoke : phone app for 11-18’s ( uthcity.co.uk)

Www.sotyc.co.uk ALL ACTION ‘ SOT YOUTH COLLECTIVE � are a CITYWIDE movement of over 70
SOT youth organisations & practitioners that are working together to bring social change & deliver dynamic youth

engagement projects & provision for young people !

DNA;
Authenticity . Passion & unity

BELONG �BELIEVE �BECOME�

PROJEKTS:

- YOUTH PRACTITIONER NETWORK
Wattsapp group ( term of reference partners sign up - no cost )

- BIG BREAKKIE MONTHLY! ( 9-30 - 11 am various venues)
Supported by youth agencies for all youth workers , youth leaders & organisational leads .

- ‘GRID’ : MENTORING NETWORK
(Training & support for organisations delivering 121 mentoring )

- SHAPE YOUR GEN: speak up squad
citywide youth voice made up of individual organisations youth voice groups .

N COMIN’ ….

- ENDZ:( dynamic large scale open access youth provisions )

- ‘ THE LAB ‘ : youth work training

( training course from year 10 up to uni to train & equip young people to impact their generation & stay in SOT)

- Purposed YOUTH PHONE APP

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19/06/2026

🎵🔥 LIFT MAIN STAGE IS CALLING! 🔥🎤

This year at LIFT youth & families festival, our city’s incredible hip-hop collective Antidote (), who work with young people across the city, will be taking over the Main Stage! 🙌

We’re building an exciting UP FRONT programme and are looking for talented young people ready to shine:

🎤 Singers�🎙️ Rappers & MCs�💃 Dance Performers�📝 Spoken Word Artists�🎸 Bands & Live Acts

Do you know a young person or young people with talent to showcase?

Whether it’s your own teen, a young person you support, or someone from your youth group or organisation, we want to hear from them!

✨ This is a fantastic opportunity to perform in front of a live festival audience and be part of an unforgettable day.

📅 Submission Deadline: NEXT FRIDAY 26th JUNE
�📧 Send performer context details & videos if you can ( no worries if not )

[email protected] or on WhatsApp 07812 774 632

Let’s celebrate young talent and give them the stage they deserve! 🚀🎶

10/06/2026

🔥 LIFT Festival 2026 is HERE! 🔥

Join us for a full day of music, creativity, sport and community at Northwood Community Sports on Sunday 26th July! 🎉

What to expect:
🎧 Live music & DJs
🎤 Youth performances and spoken word
🍔 Food vendors
🎭 Arts, activities and inflatables
⚽️ A variety of sport and physical activities
🗣️ Youth Voice
… and so much more!

⏰ 1.00pm - 4.00pm: Family event (all ages welcome)
⏰ 4.00pm - 7.00pm: Youth only event (ages 11-18 years)

✅ FREE entry - Book your place now! 👇🏻

https://eequ.org/book/lift-youth-festival-with-stoke-on-trent-youth-collective-27931

Don’t miss one of the biggest youth events of the summer 🙌🏻 Bring your friends, bring your family, and let’s LIFT together 💥

The Hubb Foundation
Staffordshire Space Programme

09/06/2026

Yesterday’s LIFT working group meeting at Northwood Stadium was 🔥

Lots of energy, lots of ideas!
Now imagine this… a HUGE family and youth festival to start the summer holidays ☀️🎵

We think it could be something special 👀

Keep your eyes peeled!

04/06/2026

🌟 Become a Sponsor of LIFT Youth Festival 2026 🌟

On 26th July 2026, Northwood Stadium will host Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest youth celebration yet.

After welcoming 550 attendees and 45 activity providers in 2025, we’re expanding to 80+ organisations and expecting 2,000–3,000 young people and families.

Your sponsorship will help provide:
✅ Free activities and workshops
✅ Sports, arts, music, gaming & wellbeing zones
✅ Safe, inclusive opportunities for local young people
✅ Stronger community connections

In return, your business will gain valuable exposure across event marketing, social media, event branding, and community networks.

Want to make a real difference while raising your brand profile?

📧 [email protected]
📞 07360 100311

22/05/2026

Another powerful morning bringing together organisations, youth workers, partners, and community leaders all passionate about making a difference for young people across our city. 🙌🏻

Big thanks to Stoke City Foundation for hosting this month’s networking Brekkie!

Today we heard quick introductions from each member alongside their current “ask” or area of need from other organisations. It was inspiring to hear just how much collaboration, support, and partnership is happening across Stoke-on-Trent — and how much more we can achieve together. 💥
We also heard from some brilliant guest speakers:
🗣️Aaron Northmore bringing us up to speed on all things Local Youth Transformation Pilot.
🗣️ Paul Blagrove and Kim from StreetGames encouraging organisations to get connected and join their growing network.
We then finished the morning with a fantastic catch-up and recap from all of our Purpose Driven Pod Leads 🚀
The passion, energy, and unity in these rooms every month is incredible. Together we are building stronger partnerships, bigger opportunities, and a better future for young people across Stoke-on-Trent ❤️

19/05/2026

Over the past couple of days, members of our leadership team have been strengthening our skills through a dedicated Marketing & Communications workshop with Chatty Duck Creative 👏🏻

As we begin to shape our MarComms strategy, this has been a valuable opportunity to reflect on how we tell our story, amplify young people’s voices, and grow our impact across the City.

Exciting times ahead as we continue to build something powerful 💭✨

13/05/2026

🔥 WOW — what a way to kick things off! 🔥

Our very first Shape Your Gen brought the energy 💥

Young people from across Stoke-on-Trent came together to share their thoughts, ideas, experiences, and BIG opinions on what they want to see from future Stoke-on-Trent Youth Collective projects — because youth voice isn’t just important… it should lead the way 🚀

From honest conversations to bold ideas, the room was full of passion, fresh thinking and young people making sure their voices were heard loud and clear. This was about influencing change, and helping shape opportunities that matter to young people in our city.

A huge THANK YOU to every young person who showed up, spoke up, and helped shape the conversation. And to all the amazing youth organisations and partners championing youth voice - thank you!

If you’re aged 11–24, we’d LOVE to see you at the next one! 🙌 Keep your eyes peeled for the next Shape Your Gen event drop — you won’t want to miss it 👀🔥

24/04/2026

A fantastic, jam-packed network day! 🔥

Our thriving monthly network multi agency breakfast and LIFT Youth Festival planning meeting today hosted at Spark to your Success! 💥

Special speakers today included
Stephen Rushton from TBS talking about how booking training through MAKO.TRAINNG can help sustain the app ( use the code MAKO-UTHCITY ) , top lad callum from Clean Slate and Clare greenwood

We are blessed to have such a fantastic group of youth workers , partners and businesses, all working together to make a real difference.

The energy, passion, and collaboration in the room was incredible! 🔥🔥🔥

21/04/2026

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18/04/2026

Calling all charities , cic’s , organisations & businesses ‼️

Turn your training budget into measurable social impact🔥

We are delighted to be partnering with MAKO training & TBS solutions who are supporting the new digital innovation for young people across Stoke on Trent - through their extensive training packages .

A percentage of training packages booked goes to the UTH CITY stoke youth phone app - an innovative ‘one stop shop’, co-designed with young people to elevate , energise , engage and educate young lives, including a unique su***de prevention button -whilst also acting as useful directory for professionals & parents- creating a smarter way for businesses to invest in both people and community.

When your organisation books training through the website using the CODE: MAKO-UTHCITY a percentage of every booking is reinvested into the sustainability plan for the UTH CITY APP stoke helping deliver programmes and opportunities that positively impact young people across Stoke-on-Trent.

So while your organisation is strengthening skills, leadership, compliance and performance, you are also contributing to meaningful local change.

For businesses focused on ESG, CSR and social value targets, this is an opportunity to align workforce development with genuine community investment.

✔ Upskill your teams✔ Support local young people✔ Demonstrate measurable social value✔ Deliver against CSR objectives✔ Invest locally while growing internally

Purpose-led organisations understand that every budget line can create value. Training is no exception.

If your business is planning development programmes this year, now is the time to choose a provider that delivers impact beyond the classroom.

We are delighted to be able to build purpose driven connections with local businesses.

To view the courses on offer & Book please visit the website & book using the CODE: MAKO-UTHCITY

Please share the post to Make an investment in young lives .

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+447812774632

Website

http://www.SOTYC.co.uk/

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