Young Bristol

Young Bristol
The Station which includes the Young Bristol Headquarters
Predecessor Bristol Boys & Girls Club
Legal status Charity
Headquarters The Station, Silver Street,
Location
Coordinates 51°27′27″N 2°35′33″W / 51.4574°N 2.5925°W / 51.4574; -2.5925Coordinates: 51°27′27″N 2°35′33″W / 51.4574°N 2.5925°W / 51.4574; -2.5925
Parent organization
 Boys and Girls Club National Association
Website http://youngbristol.com/

Young Bristol is a charity in Bristol, England providing activities for young people in the city.

The organisation was founded in 1928,[1] building on the Bristol Boys & Girls Club.[2]

It now runs 21 youth clubs and provides day and residential activities including high ropes adventure, abseiling, archery, bushcraft, canoeing and kayaking. It is also a provider of activities under the National Citizen Service as a Local Delivery Partner.[3] One of the largest clubs is the Broad Plain Boys' Club where the building was adorned with a Banksy mural. This was later sold, with the permission of Banksy, to raise money for the club.[4] The records of many of the constituent clubs are held by Bristol Archives.[5]

It is a registered charity Number: 301681[6] and the local county organisation of the Boys and Girls Club National Association.[7] The headquarters is in the old fitre station, which is part of the same complex as the Central Police Station, a Grade II listed building in Silver Street.[8]

In March 2018 Young Bristol was shortlisted as a finalist in the local apprenticeship of the Year awards. In April 2018 Young Bristol announced that Jonathan Webb was taking over as the president of the organisation.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Young Bristol". Young Bristol. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "A look back at the Bristol Boys & Girls Club". Bristol Press. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Young Bristol". Bristol Harbour Festival. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Thanks Banksy, says Broad Plain Boys' Club mural in Bristol". BBC. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Records of Bedminster Down Boys' Club". Bristol Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Young Bristol". Charity Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "County Organisations". Boys and Girls Clubs National Organisation. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bristol Police Headquarters and Fire Station". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "New President for Young Bristol". Young Bristol. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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