Welcome back to the new term. I would like to once again share some of the celebrations and updates recently at Reach.

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Firstly, a massive thank you and congratulations to our three Reach Youth Work Training Academy students for completing our first ever course. All three have been fantastic in terms of engagement and supporting each other, but also in their roles with the Youth Centre young people. We are very pleased that Toby will be staying on to volunteer and hope that the other 2 come back when they can.

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We would like to warmly welcome some new colleagues, Tash, Mell, Sarah, Leah, Hannah and Alanna, who are all joining our team as Youth Workers.

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We would also like to share a huge thank you to Madi and Amber, who are leaving this term to travel. Both have been fantastic colleagues and given so much. We wish them very well on their adventures.

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Our Reach partners list continues to grow, and we would like to mention All 3 Consultancy, Cloverleaf Motor Group & Home Farm Festival this term. Each continues to be a great partner in support of creating opportunities for Reach and our young people. We are very grateful.

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One of our ex-students has just returned from Ghana with one of our staff as part of a charity mission to raise funds and deliver school bags to school students in Accra. As part of our partnership with Home Farm Festival and the School in a Bag Project, 1000 bags were distributed by Jack Kent with a private sponsor's support. This was a hugely powerful trip, and we hope to run it annually.

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We are pleased to announce that we have a group of young people once again fundraising for a Thailand Project partnership for 2026. This will be the 3rd group to visit and carry out some volunteering/community projects. Updates on the progress of this group will follow.

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We are pleased to share that we have had an informal inspection of Reach by a small group of local external colleagues from Schools and the Local Authority. We feel exceptionally positive about the outcome & feedback which shared so much on the culture of care and opportunities for young people. We will be further reviewing this to see how we continue to support the development of local Quality Assurance processes in the sector.

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Finally, we would like to thank all our school & agency partners, including the Local Authority, for all the ongoing support and opportunities to work with such amazing young people. We truly feel privileged to do what we do and look forward to continuing to build on this.

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Best wishes for the term ahead.

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Kind regards

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Dan