🌱 A Growing Youth Movement

Charlbury Youth Club has had an inspiring year of growth in 2024/2025, reaching 130 young people through our various clubs and activities. From the launch of Art, Philosophy, and Badminton Clubs, to the founding of the Charlbury Youth Town Council, our youth have stepped forward to shape their own community.

Through youth-led projects like the Tree Hugging Festival, Beakon Magazine, and a Wildflower Strip project by the local skate park, young people are connecting with mentors, building confidence, and reimagining what our community looks like.

☀️ New Horizons for 2025/2026

At the end of 2024/25 our young people voted for what clubs and activities they wanted us to provide this year. With your support, we’re aiming to sustain our existing provisions and more!

Existing Clubs and Activities

🏸 Youth Badminton – Mondays, 5–6pm, Sports Hall, Charlbury Community Centre (Ages 12–19)

🔔 Philosophy Night – Tuesdays, 8–9pm, The Bell, Charlbury (Ages 16–25)

✂️ Youth Art Club (YAC) – Wednesdays, 7–8:30pm, The Art Room, Corner House (Ages 12–15)

🖌 Young Artists (16+) – Thursdays (monthly), 7–8:30pm, The Art Room, Corner House — bespoke workshops led by professional artists and creatives

⚽️ Friday Drop-In (with Football Match @ 7pm) – Fridays, 7–9pm, Charlbury Community Centre (Ages 12–19)

🏛️ Youth Town Council – Council Meeting on the last Monday of the month, plus monthly Planning Committee Meetings for the annual Tree Hugging Festival, quarterly Beakon Youth Magazine, and Wildflower Strip project

New Additions

🎮 Drone Football League – Coming soon! Drone football is a team sport that combines flying radio-controlled drones with football. Drone football creates valuable career pathways by integrating hands-on learning in engineering, programming, and aviation alongside essential teamwork and problem-solving skills

🤝 Peer Support Groups – Coming soon! We're aiming to launch two peer support groups for students who are seeking more connection, belonging, and mentorship.

🎤 Youth Open Mic at the Shed – Coming soon! We aim to start quarterly youth open mics at the shed once it reopens! Students have already signed up to perform music and poetry!

Opportunities

🎖️ Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) and Work Placements – We are currently managing four student placements this 2025/2026. Placements still available.

⛓️‍💥 We’re also working with local authorities to create a Targeted Youth Support Program—ensuring vulnerable and at-risk young people have access to mentoring, counselling, and guidance when they need it most.

💡 Why Your Support Matters

Together, with the grants and donations provided by local businesses and community organisations, the donations our patrons make directly fund:

🆓 All the clubs and activities listed above, making sure they're FREE and accessible to all our young people. This includes art supplies and other materials needed for clubs like YAC and Young Artists

👩🏼‍💼 Our Youth Ambassadors, who lead the programme, engage with our young people and providing invaluable support and mentorship

✍🏻 Professional training and safeguarding support for our Youth Ambassadors

ANYONE can become a patron, whether or not you have children attending youth club. We have two donation types – monthly and one-off donations.

✅ Please click the Give Now button to find out more.

Parents with children attending youth club activities are encouraged to make a minimum monthly donation of £10 per child, but there’s no obligation to do so – youth club is free to use, you just need register your child via the link on Charlbury Youth Provisions page on the Charlbury Community Centre website.

❤️ Join the Movement

Picture: Bryanna Bone and Harry Harley - Charlbury Youth Ambassadors 2025/2026

When you give to the Charlbury Youth, you’re investing in the wellbeing, potential, and future of our young people.

Together, we can make Charlbury a place where every young person feels SEEN, SUPPORTED, and LOVED.

Sincerely,

Bryanna and Harry

Charlbury Youth Ambassadors