Daily Mirror features our Life in Lockdown conversations with young people

This week the Daily Mirror featured a video of our lockdown conversations with young people. It captures a great balance between the challenges our young people face and their optimism, resilience and creativity. It also highlights the fantastic relationships they have with our programme staff.

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We are looking for new Programme Leads in the North West! Apply today to join Power2 and help children and young people build happy and fulfilling lives.
In school, I’ve been a lot more confident in myself. If it weren’t for Teens and Toddlers I wouldn’t have come up here [on stage] now.”

Before Isabella took part in Teens and Toddlers, she was struggling with low confidence and found speaking in front of people challenging. She is now part of our Youth Network and told her story to a room of over 400 people!
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Our 2022-23 Impact Report

It’s been a year of significant growth for Power2, with more programmes delivered, more partnership working, and – most importantly – more children and young people reached through our life-changing interventions. Read about the highlights of our last year.
Impact Report 2022-23

It’s been a year of significant growth for Power2, with more programmes delivered, more partnership working, and – most importantly – more children and young people reached through our life-changing interventions. Read about the highlights of our last year.
Power2 wins a Centre for Social Justice Award!

We know our approach works and with the support of the CSJ, even more children and young people will go on to build happy and fulfilling lives!
Huge celebrations at the London graduation ceremony

Young people and their families joined us for the Power2 Graduation and awards ceremony in London. It was a fantastic evening and celebrated everything our participants have achieved in the last year.
Powering up our delivery through the Enterprise Development Programme

Power2 joined the Enterprise Development Programme in 2021 to diversify our funding and find alternative revenue streams in the changing funding landscape. Since then, we’ve successfully won over £750,000 of local authority funding. In this question and answer blog, our CEO Julie Randles speaks to Enterprise Programme Manager and Equity Specialist at YMCA George Williams College, Soizic Hagege about the programme and how it’s helped us grow.
"It’s an honour to oversee such an important charity and the work it does so that a lot more people can benefit from Power2’s support in the way that I have."

Amira participated in the Teens and Toddlers programme in 2011 and has stayed in touch with Power2 ever since. We caught up with Amira to talk about her entire journey with Power2 and the reflections she’s had since completing the programme in 2011.
3 mentoring programmes for 2023

In this blog, our CEO Julie Randles shares some of our plans for mentoring this year.
Help us Close The Chasm

We’re taking part in the Childhood Trust’s Christmas Challenge 2022, and with your support, we’ll give 100 vulnerable young people the life-changing experience of participating in our unique mentoring programmes.
"The Power2 team is the primary reason we want to continue and grow this. They get us and haven’t given up."

We caught up with Katherine Kilbane, Assistant Headteacher and Inclusion & Safeguarding Lead at Denton Community College, a school receiving Power2 support.
How our Fair Education ‘Intrapreneur’ Innovation Award has helped us reach the most in-need young people

Reflecting on our Fair Education ‘Intrapreneur’ Innovation Award in 2020, and how it still benefits us and our young people today.