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Outgoing coordinator Sue poses for a photo with Jem, the new coordinator, and several young people.

As always, we’ve been really busy over in Amazing Futures Brighton and Hove. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to lately…

Firstly, we had the departure of the wonderful Sue Winter, who started the project and has been a driving force at Amaze for nearly 20 years. Thank you so much to the all the parents, carers and young people who came to give her an amazing send-off at our talent show. We had a fantastic night, with lots of musical performances from Amazing Futures young people, previous Amazing Futures youth worker Pagane returned to host and do a stand-up set, and DJ Kiana kept the tunes coming. Everyone was on the dance floor before the night was over!

Three young women sings together around one microphone.
A wide shot showing the entire audience waving their hands int he air while people perform.
A young man in a bright yellow Amaze t-shirt grins at the camera.
An array of tasty looking cold foods.
Young man in an orange coat grins and poses for the camera with his arms crossed.
CEO Sally Polanski, a smart-looking woman wearing a blue knitted blazer with clouds on it, reading a speech at the microphone.
Two young women in the audience, one holds the other's arm and leans on their shoulder. They are watching the performers together. One has blue hair and a sunflower dungarees.
Sue Winter sits watching the speeches with a hand on her face, she looks touched. She is an older woman with short hair wearing a white top with deep blue florals.
Sue Winter laughing at one of the speeches.
A young woman in a leather jacket with a guitar plays and sings, a string of warm lights in front of her.
Pagane, a young woman wearing black, with a backwards baseball cap, holding a microphone and talking animatedly.
Silhouette of a young man dancing with an older woman, other people dancing and clapping in the background.
A young man sings into a microphone.
DJ Kiana, a young woman with dark curly hair, adjusts the lights, her laptop open in front of her.
DJ Kiana looking focussedly at her laptop while she DJs. She is a young woman with dark curly hair.

Jem is a smiling young man with short hair, wearing a black jumperSue is succeeded by Jem Hadert, who has been involved in the project as a management trainee for the past six months, before taking over as coordinator upon Sue’s retirement. This has helped make the transition as smooth as possible for the young people at the groups, and ensured Jem was able to hit the ground running.

We also had the first of our holiday schemes over in Portslade Village Centre during the Easter holidays. It was a packed week; we held a silent disco, had a visit from lots of animals and creepy crawlies and did lots of crafty activities. It was a huge success, and we’re looking forward to the next one, in the May half term, which we’re currently finalising plans for.

Our regular groups for young people continue to run, including a boardgames groups, retro videogames group, sports and games sessions, our general activity groups, and lots more! See what’s coming up for young people on our Events page.

Screenshot of crowdfunder page showing £10,424 raisedFinally, we’re thrilled to announce we’ve crossed £10,000 on our fundraiser! A massive thanks to everyone who has shared it, donated money, and rewards for it. There’s still a little bit more time to donate and get some awesome rewards so please continue to spread the word:

Donate to our Amazing Futures crowdfunder

 

 

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