Herts Young Leaders

Empowering disadvantaged young people in Hertfordshire to meet their fullest potential in life • Registered Charity No.1192318 • Follow our journey!

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

The HYL Team would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. We are very excited about what 2022 has in store and can't wait to share more exciting projects with you in the new year!

Design by: @ManzarSezavar

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Happy Birthday to us!! 🥳🎉🎂 Today we are officially 1️⃣ year old. We don’t want any gifts, but would love a birthday donation via our Just Giving page (https://t.co/nX3OCONVps)
so we can continue to help more young leaders thrive in our second year. Thank you 🙏🏾 🙏🏾🙏🏼🙏🏿

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Huge thanks to @dean316austin for finding time in your hectic schedule to come and deliver a football coaching session for our young leaders yesterday. It was so empowering for them to be coached by a real life ex Premier League pro! ⚽️🥅

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

We're thrilled to announce that HYL have been chosen as a
@coopuk Local Community Fund cause🎉 If you're a Co-op member & you select us as your cause we will receive 1p for every £1 spent in store. Download the app or visit the website and select us as your cause #ItsWhatWeDo

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Thank you SO much for having us, our children had such a fab day and learned some amazing new skills ✨

[Verulam Angling Club @ClubVerulam]

We were delighted to host around a dozen youngsters this weekend and give them their first taste of angling. Great to see such engagement and so many smiling faces, and they all caught plenty of fish! Thanks to @hertsyl & @MOEFoundation for helping to bring it all together.

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

So we’re up and running and in week 4 of our Saturday leadership programme - Building Young Heroes. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing delivery partners @trestletheatre @westhertsabc @sasaschool_arts @ClubVerulam and @MOEFoundation thank you all SO much 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼

[St Albans For Refugees @StA4Refugees]

We have been asked to assist some Afghani refugees that have already arrived in the East of England region.

We need

Long tops (for women)
Trousers (for women)
Muslim clothing
Closed shoes
Children’s shoes sizes 4-8
Warm clothing
Dolls & Toys
Books & Games

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Great seeing you too as always @DeeClared maybe that should be our theme song 🤔😂

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

@Pubinthepark_ just checking if you received our email regarding having our small, fledgling but vital youth charity having a presence at your St Albans weekend? Thanks 🙏🏾

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Amazing to meet you too @HertsSheriff and look forward to seeing what we can achieve together for the young people of Hertfordshire 💫

[Herts High Sheriff @HertsSheriff]

Thrilled to meet founders of the new Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl Charity. Educating and Inspiring our young people to be transformational leaders - Priceless. What a joy! #YouthinHerts @LioneLCWallace

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

* I PROMISE *
The first step on our program is to instil the importance of keeping your word and promising to be the best you can be…to yourself and to others.
#charity #youngleaders #education #youthcharity

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

BLAST OFF!!! 🚀
Yesterday was a monumental day for HYL. We have now officially had our first day with our fantastic little leaders, who throughly seemed to enjoy themselves. Special thanks to our wonderful volunteers and @cynthiaeluku for leading the program today! #youthcharity

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

The finishing touches have been completed to our Superhero 🦸‍♀️ Program ready for our little leaders to have so much fun….can’t wait! #superheroes #charity #youngleaders #stalbans

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

Listen to the amazing @MarcusRashford talking about the importance of reading:

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Now that I have read, I want to make sure that the next generation have the opportunity to read."

Footballer @MarcusRashford talks about the importance of reading with @jonsnowc4 and says he wants to show kids "they can do something other than being on the streets".

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

And with that being said, we are excited to launch ‘Herts Young Leaders - A Helping Hand’ and ‘Herts Young Leaders x Bonkers Bear’.
Stay tuned for more information, progress updates and find out how you can donate and get behind the campaigns!

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

When the latest Lockdown was announced by the government in December, we at HYL were so disappointed that it would mean the postponement of our empowerment and development programmes However, rather than just lay dormant till circumstances changed,
(thread)

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

our small team put our heads together to come up with new ways we could support our families until our programmes could start. As a result we have put together two campaigns to give support to our children and their parents that are specific to them.

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

peers to create a more equal society and #MakeHumanityGreatAgain. We’d like to say a huge thank you to Eddie Izzard for her time and wish her good luck for the final days of her marathon! #RunForHope #MakeHumanityGreatAgain #Hertfordshire #charity #Youthcharity #Education

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce Herts Young Leaders to the amazing @eddieizzard during her #RunForHope marathon w/#Brussels. Lavinia(pictured here) shared some key facts about HYL with @eddieizzard such as how the idea came about and why there is an urgent

[Herts Young Leaders @hertsyl]

need for an organisation like ours in Hertfordshire where 25’000 young people under the age of 17 live in severe deprivation. They also talked about the importance of early intervention programmes and bridging the gap between disadvantaged young people and their more affluent