Mission Focus for February 2025
Shelford and Stapleford Youth Initiative or SSYI is a Christian charity that has been supporting young people in our local area for over 25 years and now work with over 270 young people in Great and Little Shelford, Stapleford, Sawston and Duxford. Their aim is to provide safe spaces, quality youth work and support for local 10–21-year-olds. Particularly focusing on those who are marginalised, isolated, at-risk or not accessing other provision. By building positive relationships with young people, running youth clubs, schools work and other activities they enable them to overcome challenge, learn and succeed. They have a dedicated Youth Centre in Great Shelford where they run 6 youth clubs a week, in various venues in Sawston they run 4 weekly youth clubs, and they run a club in the Community Centre in Duxford.
What Is Offered?
Clubs: SSYI hold a number of weekly clubs for different year groups (Years 6 – 10+) in Sawston, Duxford and Great Shelford.
Trips: A number of trips happen throughout the year which provide great opportunities to build stronger relationships with and between the young people.
Support: 1:1 and mentoring sessions enable the team to really invest in the young people, particularly those with challenges in areas including anger and anxiety, lack of confidence.
School Transition Work: The transition from primary to secondary education can be challenging, SSYI offers support during this time.
The Deeper Course: Exploring Christianity with interactive prayer and other activities.
Minibus and Football Cage: SSYI own a 9 seater, transit van based minibus, a 7 foot box trailer and a football cage that can be used for sessions, trips and one off events.
What impact does SSYI have?
Over 320 young people are regularly involved
Over 1100 hours of face to face delivery has occurred
25 young people have received regular 1:1 support
85.3% of young people have expressed an improvement in their confidence.
(Please click here to read their annual report 2023/2024)
Could you consider whether God is calling you towards volunteering/helping with this great charity? For more information, email Zac Britton on zac.britton@ssyi.club
Further information:
Click here for SSYI’s Facebook page
Click here for SSYI’s Instagram page
Click here for SSYI’s website