Over 50 young people from across Norfolk came together at Lynford Hall recently to learn how to take action against bullies, and how to encourage other young people to do the same. The Anti-Bullying and Mental Health Training Day gave young people the opportunity to learn a range of techniques to tackle bullies including Assertiveness and Bystander Training and how… Read more →
Over 120 young people took part in a free, one-day, creative arts festival last month, organised by and for young people supported by MAP. Young@Arts featured live music, performances, exhibitions and a series of visual and performing arts workshops including street photography, graphic illustration, contemporary dance and rap lyric writing. This amazing film captures the day in all its colour and… Read more →
Four young people who are active in MAP’s Participation Youth Work in Norwich recently joined a national Key Cities event, representing the voice of young urban Britain.Changing the Future of the Key Cities brought together young people, MPs, Peers, Councillors and other decision makers to discuss the issues facing young people in cities today. Colin Dutton, MAP Senior Participation Youth… Read more →
Mobo award-winning hip-hop artist and founder of the Hip-hop Shakespeare Company Akala took time out before his recent Norwich gig to meet a group of young people from MAP’s Soundbites project and the Norwich YAB (Youth Advisory Board) to discuss contemporary culture, society and music. Akala talked about how he got into rapping, before moving on to discuss the Caribbean… Read more →
We are launching a new community fundraising activity today – the greatMAPwalk – to help more young people in Norfolk get counselling, advice, guidance and positive activities to support them in times of difficulty and to help them achieve their potential. The greatMAPwalk takes place over the course of the weekend of September 15th-16th 2018 and has been designed to be… Read more →
A Blog by MAP CEO, Dan Mobbs So, first of all, let’s understand mental health like we understand physical health. Physical health covers a lot of ground. When I’m really ill and in bed for a week with the flu (not man flu – real flu) – I know that’s about my physical health. When I’m thinking… Read more →
MAP’s Therapeutic Services Manager Tonia Mihill will be taking part in a panel of guest speakers for the Women of the World festival this weekend in Norwich, looking at social mobility and why young women and girls are disproportionately affected. According to the 2017 State of the Nation report published by the Social Mobility Commission, young women growing up in… Read more →
EDP journalist chats to young people about the issues important to them as part of Young Person’s Takeover Day. Read more →
Young people from Norfolk will be literally making the news next week when they takeover the EDP newsroom for a day. Ten young people, together with staff from youth charity MAP, will be joining the journalists and editorial team at the EDP on Monday April 16th to produce news features and articles for the EDP of Tuesday April 17th. The… Read more →
MAP will be giving away 80 free copies of the young adult novel ‘After the Fire‘ by Will Hill, to celebrate World Book Night on 23rd April 2018. Senior Youth & Community Worker Hannah Garrard explains more: ‘A book can be a sanctuary, an adventure, a place to hide or a favourite and familiar room. Good books are the ones which… Read more →