ABOUT US
In 2013, Doncaster Pride started a 3 year project, funded through The Big Lottery, to work with schools and agencies in Doncaster with the aim of improving life for LGBT+ young people across the town. They trained 390 staff in more than 60 schools, 170 staff in satutory and 3rd sector agencies, worked with more than 4000 young people, set up a youth group for LGBT+ young people.
Growing from the success of that project, and the recognition from statutory authorities of the need for an LGBT focused organisation to continue to build on this work, the team that delivered the project set up Out Youth. Through us, this work can now be delivered further afield, supporting more and more LGBT+ young people.
If you are interested in bringing our work to your home town, or even if you would like to volunteer with us, just send us an email.
Our clients say
"The practical tips and resource pack will ensure the school can feel confident that we are covering everything for our students."
"Wide-ranging training covering a lot of the issues faced by LGBT students in schools. An Excellent trainer."
good session. Much better than I thought. More informative than some training I've been on."
"This challenged my own preconceived perceptions."
"I have learned that there is far more to understand than simply gay + lesbian and found the subject quite fascinating."
"Empowering, Enlightening & Motivational!"
"We all know about the Autistic spectrum, why not the gender spectrum. Now we can fix that."
"I attended wondering why the session was a whole day...now I know. SO much really useful information."
Who We Are
We are a small team of dedicated proffessionals from teachers to youth workers to community engagement. Between us, we run Out Youth in our spare time.
Strategies & Plans
By running on a voluntary basis as much as can be, we are able to keep our costs down and so charge much less for our training programmes.
We plan to run a project a year (2 if we are feeling ambitious), provide training sessions and work with more schools.
We are hoping to start our Role Model program in the 2019/20 academic year and increase our team of volunteers.
The Team
Andrew Huntley-Roe
Director of Education
A teacher by trade, Andrew runs the schools training and education section of Out Youth
Nicola Paterson
Director of Youth Services
Previously a youth worker and now in Family Support, Nicola is well suited to run our youth initiatives