News and Updates

🍁 Autumn Newsletter 🍂

We're excited to share our latest updates and opportunities with you. 

 

Inside, you'll find:

  • Engage Programme update for Term
  • Updates on our 16-19 Aspire Programme
  • Growth of our Discover tutoring
  • Connect – update and youth club launch
  • Boost updates-King's Trust success


News and Success Stories

   Growing our Team

     Challenge4Change


Upcoming events

  Christmas Open Event and Fayre


How you can help

Inspire our young people - share your skills

Join our Ambassador's Network

Office clear-out appeal


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Previous Events

Mayor opens new Youth Workspace at The Platform Project - December 2025

The Mayor of Swindon has officially opened a new youth workspace at The Platform Project, based in Swindon’s Edison Park.


Councillor Fay Howard visited the not-for-profit organisation’s Christmas Enterprise Fayre on Tuesday 9th of December, during which the new space was unveiled.


The Platform Project’s Christmas Enterprise Fayre also included stands showcasing the business initiatives created by The Platform Project’s students as part of its ENGAGE programme. The programme provides access to vocational experiences, digital skills, project management skills and self-employment support.

Steps4Kenya - Step Into September Fundraiser - September '21

This September we are hosting the ultimate mile challenge to raise funds for Younite Foundation who support Melon Mission, Silverbells Children Welfare, and Little Kings. Three charity run schools that support hundreds of vulnerable children from some of the most deprived areas within Nakuru, Kenya.


Click the link below to Learn More, and take part in the Fundraiser!

Kit Tarka Foundation Fundraiser - May '21

In August 2018 a group of 10 young people aged 14-24 got together to design a range of printed goods that they then pitched to a (friendly!) Dragons Den style panel of local business people at the end of the week. The group learnt how to design a company logo and brand, conduct market research, identify their target market, write a customer profile, design a marketing campaign, decide on a pricing strategy, and work out profit margins - all in a week! But it wasn't all work and no play - we even found time to fit in a morning at the arcade games! 

Printed Goods - August '18

In August 2018 a group of 10 young people aged 14-24 got together to design a range of printed goods that they then pitched to a (friendly!) Dragons Den style panel of local business people at the end of the week. The group learnt how to design a company logo and brand, conduct market research, identify their target market, write a customer profile, design a marketing campaign, decide on a pricing strategy, and work out profit margins - all in a week! But it wasn't all work and no play - we even found time to fit in a morning at the arcade games! 

Charity Promotional Video - February '18

For our second video challenge a group of 6 young people aged 15-24 got together to act as a film crew to plan, shoot and edit a short promotional video for a local homelessness charity - The Swindon Night Shelter. During the week they planned were they would shoot footage, interviewed staff and service users, and edited footage to provide the Charity with its first promotional video, helping them highlight the good work that they do and improve their exposure. 

Diary of a Social Conscience: Homelessness Video

In November 2017, our team of young people worked together to learn about homelessness in Swindon; what it is, how it happens, what agencies help, and what people can do that can help with the issue. The week saw the team out and about planning and filming footage on 8 different location shoots, interviewing dozens of professionals and services users, and bringing it all together in a short film documenting their journey.

This project was kindly funded by the #iwill Youth Social Action fund from Wiltshire Community Foundation