RECLAIM Project
Categories of Work: Children, young people & families, Community development, Education/training, Mentoring, Out of school provision/play work, Social activities, Volunteering, Youth work
Who do you work with?: Black and Ethnic Minority, Volunteers, Young people (aged 16-19)
Organisation description: RECLAIM is a youth leadership and social change organisation. We are a small but bold charity, using our experience and platform to support and amplify the voices of working class young people.
We run intensive, high impact leadership programmes for 12-15 year olds from working class communities and support them through an Alumni Network until they are 22. We also develop and deliver - alongside our young people - a range of pilot projects and campaigns on issues that affect working class communities.
RECLAIM exists to end the leadership inequality that prevents working class young people with talent, imagination, ambition and drive, from fulfilling their leadership potential. We support young people who refuse to be silent: they fight for their voices to be heard.
We are driven by the understanding that young people on the periphery, with lived experience of UK social inequality, hold the key to social change. RECLAIM recognises that working class young people have latent talent but often need further support to equip them with the resilience, skills, confidence, networks and pride necessary to break the 'class ceiling’; and that true social change will only be achieved if those currently in power are willing to listen and learn.
We have the vision, the skills and the track record to significantly level the playing field for working class young people and transform the lives and futures of a generation.
We run intensive, high impact leadership programmes for 12-15 year olds from working class communities and support them through an Alumni Network until they are 22. We also develop and deliver - alongside our young people - a range of pilot projects and campaigns on issues that affect working class communities.
RECLAIM exists to end the leadership inequality that prevents working class young people with talent, imagination, ambition and drive, from fulfilling their leadership potential. We support young people who refuse to be silent: they fight for their voices to be heard.
We are driven by the understanding that young people on the periphery, with lived experience of UK social inequality, hold the key to social change. RECLAIM recognises that working class young people have latent talent but often need further support to equip them with the resilience, skills, confidence, networks and pride necessary to break the 'class ceiling’; and that true social change will only be achieved if those currently in power are willing to listen and learn.
We have the vision, the skills and the track record to significantly level the playing field for working class young people and transform the lives and futures of a generation.
Contact details
Manchester Deaf Centre, Manchester, M13 9GH