British Sign Language
Young Reporter Alex explores how learning British Sign Language is a very positive step in helping communicate with deaf people. Read on.
VANEL news
News from and about VANEL
Police time is precious, please don’t waste it.
Police time is critical. It is something that shouldn’t ever be wasted or taken for granted. But frustratingly, this is the case. Too much of the police time is taken up and wasted by the public, whether it be deliberately or not, it’s happening; and you need to be aware. Read this week’s article by our Young Reporter Rachel.
Andy’s families benefit from special holiday fund with Center Parcs break planned.
FIVE families, who are currently being supported by Andy’s – the region’s only children’s hospice – will be enjoying a trip to Center Parcs, thanks to a donation from a North East Lincolnshire holiday fund. Read on for the whole story.
Info not Income. The latest article from our Young Reporters
Charlotte, one of our Young Reporters, shares her thoughts about homelessness and challenges us all to think differently. Read her story.
IGNITE team member making progress with Environmenstrual programme
Jessica Pearson is a member of the IGNITE team at VANEL and over the past six months has been leading on a number of projects with young people around period poverty, stigma around periods and environmental impacts of sanitary products. Here Jess describes the projects she’s been doing, the progress made and what’s next. Read on for the article.
Cheerleading group soars to new heights
Cheerleading has taken over England in the last decade becoming one of the fastest growing and supportive sports there is. But you might not know a lot about it. Let Alex, one of our Young Reporters, tell you all about it.
Help for Health and VANEL TV showcase some inspirational young people
VANEL has commissioned a series of videos focusing on local young people as part of a Help for Health project. You can watch these videos on the new VANEL TV YouTube channel. The purpose of our mini-series is to focus in the success stories of emerging young leaders in our local community, who we have […]
Team successfully complete Community Engagement Response course
The first CERT team of 12 volunteers have completed their training under this BLB programme. Read on to meet these volunteers and find out what they’ve been up to.
IGNITE event to celebrate International Women’s Day was a great success.
IGNITE would like to thank everyone who attended and supported our event to celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March at the Town Hall in Grimsby. In total, over 160 visitors attended the event where they were met by 26 local organisations who exhibited and represented opportunities for women within their organisations. Diversity was […]
Young Reporters a new chapter
At a meeting on 19th February our current Young Reporters and Peer Mentors welcomed the new recruits who will be writing for the coming months and thanked the outgoing Young Reporters for their hard work and interesting articles over the last four months. Read on for the whole article about this transition and to be introduced to our new young reporters