It’s a fresh new year for the VANEL IGNITE Team. We’ve got a new member of staff and there are events coming up as soon as this weekend. Read on to meet Olivia, find out about our Gig on 6th Jan, River Care, our communications workshops and more.
Between 15th and 17th December, the Cleethorpes Christmas Market took place at Pier Gardens in Cleethorpes. Despite freezing December weather the team from VANEL were there talking to the market visitors. Read on for a report back from the team attending the event which was organised by Event Show Support.
As we get to the end of the year, Danielle from the IGNITE team looks back at the highlights of the work IGNITE has been doing since September. Read on…
The IGNITE team are now trained up as Money Matters trainers to help talk to young people about better money management. Find out more about the Money Matters training that we can help with or offer to other young people, and find out about key issues that concern young people about their money.
VANEL is advertising now for the position of Youth Leadership Worker in the IGNITE team. The closing date for applications is 24th November. Read on for advert, job description and application process.
On 21st October VANEL and IGNITE staff joined with nearly a hundred other people to clean up the Freshney river in Grimsby as part of an organised Great River Rescue event. Far too much rubbish was collected, but the river is looking so much better. Read on for a full write up and lots of photos.
On 20th October the IGNITE team were out in Cleethorpes supporting one of the young leaders with their Pride of Plate vegan cake fundraising event. Read on for photos and a report from this great event.
On Sunday 17th September, 35 hardy souls took the beach armed with litter pickers, gloves, hi-vis jackets and bin bags to rid the beach of litter as part of the Great British Beach Clean Weekend. A depressing 126kg of rubbish was collected far too easily. Read about the event and what we’ve learned.
It’s all change in the IGNITE staff team at VANEL now that we’re into the second year of IGNITE and the new academic term has begun. It’s goodbye Helen and Chris & hello to Nicole, Jean-Louis, Danielle and Ellie. Read on to find out more about the new team members.
VANEL, in partnership with Keep Britain Tidy’s Beach Care Team and Anglian Water are holding an annual beach clean as part of the Great British Beach Clean on Sunday 17th September in Cleethorpes. Read on for details and how you can get involved.