community - Phase Hitchin

National Volunteers Week

Each year there is a National Volunteers week from 1st -7th June. If you volunteer with us and you missed one of our thank you posts on social media last week – please take this as an additional thank you for all your amazing support! Shirley & Jean, two of our

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Recycling for Phase - all change here!!

I feel that as a community we are massively indebted to Deolinda (pictured above) and Michael Eltringham. Deolinda was involved in developing the CTH idea of gifting Hitchin town with the services of a faith schools worker, which led to the creation of Phase in 2002. So, when Michael and

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National Youth Ministry Weekend

Last weekend I went to the National Youth Ministy Conference, which is an event Youthscape run for those who work with young people. It was a great opportunity to gather as people who love Jesus and love young people, to be challenged and inspired. The theme of the week was

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Youth Chaplain for the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire

This year I have been given the honour of being the Youth Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, not only is the first time this has happened in Herts, but it is the first time in the history of the Shrievalty, which is over 1000 years old. You can

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Flip Connect supporting Phase

The Flip Connect teamFlip Connect employees were invited to nominate a charity close to their hearts and chose Phase Many of Flip employees are parents and know all too well the pressures that young people are under in society today. Ben from Flip Connect said 'We all think that Phase

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Working with the local community

Since 2002 Phase has been a key part of the Hitchin community with our focus being building the wellbeing and resilience of children and young people – our vision is to see them thrive! We may be the ones doing the face-to-face work however there are many others across Hitchin who

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Our Amazing Fundraisers!

Three of our wonderful fundraisers tell us a little bit about themselves and why they decided to do some fund raising for Phase… Ellie Scott - going the distance… Can you tell me a little about yourself? I am currently a secondary school music teacher, working in Hitchin. I spent

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Volunteers - We love you!

In a small to medium sized charity such as Phase, the help and support of our volunteers is crucial. Phase thrives because of the wonderful work that they do, and it is noticeable that this is felt at all levels and in all areas of the organisation! 1st - 7th

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An Enchanted Evening of Song

Saturday 23rd March, 7.30pm-10pm at Walsworth Baptist Church Come and join us for ‘An Enchanted Evening of Song’ to raise money for Phase, bringing well-being, hope and transformation across Hitchin. On Saturday 23rd March, 7.30pm at Walsworth Baptist Church, you are cordially invited to join us for a

Fair

Raffle Winners!

Local Young People to Feel the Love from Fair in the Square Hitchin’s youth support charity Phase have been delighted by the response to this year’s Fair in the Square event which was sponsored by local businesses HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors and AZ Autos. The crowd-pleasing event took

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London Marathon

Meet David Alvarez, Director of AZ Autos and who is using our Charity place in the London Marathon to fundraise for Phase as well as the Barcelona Ironman*. We asked David a few questions and here are his replies: Tells us something about yourself. My passion is improvement. I try

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Hitchin Rock Choir

Come and enjoy a night for all the family with The Hitchin Rock Choir. An evening of classic rock songs like you’ve never heard them before. This great event is happening on Friday 23rd March, at The Priory School, doors open at 7:15pm with the performance starting at

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#240in24

They came, they saw, they conquered! We have been raising funds for our work with the young people across the town by arranging a 240km run - completed in just 24hrs, non-stop through the day and night at Archers Gym. The heroic runners from local companies, schools and charities stepped

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240in24

10am Friday 16th February will see a team of people including Kieran Murphy, Director of Phase are taking on a huge challenge of running 240KM in 24hrs! It will all be happening at Archers Gym, in Hitchin. Why such a challenge I hear you ask? It is all to raise

Leadership

Influences

Influence is something that we all have, maybe a little, maybe a lot, but you still have some. Influence is something I am very passionate about, you have the ability to change and impact the life of those around you either for the better or the worse. Let’s assume

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Big ripples

On Friday 6th October Phase and The Priory School held our second mental health wellbeing conference. It was attended by over 160 students and staff from schools across Herts and Beds inspiring them to go back to their communities and bring change. You can read the recent article in the

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Fair in the Square

On Saturday 23rd September 10am - 2pm we have an exciting event happening in Hitchin - Fair in the Square! There will a whole host of stalls and activities to get involved with. There will be something for all the family - bake stall, great quality second-hand books and DVD's

Young People

MAD ;)

Something that we are working on is how we can help young people go MAD!! I should probably explain, MAD stands for Make A Difference and it is a project where young people will be able to apply for small amount of seed funding to run their own project or

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Phase team grows!

Sasha Austin-Seade and Helen Bainbridge joined Phase in September As the Phase team has grown again this year with Sasha and Helen joining as Wellbeing Development Lead and Schools and Youth Worker respectively, Kieran sat down with them to find out a bit more about the new members of the

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The Core

The Core Training conference for all youth and children's workers and is happening Friday 30th September 5pm till Saturday 1st October 4pm. What is The Core? No matter what your calling to youth and children’s ministry might look like, we are praying that ‘THE CORE’ will encourage you, equip

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Love Always Hopes

Love Always Hopes wristbands are in memory of Mary Bacon who sadly died suddenly in May 2016. Mary was heavily involved with Phase in a variety of ways, from helping at Time Trek to being a young leader at our Holding Nothing Back group at Hitchin Girls' School. Mary was

Blogs

What to blog about?

At Phase we are passionate about seeing people's wellbeing and resilience grow, understanding of mental health increase and people living life in all its fullness. As we come into this new academic year, we want to know what you would like to see on our blog! What subjects and issues

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Diana smashes her target!

Back in May Diana Seller took on a personal challenge in memory of her son Mark and raised a whooping £2286 for the work of Phase! Diana's original hope was to hopefully reach £1000, but has been blown away by peoples support. This money will enable Phase to deliver four

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My year with Phase

This year I have been working with Phase as the 'Self-harm Support Intern' and what an exciting year it has been. I've seen Phase achieve so much and am excited about the future of the charity which I will continue to support and be involved with, just perhaps from more

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Talking to someone who struggles with self-harm

Earlier this year, Phase was asked to write something about what are some helpful things to say to a young person struggling with self-harm. I’ve spent some time putting together a list of some common things people may say, why they might not be so helpful and what people