£2k pick me up for Mini-Ambassadors community action programme A group of 13 young people from Bristol aged 5-10 years old are coming out of lockdown raring to go on community projects, thanks to funding of £2,000 from Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, and support from Sovereign Housing Association. Despite the restrictions of COVID-19, the group of Mini-Ambassadors have kickstarted a number of social action projects, with ideas developed and delivered by the children and young people attending the group sessions.
The Clarion-designed ‘Mini Community Ambassador Programme’ - run by youth charity Young Bristol and delivered from a mobile youth club - was funded £5,000 by Sovereign Housing Association back in August 2020 and has recently been boosted by a further £2,000 by Clarion Futures to keep the project running until the end of July 2021.
Young Bristol also received £5,000 from Clarion Futures and the #iwill Fund (a joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) back in September 2020 to The young people got out despite the rain last run a Community Ambassadors Programme week, to carry out litter picking in their local that supports young people aged 11-25. community in Whitchurch, picking up plenty of discarded facemasks along with other Matt Parsonage, Head of Communities at rubbish. Clarion Futures, said: “We’re delighted to be building on our partnership with the #iwill The Mini-Ambassadors said: “We may be Fund and expanding our successful social making a small difference, but it’s a strong action programmes by working with other one!” housing associations. Like Sovereign, we’re strongly committed to embedding youth social action in our communities and continuing to give young people a voice on issues affecting them. 28
