Blog | The YOU Foundation

Aug 20
1 min

Thornbury Skatefest

A lovely youth organisation in Thornbury, called Krunch, are throwing their annual skatefest on Saturday August 31st 2-6pm. The comps are...

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staplehillyouth

Aug 6
3 min

August Residential! PGL

Yea that's right, another residential! This was a non-skate weekend away with two other local youth centres: CYN & FACE. The Council were...

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staplehillyouth

Aug 6
2 min

July Update!

As you'd expect with an indoor skatepark in the summer our sessions get a bit quieter... But the staff don't! We usually step things up a...

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Jun 11
1 min

The Boarding School Zine!

Each year we produce an annual report showcasing the work of the project over the last twelve months. It's been great to look back on all...

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Jun 4
3 min

Jam Season!

Summer, aka Skate Jam Season has officially begun! Updates on the Bradley Stoke Jam and Go Skate Day below: It's rained everyday since...

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May 3
2 min

Residentials:

Over the last couple of years we've ran some amazing overnight residential trips for young people. This year will be no different with...

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Apr 26
1 min

Print and design Workshops *NEW*

Starting in May we'll be running regular print and design workshops for young people. These workshops will be a great and creative...

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staplehillyouth

Apr 8
2 min

We Did It! Push for the Mind

On Friday, despite the threat of rain, 14 Skaters set off on their planned 11 mile route raising money for Move The Mind, Bristol. The...

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staplehillyouth

Feb 22
1 min

Design-a-deck - Designs & winners

Our finalists have been shortlisted, and voting is now open! Check out the designs below and cast your vote. Votes will be collected...

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Feb 16
1 min

Awards N All

We've had a few crazy busy few weeks at The Boarding School. We've been running a design-a-deck comp which finishes 18th Feb (more info...

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Jan 31
2 min

Push for the Mind

Push for the Mind is a fundraising campaign started by some of our members in memory of a fellow skater that passed away last year. They...

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staplehillyouth

Jan 26
1 min

Design-a-Deck Competition!

Last year we announced a design - a - deck competition! A chance to get YOUR design printed on a skateboard for you to Hang, Shred or...

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staplehillyouth

Dec 7, 2023
1 min

Holidays are coming!

Thank you all so much for your support in 2023! What a year we've had. Our last session this year will be on the 20th December...

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staplehillyouth

Nov 21, 2023
2 min

November Update

Wow what a busy month! We've been out and about teaching skateboarding to young people at the Cabot Circus Level 7 skatepark, Hosting our...

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Halloween Jam Oct 30th: And half term pop up park

staplehillyouth

Oct 20, 2023
2 min

Halloween Jam Oct 30th: And half term pop up park

October means Halloween, and Halloween means its time for a knees up at The Boarding School. We usually have a jam for halloween, but we...

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staplehillyouth

Sep 13, 2023
1 min

Billy Kart Derby 2

What a great event! There were 8 teams at the starting grid on Saturday morning. Lining up for the kart procession at 11am, gave the...

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staplehillyouth

Sep 6, 2023
1 min

Billy Kart Derby - Page Park

The day is nearly upon us! This Saturday, 9th September Page Park, Staple Hill at about 10am will be turned into a race track with teams...

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staplehillyouth

Aug 28, 2023
1 min

Pics N Vids

We've come back from our summer holiday with a bang this week... with 2 Trips! First we had West Country Waterpark with FACE youth club...

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Aug 21, 2023
2 min

New Shop Products!

Although most sessions have been a bit quieter over the summer holidays (to be expected!) we've had lots of new skaters find out about...

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Aug 8, 2023
1 min

Trips!

We've got a couple of exciting trips coming up, and to make sure no one misses out here are all the details: First up we have a trip...

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