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News Stories From:Have You Got News For Us?We are keen to hear news about stories which may be relevent to young LGB people in the Cambridgeshire region. Perhaps you are involved in fundraising and would like to spread the word... Whatever your news please let us know by sending an email to info@2BYou.co.uk
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Recent Group Sessions:Our Wednesday night 2bYou sessions these past few
months have included:
News Stories From 2007:IN SEPTEMBER 2007Brazilian Beats 2bYou made some noise at a Samba drumming workshop led by Emma from local Samaba band, Arco Iris. Pizza Night! Meat feast? Veggie Surpeme? More cheese or no cheese? Every taste can be catered for when it's pizza night. Would you rather...? ... have a head shaped like a cube or hair made of straw? Always a source of interesting discussion, a game of "Would You Rather?" raised some rather philosophical questions. IN AUGUST 2007 The Simpsons Movie A night at the cinema - popcorn, sweets and doh!-nuts galore! The Last of the Summertime As the nights draw in, 2bYou made the most of the evening sunshine with frisbee and quick cricket on Parkers Piece. 10 april 2007 Pool at Mickey Flynn’s… Members and volunteers joined forces for a pool tournament, where, as usual, some games were more epic than others! 03 April 2007 Members learn how to relaaaaax… With exams around the corner yet again for many of our members, we dedicated this session to chilling out. Members and volunteers shared relaxation tips, herbal tea, chill-out music and a few yoga postures, all by candlelight. Aaaaahhhh. 27 march 2007 Video night and indoor picnic Food and film – a classic combination. The film of choice was “Beautiful Thing”… next time it will be “Imagine Me and You”. Check out the “Coming Up” section to find out when. 20 march 2007 What’s your role? A highly entertaining session using drama games to look at how we each behave in groups. Were you the responsible one, always trying to keep the balance, or did you thrive on being impulsive and causing chaos? February 2007 YPT gets funding! Our Young, Pink and Talented Project has secured its own funding for 2007 – well done to those members who wrote and submitted the bid! Plans are already well underway to make this year’s YPT bigger and better than ever. Email us to find out more about the group or how to get involved. News Stories From 2006:27 JUNE 2006 2BYou go back to nature...On 27 June a band of intrepid travellers made their way to the previously unknown territory of East Barnwell Nature Reserve. We spent a happy hour with the lovely Iain from Cambridge Green Belt Project, pulling up weeds, learning about the beautiful surroundings - and trying to not step on the dozens of tiny froglets hopping about on the paths! It was a great opportunity to go somewhere new and unusual to enjoy a glorious summer evening. So much fun was had that we’re heading back there in September... come along if you can! 27 JUNE 2006 YPT... R U? YPT (Young, Pink and Talented) is the youth section of the Pink Festival, Cambridge’s annual Pride event. With less than a month to go until festival day, planning is cranking up a gear to ensure the YPT marquee is filled with young, pink talent from around the East of England. There’ll be music, dance, art… and hundreds of pink cupcakes! If you would like to perform on the day, or just find out more, email info@2BYou.co.uk and we’ll put you in touch. 10 FEBRUARY 2006 'Identity' 2BYou, our group for 16-24 year olds, is just coming to the end of a photography project based around the theme of ‘Identity’. The work produced will be displayed in the Cambridge Guildhall during LGBT History Month (February). Come along to the opening event on Tuesday 21st February 4-6pm, or drop in to take a look at the display. There will also be a talk from Amnesty International on LGBT rights, a market area of LGBT organisations and the chance to hear the findings from the LGBT network consultation which has taken place recently. 10 FEBRUARY 2006 Radio 209 We are getting involved with Radio 209’s 10 day licence and anyone interested can learn exciting new radio skills and be part of a live broadcast mid-February. Contact us NOW for more information. 10 FEBRUARY 2006 February/March The programme for February and March includes a games night in a local café, a video night, a discussion evening looking at being ‘out’ in sports and politics, a session on web-site design & updating our own site, a multi-cultural evening, and a decision-making workshop. Contact us if you’d like to join us or find out more about the group. info@2BYou.co.uk 07808 189158 Back To Top... News Stories From 2005:1 JANUARY 2005 LGBT history month 1 JANUARY 2005 2BYou and Freedom become one Live in Hunts? Want to chat? Want to meet more LGB young people? Need some advice or information? Email or phone us now on 07808 18915. Back To Top... Archived News Stories:15 DECEMBER 2004 Free internet accessDrop-in sessions now have free internet access! 26 OCTOBER 2004 Hate Crime- Deal with it! Marie Mckearney talks us through the ‘Open Out’ scheme and what to do if you are the victim of a hate crime……. Click here to download a Word document and read about this topic Click here to visit our advice and support page. 26 OCTOBER 2004 2BYou autumn activities announced Some of the activities we will be running in the lead up to Christmas include pumpkin Carving, talking about local and national issues, a fine cuisine night and a Looney tunes evening as well as nights out for coffee, and the chance to just come, meet some new faces and be...... 26 OCTOBER 2004 Pink Youth success! Pink Youth was held at this years Pink 2004 in Cambridge on the 28th August. Over 7000 people attended the event and the youth area was a great success. The members of 2byou helped to organise and run the days activities which included stage performances of local artists, art workshops and places to sit and relax with friends. The group are already looking at ways in which to improve on next year’s event which they hope to be even bigger and better. Keep an eye out for photos of the day to be posted soon! Pink Youth was funded by Cambridge City Council Safer City grant. 26 OCTOBER 2004 Civil partnership News. The Civil partnership bill successfully passed through the order for second reading and will now enter Committee stage!! Extracts of the speech made by Charles Hendry MP (Shadow Minister for Young People) during yesterday's Commons debate on the Civil Partnership Bill. ‘In my role as shadow Minister with responsibility for young people, I have met different youth groups throughout the country. Sometimes they have been working in inner cities, sometimes they have been involved in colleges and schools and sometimes they have been working with young gays and lesbians. The most shocking things that I have heard have been about the abuse that young people face. I heard a young lad in Brighton describe how he was beaten up in the streets simply because he was out with his partner. He was not doing anything that anyone in the heterosexual community would find it difficult to do. He was beaten up merely because he was out with his partner. I heard from a young kid in Leeds who had suffered constant homophobic bullying in school. When he, as an individual, finally fought back he was the one who was excluded. That was abominable. He was the victim. Bullied children are always the victims and they need Members of this place to stand up for them. As people grow up they might find that they face difficulties and discrimination merely because of their sexuality – something with which they are not able to deal. There are those who have to go through the trauma of telling their families and friends that they are gay or lesbian, as a result of which they are often thrown out of their homes. In my old role as chairman of the all-party group on homelessness I heard of 16-year-olds who had been kicked out of their homes because their parents were not prepared to accept their sexuality. I cannot understand people facing abuse throughout their daily lives because of their sexuality. We are right to address these issues, and we must put a stop to them. People who happen to be gay or lesbian and play a role in public life end up finding that they can be gratuitously insulted because of their sexuality. Brian Paddick is the Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner. He is a fine and outstanding police officer. I often feel that the media think that they can give him a kicking and criticise him because he is an openly gay policeman. Such attitudes belong to a bygone era, and the Bill is part of kicking them into history.’ 27 July 2004 SexYOUality holds local conference. SexYOUality holds conference for local professionals on "needs assessment" key findings 107 local LGB young people took part in a recent needs assessment to find out what issues are effecting them in the Cambridgeshire/Peterborough area. A pocket guide has been published which highlights the key findings from the results. A group of 6 lesbian, gay and bisexual people aged 16- 24 were recruited to become Peer researchers for the project and were involved all the way through from devising the questionnaires to taking part in the analysis and helping to organise the conference which took place at the end of June. 40 local professionals from a wide range of services attended the half day seminar which was used as an opportunity to explore local issues and come up with joint action points to try to start to tackle these issues. It was a very positive day. If you have any questions on the needs assessment or outcomes from the conference or have any questions for any of the peer researchers email us on info@2BYou.co.uk.  Download the SexYOUality Pocket Guide in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format (288 KB)Back To Top... |
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