ABOUT US

In 2013, Doncaster Pride started a 3 year project, funded through The Big Lottery, to work with schools and agencies in Doncaster with the aim of improving life for LGBT+ young people across the town. They trained 390 staff in more than 60 schools, 170 staff in statutory and 3rd sector agencies, worked with more than 4000 young people and set up a youth group for LGBT+ young people.
 

Growing from the success of that project, and the recognition from statutory authorities of the need for an LGBT focused organisation to continue to build on this work, the team that delivered the project set up Out Youth. Through us, this work can now be delivered further afield, supporting more and more LGBT+ young people.
 

If you are interested in bringing our work to your home town, or even if you would like to volunteer with us, just send us an email.

Who  We Are

We are a small team of dedicated proffessionals from teachers to youth workers to community engagement. Between us, we run Out Youth in our spare time.

Strategies & Plans

By running on a voluntary basis as much as can be, we are able to keep our costs down and so charge much less for our training programmes.

We plan to run a project a year (2 if we are feeling ambitious), provide training sessions and work with more schools.
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Testimonials

When it comes to our training, don't take our work for it. Read our feedback

"The practical tips and resource pack will ensure the school c an feel confident that we are covering everything for our students."

 "good session. Much better than I thought. More informative than some training I've been on."

 "I have learned that there is far more to understand than simply gay + lesbian and found the subject quite fascinating."

"We all know about the Autistic spectrum, why not the gender spectrum. Now we can fix that."

"Wide-ranging training covering a lot of the issues faced by LGBT students in schools. An Excellent trainer."

"Empowering, Enlightening & Motivational!"

"This challenged my own preconceived perceptions."

"I attended wondering why the session was a whole day...now I know. SO much really useful information."

Meet the team


Andrew Huntley-Roe

Director of Education

Andrew runs the schools training and education section of Out Youth. A qualified teacher by trade with an NPQ in Leading Behaviour and Culture from the National Institute of Teaching, Andrew is well placed to design and run all our training and education programmes.


Nicola Paterson

Director of Youth Services

Previously a youth worker and now in Family Support, Nicola is well suited to run our youth initiatives, engaging and supporting young people in the wider community.