YoYo: York Schools & Youth Trust

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	11th November 2008 October's MCPP On Friday 31st October over 140 children and 100 adults packed into the Salvation Army Citadel for another jam packed Multi Coloured Praise Party – this... [read more]
	20th October 2008 Emily's first day Greeted at 9am by a Giant Onion going by the name of Malc, Emily wondered what sort of job she had let herself in for... However the day soon... [read more]
	13th October 2008 Vision 2008: Story Time Once upon a time in a town called York Lived lots of wonderful youth and children’s workers Who shared life and God with the young people around... [read more]
	6th October 2008 Full-time KS4 Schools Worker York Schools and Youth Trust is looking to appoint a new worker to fill a vacancy created by the departure of a long standing member of the team. The successful... [read more]
	22nd September 2008 RUup4it? The first RUup4it? Event of this academic year was a great success. It was really encouraging for us to see new faces who came after we had advertised... [read more]
	8th September 2008 Team Update Another new school year, another new YoYo team! Over the summer we said a teary goodbye to four team members: our lovely gap year lads Jonny and Andy,... [read more]
	8th September 2008 HOPE 08 Secondary Mission In the last week of the Summer Term YoYo assembled a giant team of youth workers and volunteers, to give the message of Christian hope to as many schools... [read more]
	26th June 2008 Website Redevelopment The York Schools and Youth Trust (YoYo) is looking to redevelop its website in 2008. Our current website, put together by Rawcliffe Web Design, has served... [read more]
	16th June 2008 Everyclick Hey Guys, Everyclick is a fantastic search engine that raises money for YoYo with minimal effort required. All you need to do is aset up and account with... [read more]
	9th June 2008 May MCPP On Friday the 16th of May, lots of children packed into the Salvation Army Citadel Hall for the 79th Multicoloured Praise Party. The theme for the night... [read more]
	9th June 2008 Prayer week On 19th-23rd of May, we had a week of prayer for the work of YoYo. Throughout the week we prayed with lots of different groups around the city: we joined... [read more]
	19th May 2008 Famer Andy Strikes again... The fifth in the series and we take a trip into Farmer Andy's dark past when he runs away to live a life of luxury width="425" height="355"> [read more]
	21st April 2008 Children’s Leaders Networking Wednesday the 16th April saw the second children’s workers networking evening take place. These are a series of events designed to promote fellowship,... [read more]
	14th April 2008 It's Your Easter At the end of the spring term the primary team led an intense three week project called It’s Your Easter and it was a massive success. We went around... [read more]
	14th April 2008 MCPP March 08 March saw the latest Praise Party take place in the Salvation Army Citadel. Fitting in with the Easter feel, the theme of the night was forgiveness. With... [read more]
	14th April 2008 Secondary School Update Last term we did a focus week in All Saints, Canon Lee and Manor, teaching on topics such as Who is Jesus? Injustice and Easter . It was particularly... [read more]
	25th February 2008 January's MCPP review Friday the 25th of January saw yet another praise party at the Salvation Army citadel. Focusing on the theme of listening to God, Dave Godfrey led us all... [read more]
	28th January 2008 RUup4it and Barnaby! Once again we returned to manor school for another eventful RUup4it this time in a new format, we were looking at compassion; how we can show compassion... [read more]
	23rd January 2008 Launch of HOPE 08 The launch of HOPE08 took place at York Minster on New Years Eve and the evening including the speaker Andy Hawthorne, worship led by Yfriday and music... [read more]
	21st January 2008 Its Your Christmas update Praise God for another fantastic Christmas schools programme. This was the second year of running this project and once again it was a massive success.... [read more]
	10th January 2008 Psst! I've got a message.... The next Praise Party will be held on Friday 25th January 2008 at the Salvation Army Citadel in York from 7.30-9pm. It will of course be packed full of... [read more]
	8th January 2008 Happy New Year Happy New Year! Our final term of 2007 was extremely busy but we’re really feeling settled in the St Cuthbert’s Centre. It has allowed us to grow the team... [read more]
	12th December 2007 The Unforgiving Shepherd Following the success of the Lost Sheep video from RUup4it, Farmer Andy returns (with new friends) in an all new short film entitled "the Unforgiving... [read more]
	29th November 2007 Jo Ro Focus Week From the 19th to the 23rd of November, the YoYo team was given the opportunity to go into Joseph Rowntree school for the whole week. The majority of our... [read more]
	26th November 2007 Schoolswork.co.uk This month saw the release of schoolswork.co.uk a fantastic new website which is a group of Christian schools workers who are dedicated to making a difference... [read more]
	19th November 2007 RUup4it November Review November 18th saw the return RUup4it? at manor school. This time led by Caroline Leach and our very own Al Elmes. Once again the RUup4it band was there,... [read more]
	12th November 2007 CU leaders training day. Since attending a Scripture Union training event for CU Leaders in Newcastle earlier this year, Leanne has been keen to run this training for the leaders... [read more]
	29th October 2007 YoYo on Youtube The fabled lost sheep video from the last RUup4it featuring Andy "the good shepherd" Barthow. Special Guests include Barnaby the sheep and Charlie the... [read more]
	8th October 2007 September RUup4it Come 7:30 manor school was positively brimming with youthful energy as RUup4it began. Stood at the front of this mighty throng were Matt Fletcher and Tim... [read more]
	1st October 2007 Septembers MCPP At this September's Praise Party, once again held at the salvation army citadel we had a super fun piratey time thinking about hidden treasure and searching... [read more]
	19th July 2007 Latest YoYo news We've had a really busy and really exciting year. But we're now gearing up for an even bigger year and so there is a lot changing for YoYo over the next... [read more]
	16th July 2007 It's Your Move Wow - what a fantastic three weeks we have had during this transition project. We have worked in 18 schools, some of them new school visits, have taught... [read more]
	19th June 2007 Support us with Every Click! We've found a new and fantastic way to raise money for YoYo and it doesn't cost you a penny. A new internet search engine, www.everyclick.com, each month... [read more]
	14th June 2007 Become a Facebook Friend! YoYo has a Facebook group! As well as keeping up to date with all the latest YoYo info, you can browse and comment... [read more]
	25th May 2007 YoYo Prayer Week This week, the YoYo team, and many of our supporters and volunteers have been particularly focussing on praying for the work of YoYo and the young people... [read more]
	17th May 2007 RUup4it? RUup4it? is a bi-monthly youth event run by York Christian Youth Holidays. It sees around 125 young people between the ages of 11-16 travelling from all... [read more]
	17th May 2007 Scouts Centenery Service On Sunday 22nd April York Minster was filled with Scouts, Guides, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs and Rainbows from across the city to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. ... [read more]
	16th May 2007 SU Associates Conference The team has just returned from two days in Hertfordshire where they met with other Scripture Union Associate workers to share what God has been doing... [read more]
	4th April 2007 It's Your Easter It was so exciting to hear the phone ringing with schools booking our "It's Your Easter" Assembly programme on the very same day that the letter arrived... [read more]
	4th April 2007 Open The Book Update Our Open the Book project is going from strength to strength! It‘s been encouraging to visit different teams and help put on the show – or watch and be... [read more]
	2nd April 2007 Secondary School Update The end of the Spring Term has been busy for Tim and myself, with three focus weeks on the bounce! This started with a week in Millthorpe (a first for... [read more]
	6th February 2007 Bible Explorer This half term Helena Kittle, St Paul’s Youth and Children’s Worker, and I have being teaching Bible Explorer in Heworth CE Primary School. Having been... [read more]
	5th February 2007 January 2007-Praise Party Dressed in smart new t-shirts, the praise party team led about 90 children from around York in song, dance and drama, on Friday night. There were a few... [read more]
	16th January 2007 Secondary Schools Update Last term Tim and Leanne ran focus weeks in Canon Lee, Archbishop Holgate's and Joseph Rowntree. These weeks are always great, and offer countless opportunities... [read more]
	20th December 2006 24: Hours of Prayer In the last week of November - a group of local youthworkers got together to pray for 24 hours in Manor School. Starting at 5.30pm on Monday 27 Nov, Tim... [read more]
	20th December 2006 It's Your Christmas Over the past three weeks YoYo have delivered an exciting Christmas programme to 15 primary schools in York. We have taught both KS1 and KS2 lessons and... [read more]
	20th November 2006 York St John's CU Visit At the beginning of November Tim and Leanne visited the Christian Union at York St John's University to talk about the work of YoYo in the schools of York... [read more]
	28th July 2006 It's Your Move One of YoYo's biggest projects over the past term has been the annual It's Your Move programme for year 6 children. The team visited 19 primary schools... [read more]