NE Youth’s 90th Anniversary

2025 marks 90 years of the NE Youth organisation that has helped support and shape the lives of young people across the North east.

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00:00Yeah, today is a really important day. It's an opportunity for us to kind of launch our

00:05ideas and plans for our 90th anniversary. So next year is a very special year for the

00:09charity from its history and roots as being Northumberland Boys Clubs. Set up in 1935,

00:15incredible history of connecting with over a million young people. So today is our opportunity

00:21to share those ideas and plans with our supporters, stakeholders and members.

00:27Yeah, absolutely. We really wanted to use this opportunity, our 90th anniversary, to

00:31reconnect with all of the fantastic individuals that have been part of the Boys Clubs, Clubs

00:37for Young People and any youth movement. There'll be some fantastic stories, there'll be some

00:42fond memories. When people are younger and part of Boys Clubs and Youth Clubs, we really

00:49want to hear from those people, want to hear those stories. That's really important to

00:53us during this really important year.

00:55Yeah, so we have a regular calendar of events, which starts in January with our Burns Night

01:01Ball. Then we have our Clear Pigeon shoot in June, Golf Day in September. But as part

01:09of the 90th, we've organised a gala dinner here at the Federation Brewery. We've got

01:18that set up for the 10th of April. So we'll be back at the Fed on the 10th of April for

01:22our gala dinner. And we really hope people will get behind that and buy tables and explore

01:27sponsorship opportunities.

01:30North East Youth are one of our valued chamber members. They are one of the charities of

01:35many that are part of the Chamber of Commerce. So it's really, really important that all

01:39the North East businesses get behind North East Youth in the 90th year, come together.

01:44It's a really difficult time for charities and community interest organisations. And

01:48I feel as a community, as a region, that it's really important that whatever any organisation

01:54or any business can do, that they do do it to support young people in our own community.