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Table Tennis Championships

Thank you for your interest in NABGC’s 2021 UK Table Tennis Championship, with entry via your club, county or region. With many of our participants being champions in their own right, we are going to have a fantastic day of table tennis and meeting many other young people and volunteers from around the UK. Please…
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Queens Awards

NABGC MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGED IN QUEENS AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS The tireless commitment to young people of at least two members of the NABGC network have been acknowledged in the Queens Awards announced recently. NABGC full-members, Durham Association of Boys & Girls Clubs and Greater Manchester based Oldham Boxing & Personal Development were notified of their Queens Award…
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UK Club Athletics Championships

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS UK Club Athletics Championships 2021 The finals take place this year on Saturday 12th June at Middlesbrough Sports Village, Alan Peacock Way, Middlesbrough. TS4 3AE.   Tel no. 0300 456 0550 This event is open to all NABGC Clubs in England, Wales, Scotland and  N.Ireland In both the boys…
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100 Mile Canoe Challenge

100 Mile Canoe Challenge group leaders training weekend info For the second year running the 100m Canoe Challenge will not take place due to Covid. Which presents a great opportunity to get together a group of aspirant water group leaders from all of the clubs and members of the safety team to have an enjoyable…
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BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS STATEMENT

It has been a long and challenging 12 months or so due to the COVID pandemic. But I am sure that we are all pleased that, gradually, things seem to be moving toward some sense of normality. Clubs across our network are beginning to re-open and activity is once again starting to take place. In…
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Kickstart Starts

NABGC has had it’s first young people start their employment as part their Kickstart scheme. Three young people started work at Frenford Clubs, who are members of Essex Boys & Girls. Zainab Azeeb, Brian Bani, Teddie Barnes & Syed Hussain started work for the club just before Easter, on Thursday 1st April. The three new…
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Former club member features in Vogue

Sam Dixon, a former member of Partington Screamin’ Wheels in Greater Manchester, featured in article where she, along with two other NHS nurses, talked about their nursing experiences during the COVID19 pandemic. Sam, who was talking about her club and NABGC experiences as part of an interview for our YouTube Channel, said “It’s really weird.”…
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NABGC AWARDED KICKSTART SCHEME

The National Association of Boys & Girls Clubs (NABGC) have been awarded a grant to deliver the governments recently launched Kickstart scheme which aims to provide young people with a 6-month work placement and develop their skills and experience to help them get permanent employment. At the start of this year NABGC were informed by…
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Berkshire Youth Hubs

NABGC members, Berkshire Youth are extending their award winning Berkshire Youth Hubs programme. After a successful pilot across West Berkshire and responding to best meet the needs of our local community, Berkshire Youth are delighted to announce the next evolution of the West Berkshire Youth Hub. The award-winning hub has now been extended across the…
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In Memory – ‘Big Terry’ and ‘Wee Harry’

Boys & Girls Clubs sincerely regret the recent passing of our esteemed friends and colleagues, Harry Cunningham and Terry Watson.  Those of you with more than a few years’ experience of youth service, will know that Harry and Terry gave huge service to young people, youth work and to Boys & Girls Clubs.   Harry…
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