Who we are
Our charity
How we started
Rose Hill Junior Youth Club (RHJYC) has been part of the Rose Hill community in Oxford for 12 years and became a registered charity in 2015. Watch our 10 year highlights video below:
Our youth clubs
We now provide four accessible and inclusive after school youth club sessions for all children and young people aged 5-16, living in and around Rose Hill.
Our free sessions provide safe, meaningful, creative and healthy activities which aim to improve self-confidence, socialization, and independence.
Our work with food
Rose Hill is in the 10% most deprived areas of the UK ( 2019 IDACI), with 48% of children living in poverty.
For some children, our youth club activities are the only enrichment activities they can access.
In response to this high percentage, we make sure that all children and young people who come to our youth club sessions have access to a hot and nutritional dinner.
The majority of the food that we serve is surplus, which means that we can save good quality food from landfill thanks to SOFEA and Oxford Food Hub.
We also utilize surplus food through cooking activities and clubs, teaching children practical skills, about where food comes from and its nutritional value.
Supporting families is another important part of our work, one of the ways we do this is through our family food bank.
Mentoring
We provide additional support for schools, social workers and care organisations through our mentoring service. We take referrals for children and young people and offer tailored one-to-one mentoring sessions with a qualified youth worker.
Our service aims to support vulnerable and disadvantaged youth, giving them a safe space to feel unburdened.
We help them to improve their mental well-being, to develop coping strategies, socialize with others, and gain tools to build resilience through a range of engaging and creative activities.
Our allotment
We set up our allotment space in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that we could engage safely with children and young people.
This was a great success and the space has been used by hundreds of children and young people.
The space has been used to facilitate mentoring sessions, arts and crafts projects and a regular allotment club for young people.
Current Charity roles:
Charity Director- Chris Chaundy
Communication & Engagement- Aimee Winkfield
Fundraising & Partnerships- Fran Gardner
Trustees
Chair: Linet Arthur
Vice Chair: Julia Goodwin
Treasurer: Frank Gargent
HR: Bhavika Patel
Hannah Davies
Michele Paule
Supported by:
Oxford City Council, Oxford Community Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund, UK Youth & Pears Foundation, Magic Little Grants, University of Oxford Community grant, Garfield Weston Foundation, Film Oxford, Arnold Clark Community fund, Oxford Food Hub, EMBS college, Asda Foundation and local donations.