Helping inspirational youth leaders create safe, inspiring spaces where young people can belong, grow and thrive.
We exist to strengthen and sustain locally led youth clubs across the country. We help inspirational community leaders create safe, inspiring spaces where young people can belong, grow and thrive.
Born from the lived experience of founding The Boathouse Youth – and building it from a church hall into one of the UK’s leading youth charities – we understand the challenges local organisations face. Youth clubs deserve support, not struggle. And young people deserve opportunities, not obstacles.
We’re working alongside inspirational youth club leaders to strengthen their organisations.
Improve and developing spaces where young people can feel safe and thrive.
Elevating the quality of youth work activities and support for every young person involved.
Empowering local leaders to develop their skills, share ideas and grow in confidence.
Helping youth clubs secure the long-term funding and resources they need to grow.
Our Founder, Laurance Hancock, founded The Boathouse Youth aged 21, to give other young people like himself the safe space and support he needed growing up.
Sixteen years later, after building it into a leading youth work charity, he knows the challenges and wins of this journey.
