Young Cumbria is an umbrella organisation that provides guidance, information and development support services to youth clubs/projects/groups based in Cumbria as well as direct delivery of youth work within the most disadvantaged communities in the county. 

  Our Vision and What We Do (850.07 KB)

Our Vision

Our vision is to create positive and lasting change in the lives of oyung people in Cumbria and particularly to make a significant difference in outcomes for those young people most disadvantaged.

We Will Deliver Our Vision Through:

• Assistingand encouraging communities to invest in their young people through the supported work of volunteers
• Creating, providing and facilitating development programmes and learning opportunities that support community based youth groups and initiatives
• Ensuring our work reflects the needs of young people

Our Vision is underpinned by our values:

• We value non-judgemental relationships with young people
• We value openness to personal and social education
• We value diversity
• We believe that people working together can achieve positive and lasting change
• We value partnerships based on honesty and respect
• We value innovation and creativity generated by shared endeavour