New Inbetweenagers club

In addition to Thursday night project night, we have introduced an ‘Inbetweenagers’ group for young people in school years 6,7 and 8. This was done in consultation with local families when we noticed there was a number of young people who had grown out of junior club but didn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to make the step up in o seniors. So far this has been a great success – averaging 25 young people – per session all of whom are engaging positively. We have since registered in excess of 120 members whose postcodes map from Everton, Aintree, Knotty Ash, Fazakerley, Walton, Maghull, Bootle and even the Wirral. This tells us that our reach has considerably broadened, although the majority of members are still within walking distance.

 

Fundraising with Tesco

The Shewsy is participating in Tesco’s Bags of Help local community grant scheme during the whole of February. The scheme uses the money raised from the 5p bag levy in Tesco stores to fund thousands of community projects across the UK.

The Shewsy is participating in the scheme during February and anyone can vote for the Shewsy by using a token in one of the participating shops.  To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value and you will then receive one token per transaction which you can use to cast your vote.

Please see below a list of all the stores taking part in the voting on our project. Feel free to share this list of stores amongst our supporters and within the local community.

  • LIVERPOOL METRO   L1 1DP
  • LIVERPOOL GREAT CROSSHALL ST EXP    L3 2BR
  • BROWNLOW HLL LIV EXP    L3 5UB
  • EDGE HILL METRO   L7 3HE
  • LPOOL OLD HALL ST EXP   L3 9RQ
  • MOUNT PLEASANT LIV EXP  L3 5RY
  • LIVERPOOL ONE     L1 4AF
  • LIVERPOOL BOLD ST EXP   L1 4HF
  • LORD ST LIVERPOOL EXP   L2 9SA
  • LPOOL LONDON RD EXP     L3 8JA
  • MYRTLE ST LIVERPOOL EXP L7 7EL
  • LPOOL PRESCOT ST EXP    L7 8UH
  • LIVERPOOL STRAND ST EXP L2 0PP
  • LIVERPOOL DALE ST EXP   L2 2HJ

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the tesco website here:  www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk/

If successful we could receive up to £5000, so please let everyone know!

Annual Report

We have recently published our Annual Report and accounts for the year ending March 2016.  You can read them here.

Links with Shrewsbury school

A recent article in Shropshire Magazine gave an excellent summary of the links between Shrewsbury School and the Shewsy Youth Club – from their beginnings in 1903 to the close ties still existing today.

Read the article here.

Shrewsbury School sponsored walk

A contingent of six of us joined the Shrewsbury School sponsored walk which is held to raise funds for the Club every 5 years.

We set off from Liverpool by car in the dark and were met by a spectacular dawn which promised great things to come.  On arrival at the School we were met by friendly faces and warm greetings – and a huge queue for buses to the starting point as the whole school had gathered to take part!

We enjoyed a wonderful day with lots of spectacular scenery, para-gliders and hang gliders to take our mind off the first uphill challenge. The walk was certainly well planned  – with enthusiastic support at every marshall point ensuring we had drinks, toilet facilities and the determination to carry on to the end.

Having set off presuming I would make half way I was pleasantly surprised when we arrived at the BBQ site for lunch. The second half of the route through the Long Mynd along Stiperstones and a downhill path through woodland was tricky on the old knees but only one blister later it was pleasant to discover we were being told ‘15 minutes in that direction’ once we hit a tarmac road.

The end of the walk promised not only a pub with loo, but also an ice cream van. A dash through a small ford at the finish line to gain our reward from the ice cream van was an excellent end to a wonderful walk.

A huge thanks to everyone who walked, marshalled, cooked and tidied up afterwards. It was a pleasure to meet so many of you as we passed you by throughout the day. Your cheerfulness and welcome kept us going!