Have you read our 2022-23 Impact Report? Read how the generosity and support of all our donors, funders and fundraisers have helped us to support over 200 young people throughout the 2022-23 financial year! Impact Report 2022-23 (verFinal) Back to News and Events
Looking for something fun to do this half-term? Our Inspire project is bringing back our exhilarating October half-term scheme for young people aged 13-16! Inspire Oct Half-Term Scheme leaflet (Final)2 Interested, or know someone who might be? Contact Emma and Darren at admin@focus-charity.co.uk or 0116 2510369 Contact us today! Back to News and Events
Do we have an unbeatable team-building opportunity for you this autumn! You cannot miss FOCUS on Business ‘Walking FoB-Ball!’ Contact us today! Walking FoB-Ball will be a 7-a-side Walking-Football tournament and networking event. Walking-Football is a brilliant social-sport regardless of age, gender and playing ability. This is an ideal event for business-folk who love to…
The summer holidays: a much-anticipated and well-deserved break for young people at the end of the school year! We at FOCUS always enjoy running exciting and entertaining summer schemes during the holidays. So we were thrilled to bring ‘FOCUS Does Summer’ to young people this year! ‘FOCUS Does Summer’ provided two weeks of free day-trips…
Spring is here; what a great opportunity to get back outdoors! That is why, for our latest Focus on Business event, we invited our business partners back to our Wooden Spoon Allotment. Our 2023 Allotment Day, on Wednesday 5th of April, marked our first business allotment day since the allotment’s grand opening in 2021. Leicestershire…
FOCUS’ Leicester Comedy Festival 2023 extravaganza! It can be difficult to get back into the swing of things at the beginning of a new year. The cheer of the holiday season gives way to the back-to-work blues of middle-to-late winter. This applies to young people just as much as the rest of us, so any…
Getting Up To Some Funny Business with Rob Gee’s Comedy Masterclass How funny could a couple of business-folk really be? Well, on Tuesday 31st January, we found out! As part of the Leicester Comedy Festival, we ran our ‘Liven Up Business’ Workshop at the Big Difference Club on High Street. Under the expert guidance of…
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Throughout Autumn, we worked with young people to discuss discrimination and how they could combat inequality in our schools, workplaces and communities. On Thursday 27th October, these young people brought their knowledge and perspectives to businesses. Our latest Focus on Business networking event, ‘Keep It Real!’, was held at the stylish Leicester branch of the…
Give To Live (GTL) is a social action initiative led by the young people on the START project at our FOCUS charity. Their aim is twofold: 1. To support and raise awareness of the needs of food banks and homeless shelters in Leicester (as of December 2022). 2. To provide essential food items to individuals…