ContinYou - Changing lives through learning

ContinYou aims to open up opportunities for learning that will help people to change their lives, improving the well-being of individuals, families and communities.

News and Press releases

In this section you will find news and press releases from ContinYou. For media enquiries please contact Jenny Clemo, our Customer Relations, Events & Marketing manager. Contact details are listed at the bottom of this page.

Nigel Mansell swaps petrol for pedals (09.08.10)

Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell and cycling legend Magnus Backstedt joined the Lord Mayor of Leicester and Liz Kendall MP, at Western Park Freeride Club to celebrate the bike club’s open day. It was all part of Nigel Mansell's cycling challenge to promote the Positive About Youth campaign.

Change4Life Active Holiday Planner (19.07.10)

Screenshot of holiday planner Need some ideas for keeping the kids busy during the Summer holidays? Try the Change4Life Active Holiday Planner. Even when it's wet outside there are lots of ways to keep moving, so get planning now and banish those dreaded cries of 'I'm bored!'

Community food leaders celebrate What's Cooking Together? (15.07.10)

Chef Steve Evans Community Food Leaders from the What's Cooking Together? programme attended a celebration event on 12 July at Gisborough Hall. The programme aims to give children and their families the knowledge and skills to enjoy planning, preparing and cooking cost-effective, tasty meals together and to promote healthier eating habits within their communities.

National Family Learning Network launches new website (02.07.10)

The new National Family Learning Network website launched on 27 May. It is a one stop shop for family learning practitioners, and offers resources, jobs, events, news, funding opportunities and forums.

Fathers’ Story Week (14-20 June) (21.05.10)

Father with child ContinYou is supporting Fathers' Story Week. The week is a fantastic opportunity for primary schools, nurseries, pre-schools and Children’s Centres to get fathers and children working and spending time together in support of the children’s learning and development.

Helen Skelton to present Breakfast Club Family Grants award to Bedfont Primary School (11.05.10)

Blue Peter TV presenter Helen Skelton will present children, families and staff at Bedfont Primary School in Hounslow with their Breakfast Club Family Grant on Friday, 14 May.

Schools awarded for outstanding breakfast clubs (10.05.10)

Five UK schools have been singled out for prestigious national awards to commemorate their outstanding breakfast clubs and the invaluable contribution their clubs make to the local community.

Blue Peter Family Grants awarded (6.04.10)

Eighty breakfast clubs have each received £350, which will be used to add a sustainable family element to their existing breakfast club provision.

Learning Exchange Award winners announced! (16.03.10)

Congratulations to Joseph Leckie Community College, who win £1,000 for their range of high-quality extended services activities. Prizes of £500 were awarded to the East Basildon Extended Services Group, Nowt2Do?, Churchill Community College and Woodland Community Primary School.

ContinYou appoints new Chief Executive (26.02.10)

ContinYou logo Karin Woodley has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of ContinYou. From 2005 to 2009 Karin was Chief Executive of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and will start her new role in March.

Small steps 4 life launched (08.02.10)

James Cracknell, Olympic gold medallist rower, helps the Food Standards Agency and ContinYou launch Small Steps 4 Life. The programme encourages young people to set themselves challenges, relating to healthy eating, getting physically active and feeling good.

New ContinYou website launched! (01.02.10)

New ContinYou website

The new ContinYou website has been launched. The website has been re-designed so that it is easier to use. Let us know what you think of it.

Community Focused Schools and Services: Improving Learning and Wellbeing for all (23.11.09)

News from ContinYou Cymru's fifth national conference in Llandrindod Wells.

The Learning Exchange (30.10.09)

A virtual community for extended services practitioners has been launched by ContinYou, with funding from the DCSF.

New initiative is music to Minister's ears (16.10.09)

Shaheen Jafargholi at CanSing launch

CânSing is launched by Education Minister Jane Hutt and Britain's Got Talent star Shaheen Jafargholi . The programme, delivered in partnership the charity ContinYou, and funded by the Welsh Assembly, aims to help school children in Wales find their voice and take up singing.

KidTribe and Hoop Hop (2.9.09)

Hoop hop girl ContinYou has partnered with KidTribe, a US based organisation to develop and deliver Hoop Hop - a dynamic physical activity programme that combines hoola hooping and hip hop music.

Eden Project - ContinYou to work in partnership (29.8.09)

From September 2009 for the next three years ContinYou will work as one of the key partners with the Eden Project, along with Cornwall and Middlesbrough local authorities to develop a new and exciting initiative called Seed, Soup & Sarnies.

Oftsed report praises family learning

Children who take part in learning sessions designed to engage their parents as well, show improved communication, confidence and interpersonal skills, according to an Ofsted report. (28.7.09)

Sing Up announces launch of new training programme

Sing Up have announced the launch of a new range of diverse, practical one-day workshops available throughout the next academic year. (20.7.09)

Education Minister to visit award winning school

Education Minister Jane Hutt and Christine Chapman AM will be visiting Craig Yr Hesg Primary School in Pontypridd, to celebrate its' Sunshine Breakfast Club winning first place in the Welsh category of the National Breakfast Club Awards 2009 run by Kellogg’s and learning charity ContinYou. (5.7.09)

ContinYou with UK Youth and the CTC launch Bike Club

ContinYou, UK Youth and and the CTC - the national cyclists' organisation, are setting up bike clubs in cluster groups across England this summer. (19.6.09)

Baronness Kay Andrews appointed English Heritage Chair

We are pleased to announce that ContinYou’s patron Baroness Kay Andrews has been appointed as the new Chair of English Heritage. (16.6.09)

Blue Peter’s Mission Nutrition Appeal Grows On

School grounds across the UK will be transformed into mini-wheat fields this summer, when thousands of children grow their own grains as part of CBBC’s Blue Peter’s Mission Nutrition appeal. (18.6.09)

For Media enquiries please contact Jenny Clemo on 024 7658 8446
or e-mail: jenny.clemo@continyou.org.uk

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