A typical day used to involve teaching survival skills on a remote moor, or paddling his canoe down the Carrick Roads, but Stacey Allsop is now one of a huge team of volunteers that are delivering prescriptions to people who are shielding or self-isolating due to Covid-19. Read full story here: http://www.cornwallvsf.org/from-teaching-survival-skills-to-delivering-prescriptions-a-volunteers-story/
Bungee Jump for ABoB Manchester – 24th May 2020!
Sponsored Bungee Jump! On Sunday 24 May ABoB Manchester will be holding a community day at Wythenshawe Amateurs F.C. featuring a sponsored bungee jump. We already have over 60 participants signed up to jump all raising money on behalf of our charity, but we need more and we need your help!!! If you want to get involved and take the … Read More
Intro Evening for Men of Bournemouth – 24th March 2020
Are you a man who would love to feel like you are doing something to make your area a better place? Do you have hard earned wisdom of success or failure (or both!) in life to pass on? We are looking for men to join our Bournemouth Community, to offer their time to mentor a young man who would benefit … Read More
Open Evening for Manchester Men – 14th April 2020
ABoB Manchester is building a community and looking for new mentors to help young men to develop and improve their lives. If you are a man aged 28 years or older and feel that you would like to receive training to become a mentor to assist young men, if you have a desire to be part of a community, the … Read More
Next Leamington Quest Starts April 2020
Our 3rd Quest will commence on Friday 24th April 2020 and will run for 12 weeks. If you would like to refer a young man (18-15) please email leamington@abandofbrothers.org.uk. We will be holding and information evening for young men to attend and find out more about the Quest programme and what it offers. If you would like to put yourself … Read More
Abob Leamington Election
February saw the first Abob Leamington coordinator elections since the community first appointed roles in July 2018. The community is run voluntarily and a huge amount of work goes in to engagement for quest programmes, fundraising, and operation of the charity to name but a few. We welcome some fresh faces into the coordinator team including Geof Elvyhart (pictured below) … Read More
ABoB Manchester at the Crime and Justice Networking and Learning Fair – 18th March 2020
ABoB Manchester are attending the Crime and Justice Networking & Learning Fair on 18 March 2020 at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation are supporting the Fair with stalls and presentations on their research and new initiatives such as the HMPPS Insights ’20. The Fair will provide opportunities for criminal … Read More
The Quest Homecoming – Jan 2020
This January the Quest ‘Homecoming’ was hosted in Leamington. The ‘Homecoming’ event marks the completion of the quest programme and celebrates the achievement of the young men who have completed the journey. It is an important part of the quest because these young men may have never experienced acceptance within the community in which they live. Each young man was … Read More
20 in 2020 – Ox Magazine features abandofbrothers
We are delighted to have a double page spread this month in Oxfordshire’s Ox Magazine. Particular thanks to Berny Auton for sharing so eloquently what we stand for. The full article can be read here.