News From All Corners

Lantern parade shines a light on generation gap

AN AIREDALE community has been tripping the light fantastic following a procession of lanterns created by young people working alongside older residents.

Seafront artwork steels the show

A PIECE of eye-catching artwork depicting Saltburn’s smuggling heritage has been unveiled following a joint project between Huntcliff School students, Turning the Corner (TTC), local traders and UK Steel Enterprise.

Young people lead the way with Rockingham revamp

A community in Rotherham has been celebrating the completion of a project to regenerate an area of shops through eye-catching artwork and green areas, which has in turn enhanced relationships between young people and local residents.

Green Award for Eco Friendly Students

Fifteen Durham students have been applauded for their commitment to the environment after completing four challenges to achieve their John Muir Discovery Award

Young people get crafty in the name of business

Enterprising youngsters from Rotherham have been getting crafty after setting up a social enterprise, Young Creations, selling handmade cards and gifts.

Young people help 'Bio-Blitz' Elba Park

YOUNG people have teamed up with environment experts to help maintain and improve a local wildlife hotspot in Sunderland.

National Store Co-operates with Durham Teens

A national retailer is hoping for sweet success after teaming up with Turning the Corner (TTC) in an effort to build relationships with young people in Durham.

MP has designs on young people's scheme

Normanton MP Yvette Cooper has shown her support for a young people’s project in the town by attending an event to celebrate the work carried out by local youngsters to improve the town centre.

Halifax teens get arty to enhance shop fronts

A shop owner in Halifax has enlisted the help of young artists to brighten up his premises after seeing the impact of their artwork in other areas of the community.

Youngsters Plant the Seeds for Improved Community

Young people from Guisborough have teamed up with the police and a range of organisations to transform an area of the local community and to help discourage anti-social behaviour.

Young People Sow the Seeds for Improved Community

Green fingered teenagers from Leeds have transformed a neglected area of the local community after teaming up with Turning the Corner (TTC) and staff from Asda.

Spring has sprung in Rotherham thanks to green fingered students

Students from Winterhill Comprehensive School in Rotherham have been getting green fingered to brighten up the local community – supplying elderly residents and shop owners with planters and hanging baskets as part of a Turning the Corner (TTC) initiative

Youngsters add Bloomin Lovely touch to Rotherham shop fronts

Fourteen Rotherham businesses are adorned with winter blooms after young people from the area completed the second phase of a Turning the Corner (TTC) project to enhance shop fronts.

Young people have designs on shelter facelift

A run down shelter located in a popular Wakefield park, has received some TLC by a group of young people through Turning the Corner (TTC).

MP Tom Blenkinsop plants his support for young people’s scheme

Tom Blenkinsop, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, showed his support for the Turning the Corner (TTC) project on Friday (24 February) when he attended the opening of a new school gardening site and got to see the results of a green woodworkin

Young artists transform public building in Holt Park

Teenagers have used street art to transform a leisure centre in the heart of Holt Park after teaming up with Turning the Corner (TTC).

Halifax youngsters get arty to enhance shop fronts

Young people in Halifax have been getting arty with shop shutters in the Queen’s Road area of the town in a bid to brighten up the community.

Halifax youngsters celebrate success of community scheme

A group of youngsters from Queen’s Road area of Halifax, who were involved in a project to encourage healthy eating and prevent littering in the community, have hosted a celebration event to mark the success of the scheme.

Durham youngsters tuck into a taste of the East

Young people in Durham got to experience a taste of the Orient as part of a Turning the Corner (TTC) project to introduce them to Chinese culture.

Young people take to the stage to help tackle ASB

Theatrical youngsters from Airedale have been treading the boards in a bid to bring the issue of anti-social behaviour to the attention of primary school pupils and the wider community.

Art project bears fruit for Wakefield youngsters

Artwork created by young people in Wakefield will be making an impact country wide after a group of budding artists came up with a design that is now adorning a new distribution lorry belonging to IPL (International Produce Limited).

Skelton youngsters use new skills to benefit local businesses

Young people in Skelton, East Cleveland, have been learning new skills after taking part in a Turning the Corner (TTC) initiative to create seating and eye-catching mosaic artwork to enhance the exterior of local businesses and organisations.

Youngsters get arty to spread eco message

Artwork designed by young people from Winterhill Young People’s Centre to raise awareness of the planet’s most endangered species is now making an impact on shoppers in the centre of Sheffield.

Young artists brighten up the community

An eye-catching art wall designed by a group of young people to enhance a community centre in Wakefield has had the thumbs up from local businesses and the neighbouring community.

DJ project hits the right note with young people

Young people in Rotherham have been getting experience as live radio DJs, as part of a project initiated by Turning the Corner (TTC) to help improve communication skills and promote teamwork...

Youngsters get arty to encourage a cleaner community

A group of young people from Baildon have made a positive impact on their neighbourhood after taking part in a week long art project to enhance the local community...

Durham youngsters make tracks with businesses

Durham youngsters are getting on their bike, in a project designed to bring young people and businesses together...

Eyecatching artwork becomes community centrepiece

The installation of a stone mural designed and created by young people in Portobello marks the first phase of an exciting scheme to transform a shopping area on Duke of York Avenue...

TTC scales new heights

Durham youngsters have been scaling new heights after securing a climbing award as part of a project designed to generate positive relationships between young people and the police...

Students’ hard work benefits whole community

A group of students in Bradford have been building relationships with businesses and enhancing the local community - gaining qualifications and work experience in the process...

Businesses say yes to Saltburn planters

A group of young people in East Cleveland have been getting green fingered to build relationships with businesses, learn new skills and help the local community to bloom...

Eye-catching art wall set to enhance the Well building

Young people in Wakefield have been learning the skill of graffiti art after lending their support to a project that will brighten up a community space in Normanton...

Young People Get Creative With Shop Fronts

Colourful birds, flowers and images depicting the changing seasons are adorning shop shutters in Rotherham, as young people get arty in a project to brighten up the borough...


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