The Junction

🎾 Giving Young People a Sporting Chance ⚽ It has been reported that just 14% of young people living in poverty visit leisure centres to engage in sporting activity. 🧒 This statistic can be directly linked to the expenses that come with engaging in sporting activities, such as footwear, clothes, post-activity cleaning supplies, and much more. 💸 With our Kit Out Campaign, you can join the fight against poverty, helping children get out and get active through thoughtful donations of sports essentials! 👟 We’re looking for items such as: Sportswear - Min £30 Drinks bottle - Avg £5 Appropriate shoes - Min £20 Travel - Up to £10 Additional costs - (Eg - A basketball - Min £10) Through thoughtful donations to our Kit Out Campaign, you can empower young people, tackling mental health and social isolation, making sports accessible for everyone! 🏉 We’re looking for donations of brand new sports goods, such as those previously listed, or monetary donations, which will be used to directly help a child access sports items. Discover how your business can contribute to our Kit Out Campaign and click the link below 👇 https://zurl.co/XLx4A This campaign is ran in partnership with: MFC Foundation StreetGames UK You've Got This Sport England

🌟 Join us on our Tees Heritage Walk and Make a Difference! 🌟 On Sunday 18th May 2025, join us for the Tees Heritage Walk, organised by Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary Club. Walk and talk with our friendly team, and other keen fundraisers, for the chance to enjoy a soothing walk along the Tees Valley, supporting a powerful cause. 🚶Choose your route: 11 miles: Middlesbrough College to Stockton’s Infinity Bridge and back 9.8 miles: To the Tees Barrage and back 6.9 miles: To Newport Bridge and back 1 mile: The Dock Dawdle 💷 Entry fees: £5 per adult £10 per family (all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult) 🎖 All participants will receive a certificate for completing their chosen route! 📩 How to take part: 1️⃣ Register your route at https://zurl.co/7RDdk 2️⃣ Email dawn.golightly@thejunctionfoundation.com to let us know you’re walking for The Junction Let’s come together, enjoy the fresh air, and help make a difference in our community. Whether you’re taking on the challenge solo, with friends, or as a family, every step you take will support a great cause. We hope to see you there! 💙 #TeesHeritageWalk #SupportTheJunction #TeesValley #CommunityEvent

Check out some of the wonderful feedback we’ve recently received from parents and young people accessing our Emotional Wellbeing services! ❤️ We’re delighted to be able to support struggling young people, and families, from across the Tees Valley, having the chance to provide them a higher quality of life!

Support our charity’s ambition to empower young people when you partner with The Junction. 🤝 When you join forces with The Junction, you’re directly supporting the youth of the region, providing opportunities to support young people to overcome barriers. Get in touch with Dawn Golightly to explore partnership opportunities: Dawn.Golightly@thejunctionfoundation.com

We’re delighted to say that our Sip, Support, Empower event was a huge success! 🎉 Attendees had a fantastic time celebrating the wonderful achievements of the inspiring women in our community - all while raising funds to support young people, families, and carers across Tees Valley. 🌟 🎤We’d like to say a huge thank you to our speakers: Stacey Pheonix, Cygnet Law Candace Gilbert, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Liz Atkin, Blonde Creative And to vintage vocalist, Joanna Andrews, for being our live musician! 🎶 We’d also like to thank Acklam Hall for all their support, as well as all the attendees for turning up, making the event as special as it was. 🙌 #SipSupportEmpower #TheJunction #InternationalWomensDay #Empowerment #Networking #InspireChange

We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be collecting donations for our Kit Out Campaign this Saturday for Middlesbrough FC VS Oxford Utd! ⚽ Our collection point will be based outside the North Stand - if you’re attending, come visit us to make a thoughtful contribution towards our campaign. 💰 Donations will be used to enable local children in poverty to engage in sports - empowering young people by making sports accessible for everyone, tackling mental health and social isolation. ❤️ How can you help? £5 - Provides a young person with a football. ⚽ £20 - Gifts a young person a pair of sports trainers. 👟 £50 - Supplies a young person with a full sports kit. 👕 You can even donate sports items (must be new) which will be directly gifted to a young person! 🧒 If you’re unable to attend the match on Saturday, or you’re looking to make a direct donation, you can use the QR code in the attached image to make a monetary donation - any support would go a long way! 💸 We’d like to say a huge thank you to MFC Foundation for making this opportunity possible! 🙌 We’d also like to thank StreetGames UK and You've Got This for supporting us with the campaign! 👏 #boro #utb #charity #kitout #kitoutcampaign #poverty #accessiblesports #sportswear #thejunction #mfcfoundation

We’re looking for motivated people to join our dedicated team! 🌟 If you’re inspired by the idea of making a difference to people’s lives, empowering young people, and tackling the effects of mental health, you’re a perfect fit for our charity! Explore our vacancies below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eXvWp_cy

🎾 Giving Young People a Sporting Chance ⚽ Make a difference to the lives of young people when you donate essential sports goods, lifting the barrier to entry preventing young people from taking part in sports. 🚧 Did you know that 72% of children living in low-income neighbourhoods do not meet the UK Chief Medical Officer's physical activity guidelines? 🏃➡️ Help young people get out, and get active through our Kit Out campaign, where we’re searching for donations of essential sporting goods, such as: Sportswear - Min £30 Drinks bottle - Avg £5 Appropriate shoes - Min £20 Travel - Up to £10 Additional costs - (Eg - A basketball - Min £10) Through thoughtful donations to our Kit Out Campaign, you can empower young people, tackling mental health and social isolation, making sports accessible for everyone! 🏉 We’re looking for donations of brand new sports goods, such as those previously listed, or monetary donations, which will be used to directly help a child access sports items. Find out how your business can contribute to our Kit Out Campaign and click the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/epmGwftA  This campaign is ran in partnership with: @mfc-foundation @streetgames-uk-ltd @ygtmovement @sport-england

When supporting The Junction, you’re investing in the future of the Tees Valley. 💸 Your donations are directly used to provide essential services to the young people that need them, inspiring their ambition and combatting mental health issues, a rising concern in our region. Click here to make a donation 👇 https://zurl.co/HZUEJ