Help us grow
the village
Everyone can do something to contribute; by donating an hour of your time or an hour of your salary, you can help us run a small class, or startup in a new area.
Donate an hour of your salary
All donations go towards delivering more LVN events
We are a small grassroots charity; our overheads are low helping us to be very cost effective.
Give a One-Time Gift
Donations help cover the cost of our Industry Insight sessions or the printing of our personal development plans.
Fund a new centre
Passport to Progression
Help us train more youth and community leaders to deliver our model. We teach how to maximise on adults giving time, how to network effectively and how to support a young person discover their interests.
Request a fundraising pack
You can help us raise funds by hosting your own events such as cake or car boot sales.
The Need for LVN
The following article, originally published on The Conversation, was written by Dr. Robert F. Hesketh, Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University. For more information like this, see the violence prevention news feed. Click the image to read more…
2.7M 14-24 y/o’s live in poverty
We can only help to break the poverty cycle if we support young people to access help.
7/10 Jobs are not advertised
We help to level out the playing fields by giving young people from deprived communities access to a network only normally afforded to middle class young people.
Knife & violent crime is rising
The LVN theory of change outlines that young people are less likely to get involved in anti-social behaviour if they have access to better networks.
Learning outside of school
Many of the young people we work with live in overcrowded accomodation. As such, LVN endevour to open up community venues to create a constructive space for young people to learn.
Prison population
Did you know it costs £40,000 per year to send a young person to prison? Many of the young people in the criminal justice system find it difficult to fill out applications so we ask adults to help with this task.
