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Little Stars Pre-school Children Raise Money for BBC Children In Need On 21st October 2011 the pre-school team organised a cake sale to raise money for BBC children in need. The cakes were all made by our pre-school children and staff who all worked tremendously hard to make all the different yummy cakes. The day [...]

Local youngsters spent their half-term breaks last week (Tuesday 25 October) building careers for themselves after receiving a hands-on insight into the construction industry. The initiative, in which thirty young people took part, is a part of the work of the Centre for Youth and Community Development, who aim to raise awareness around non-traditional pathways [...]

 The Crescent Summer School Project 2011 (CSSP) awarded the Community Award 2011 under the following category: Action in the Community Award CSSP has also been awarded the Overall Winner of all 15 categories of Community Award 2011 CSSP volunteer Mushin Raquib runner up in the Young Hero Award The Community Award 2011 evening was held [...]

 Luton Teens Receive Champion Volunteer Award from Holby City Star Diana Award National Ceremony 12th March 2012: Barclays Corporate, London  Afzana Choudhury, Humza Khan and Yasmin Sultana, all aged 17 from Luton received the Diana Campion Volunteer Award at the national Diana Award Ceremony at Canary Wharf in London on 12th March for their commitment [...]

CYCD – Women into Learning Project awarded the Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Project Award 2010/2011 in recognition of CYCD’s achievement and success. The Award was presented by the Learning Partnership Bedfordshire & Luton LTD. CYCD delivered seven FREE taster sessions for women aged 19 years plus, who are not in education but have an [...]

The Future Leader Project held its presentation evening at Hightown Community Sports & Arts centre on Friday 20th May 2011 at 6.30pm. The event was attended by Kelvin Hopkins MP, Deputy Mayor of Luton, Cllr Mohammed Ayub, Cllr Tahir Khan, Cllr Yaqub Hanif and Luton Borough Council Children Services Director Martin Pratt and other key [...]

The recent Ofsted inspection success of the Little Stars Pre-school has re-affirmed the values which lie at the core of the work of the Centre for Youth and Community Development (CYCD).  It was the ‘Outstanding’ award from Ofsted inspectorate which has clearly underlined the work going on within the Centre.  The report states that there [...]