The young volunteers have been recognised for all their hard work in the community with a highly commended.
July saw the return of Hats of Chesham, with the Youth Council running a fundraising stall with the return of 'Break the Snake' and our new game 'Tin can toss'. It was great to have conversations with people to explain who Chesham Youth Council are
Chesham Carnival was our first fundraising day for the 2025 Cygnet Awards. We ran a fundraising stall with 'Break the snake' or 'Bean Bag toss'
April saw the 2nd Cygnet Awards hosted by the amazing Ninia Benjamin (comedian and self proclaimed ‘Queen of Chesham).
Guests were treated to performances from both the Theatre Shed and the Chesham Grammar School Drama Club. The members of the Chesham Youth Council, along with their mentors Emily Culverhouse and Alan Bath, worked tirelessly to put this event on, and with the help of Ninia’s infectious energy, it was undoubtedly a fun afternoon for all!
Thank you so much to all of the nominees and winners for all the hard work you do in the local community- we hope to see you again next year!
The best way to start the year, take part and win in the Pancake Race. Our 2 teams had amazing fun during the day and will be back in 2025 to defend the title
We supported the charity Street Kids Direct by running 3 shows over December to highlight the work we do as well as supporting the good work Radio Christmas does.
We used Christmas in Chesham to launch the 2024 Cygnet Youth Awards. A great night was had by all as well as an amazing fundraising opportunity towards the running costs of the Cygnet Awards
We went to Chesham Comedy Club on the 6th of October to run a raffle within the intervals to raise money for our future projects.
We went to Peace in the Park 2023 and ran a SPLAT THE RAT stall where we allowed members of the public to throw sponges at our Chair and Vice-Chair. There was also a short period where we people were able to 'Splat Tory Councillors' which was extremely popular. We also presented a short speech on The Youth Council and what we do for the young people and the wider community.
we ran an awards ceremony to commemorate the young people of Chesham. For more info look at the designated page.
In February 2023 we took part in The Great Pancake Race and won an award for the best youth Group taking part!
For Christmas in Chesham 2022 we ran a sweet and bottle tombola in order to raise money for future projects.
On the 3rd of July 2021 we attended an interview on Chiltern Voice and talked about our Twinned Towns Project.
During the summer of 2021 we visited Houllies to meet up with our twinned town to discuss our UN Sustainability Goals and to Network
Throughout 2020 and 2021 we prepared information on our UN Sustainability goals and then shared this with our twinned towns followed by a trip to Houllies.
We went to Peace Day 2021 and did a short presentation on our twinned towns project. It allowed the local community to gain knowledge on us and our projects and allowed us to gain others opinions on what was good and what needed to be changed.
We visited Hats off Chesham 2021 to represent and see what was going on, it was great.
In September 2020 we took part in the town litter pick.