Life Skills & Participation
Watch our video of young meeting old(er)
Music and video created by the young people at Roundabout’s homeless hostel and the older people’s supported accommodation across the road at St Barnabas House. We wanted to bring the two groups together in an inter-generational project which got the two groups talking to each other and where they could then create something together. We [...]
Intergeneration Project Presentation By Chris M
Today I was asked to deliver a presentation which I have been planning for the intergenerational project. It was in front of about 50 people that was wearing suits and yesterday I would have thought that I wouldn’t have been able to present it. After I looked through it a few times I realised it [...]
Interview skills session by Damion
I found the session really helpful after the session it has gave me the confidence to go out and apply for a job so I found this to be really helpful. For example today before the session I was feeling really down and I thought I was never going to get a job but now I feel if [...]
London Life
When the young people at Roundabout hostel heard about the ‘Youth Choose’ fund that Community Assemblies were funding they decided to submit a bid. The fund stated they would like to receive bids that were recreational in nature and that the idea had to be something young people asked for directly – I.e. not something [...]
hostel life- nathan atkinson
The reason for me being in roundabout is for constant arguements with parents and the seriousness of the arguements increased over time and i just had to get away, from now on i seem to get on better with my parents and now i also have more independance and more responsibility for my own lifestyle [...]
Star & Telegraph articles 21st July 10
Roundabout residents will be in the Star & Telegraph newspapers with Paul Scrivens on 21st July 10 – please check it out! Back in November 2009, Roundabout residents were invited to apply for funding from the community assemblies Climate Change fund (also known as the ‘green pot’). They were asked to consider ideas for projects [...]
Flamingo Land team building celebration by Liam
After the AGM as a big thankyou to all the young people who took part… FLAMINGO LAND! This is a funny topic to write about for me because before this trip I’d have said Liam and rides DON’T mix – like chalk and cheese – not a good combo. The first ride we went on [...]
Living @ Roundabout
“when I first moved in I thought Get Me Out Of Here, now I dont think it as bad, especially when you get to know everyone. I had christmas dinner, which was good but there wasnt much to do and I didnt have any money. Its the longest two weeks ever!” Paul “Its not too [...]
Watch Our Video Tour Of St Barnabas Rd Emergency Hostel
Curious about what the hostel is like on the inside? Check out our five minute film here: Tour of Roundabout Hostel, Mellow edit (Richard Hawley) from Justine Gaubert on Vimeo. Tour of Roundabout Hostel from Justine Gaubert on Vimeo. This film was made by the residents of Roundabout with the help of Silent Sheffield. [...]
Benefits of blogging for young people
Research featured in the ‘children and young people now’ publication, has found that young people who are encouraged to blog or use social networking sites such as this one or Facebook, have improved confidence and a better enjoyment of writing. The National Literacy Trust found that young people were becoming increasingly proficient in using technology [...]
