20 Tips to Prepare Children and Young People for the Return to School
Returning to school after the summer holidays can induce feelings of uncertainty or anxiety. We have shared 20 tips to encourage children and young people to feel more confident returning to school and help them feel safe to talk about how they are feeling.
20 Ways to Include Children and Young People with Additional Needs
Find out what young people tell us about how to include them!
Our Impact Report
We are pleased to share our annual Impact Report. We are really proud of the amazing ways that Me2 Club has been able to make a difference to the lives of many children, young people and families who accessed our services over the last financial year.
Power of Youth Charter
Me2 Club has updated its Power of Youth Charter! Read it here.
Celebrating Me2 Club’s 20th Anniversary!
We celebrated our 20th Anniversary in 2023! We are really proud to have been supporting children and young people with additional needs in Wokingham and more recently Reading for 20 years. Since 2003, Me2 Club volunteers have enabled children and young people with additional needs and disabilities (aged 5-19 years) to attend a weekly mainstream […]
Hear From Our Volunteers
We are excited to share the latest insights from our volunteers who are currently matched at activities with our children and teenagers. These volunteers attend a weekly activity, such as sports clubs, uniform groups and drama classes, with a child with additional needs. The majority (82%) of the volunteers who responded to the survey have […]
Me2 Club is handing the mic to an essential group: our volunteers
Me2 Club is an inclusion charity which aims to tackle the isolation and exclusion which can impact children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. We do this by training specialist volunteers, pairing them with a child or young adult to support them during leisure activities they wouldn’t otherwise have been able to enjoy. […]
Everything You Need to Know About Being a Charity Trustee
Me2 Club is an inclusion charity which aims to tackle the isolation and exclusion which can impact children and young people with additional needs and disabilities. Our objective is to enable them to join in with regular leisure activities like uniformed groups, sports clubs and drama groups. As a local charity we are lucky to […]
Rising to the Challenge: Perspectives on Fundraising From a Small Charity
Like small charities across the UK, Me2 Club is still in the process of responding to the various ways Covid affected the non-profit sector. Even pre-pandemic, small charities faced specific challenges; and with the repercussions of coronavirus still rolling around, there are now even more moving parts to factor in. While the challenges are undeniable, […]
Corporate Philanthropy: Making the Most of the Resources You are Able to Give
In an ideal world everyone would play an active part in giving back to society, and that’s not just at an individual level; it’s about businesses doing their bit too. Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) policy refers to the measurable efforts taken by a company to improve society and contribute towards sustainable development. The social component […]