COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Group support, we at YAFA fully support members of the community to form social groups/clubs and have allowed these groups to use the nu base booking to establish these gatherings. For example, we currently have a women's club that meets every Saturday evening, a men's mental health group that meets every Thursday evening, a girls club and a youth club, a number of breakfast groups, we support a very successful basic english classes for BAME women and we also established GCSE Support for young people. We' re always happy to support community initiatives as this is one of our core reasons for setting up the charity. So if you have an idea and need advice and guidance and a facility to deliver the project, please get in contact.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

English classes for women is one of our most successful projects. We have one qualified English teacher, teaching two classes a week, one beginner/basic level and the other intermediate level; however, class sizes are limited to approximately 14 students. All the women are from the BAME community of Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe.

The B.O.A.T offers short course English classes for all individuals'. Courses are designed for all ages and abilities. We offer alternative ways of learning. For more information click HERE.

YAFA also run in partnership with Sheffield City Council ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) classes, please click HERE to see when classes are available.

GCSE support was set up to help meet that objective. The sessions take place two days a week, Tuesday and Thursday evening and deliver maths and science GCSE support. Staff are all volunteers and are all qualified and experienced teachers.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES

The youth club is held every Friday evening. Currently, we have 15 attendees between the ages of 16-25.

YAFA currently run two Girls club held every Monday (13-18) and Sunday (18+) evenings, both clubs have over 20 attendees and are run by volunteers.

Youth Fitness Classes 11 to 16 years.

ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE

The local community requested we set up an Arabic school. It's our third year, and we now have seven teachers and 110 students. The school opens Thursday evening between 5.30 PM - 7.30 PM and Saturday between 11AM - 2PM. If you wish your child to attend please register your interest HERE

SPORTS

YAFA is proud to be the away shirt sponsor for the Aden Steelers FC U14 team for the 2022-23 & 2023-24 seasons.

Youth Fitness Classes for 11 to 16 year olds are held twice weekly on Wednesday and Friday evenings.

5-a-side football every Saturday at Sport Sheffield Goodwin Sports Centre. Please contact us for details.

Swimming every Saturday morning at Hillsborough Leisure Centre. Please contact us for details.

THE BIG BIKE REVIVAL

YAFA delivers a programme of free activities and services in partnership with Cycling UK. We offer help to everyone and anyone to begin or return to cycling.