History

History

Youth-180˚ was originally known as the "Nuneaton Youth Development Project". It was started in 1997 by a local Christian headteacher who saw a lack of young people engaging with the local community. His feeling was, "if the young people aren't coming to church, then the church must go to the young people". He took a risk and employed two Christian youth workers from the organisation Crusaders. The work went so well it eventually expanded to other local schools.

It soon became obvious there was a need to change the name. After all, 'Nuneaton Youth Development Project' was very difficult to say in assemblies! It was also felt that this was no longer a short term project but something we believe had been birthed to be long term. It had become an organisation in it's own right. Then the name 'Youth-180˚' was born.