Eastside Young Leaders' Academy

25/09/2026

✨Learning that debate isn’t about winning. It’s about listening, questioning, and being open enough to understand another perspective.✨

Sometimes, the most valuable part of a conversation is what we learn from each other. 👥

Debate to understand. Not just to be heard.🗣️

19/09/2026

Quote of the Week 💛💙

Your voice has the power to move ideas, inspire action and create change.

Persuasive communication is not about being the loudest in the room, it’s about being clear, confident and intentional in how you express yourself.

This week, we’re encouraging our young leaders to listen, structure their message, show impact and build trust.

When you know how to communicate your ideas, you can turn conversations into opportunities and ideas into action.

🗣️ Your voice matters. Use it.

🌟 Learn | Lead | Create | Change

16/09/2026

NOURISHING MINDS. 🥗NURTURING POTENTIAL. 🧠CREATING FUTURES.🔮

This summer, EYLA was proud to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, providing young people with meaningful opportunities to learn, create, develop new skills and build confidence during the school holidays.

Through coding, baking, healthy eating, gardening, arts and crafts, leadership, wellbeing, community engagement and much more, our young people were encouraged to explore and develop practical skills, recognise their potential to become creators, contributors and leaders.

A fundamental part of this experience was nutrition.

We were delighted to have Versxces Gourmet Kitchen provide us hearty, wholesome meals throughout the programme. Led by a gourmet soul chef with a passion for authentic cuisine, VGK creates food with care, using fresh herbs, homemade marinades and quality ingredients to bring flavour, culture and nourishment to every plate.🍽️

Because healthy eating is not simply about what is on the plate. It is about equipping young people with the knowledge, experiences and habits that can support them for life.

We are proud to have created a summer environment where young people could learn with purpose, eat well, express themselves, build confidence and discover new possibilities.

The HAF Programme gave us another opportunity to demonstrate what happens when we place young people at the centre of meaningful experiences.

We don’t continuously consume what the world creates. With initiative, we create what the world needs.

EYLA Summer School 2026
From Passive to Productive. 💛💙

06/09/2026

✨ SUMMER SCHOOL 2026 | LEARNING • CREATING • GROWING ✨🌱

This summer at EYLA, our young leaders have been learning by doing, creating with purpose and growing together! 💛💙

From healthy eating and hands-on cooking, to coding, baking, arts & crafts, and getting stuck into our Wellbeing Garden, growing our own fruit and vegetables 🌱🥕🍓… there’s been so much to explore!

EYLA is about building confidence, creativity, leadership, teamwork and curiosity along the way. 💡🤝🏾

Every activity is another opportunity to discover a new skill, try something different and realise: “I can do this!”

Learning. Creating. Growing. Leading. 🌱

03/09/2026

✨ SUMMER SCHOOL RE-CAP 2026

LEARNING • CREATING • GROWING ✨🌱

This summer at EYLA, our young leaders have been learning by doing, creating with purpose and growing together! 💛💙

From healthy eating and hands-on cooking, to coding, baking, arts & crafts, and getting stuck into our Wellbeing Garden, growing our own fruit and vegetables 🌱🥕🍓… there’s been so much to explore!

EYLA is about building confidence, creativity, leadership, teamwork and curiosity along the way. 💡🤝🏾

Every activity is another opportunity to discover a new skill, try something different and realise: “I can do this!”

Learning. Creating. Growing. Leading. 🌱

26/08/2026

EYLA empowers young people to move from passive consumers to purposeful creators developing the skills, confidence and imagination to shape the world around them.

Through the Coding Club this Summer, our young leaders are learning that technology isn’t just something to use, it’s something they can create with.

From ideas to innovation.
From consumers to creators.
From passive to productive.

17/08/2026

✨ THEIR JOURNEY. OUR LEGACY. OUR FUTURE.

The Windrush generation didn’t just arrive in Britain, they rebuilt, reshaped and transformed it.

They carried courage in their hearts, resilience in their spirit and dreams for generations they had yet to meet.

Today, their legacy reminds us that we are not simply inheriting a story ... we are continuing it.

To the young leaders of today: your voice matters. Your vision matters. Your leadership matters.

The next chapter is yours to write. ✊🏾💛💙

Honouring the Windrush generation. Inspiring the next generation.

17/08/2026

✨ THEIR JOURNEY. OUR LEGACY. OUR FUTURE.

The Windrush generation didn’t just arrive in Britain, they rebuilt, reshaped and transformed it.

They carried courage in their hearts, resilience in their spirit and dreams for generations they had yet to meet.

Today, their legacy reminds us that we are not simply inheriting a story ... we are continuing it.

To the young leaders of today: your voice matters. Your vision matters. Your leadership matters.

The next chapter is yours to write. ✊🏾💛💙

Honouring the Windrush generation. Inspiring the next generation.

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13/08/2026

Take a look at our quote of the week. Inspiring. Remembering. And continuing excellence.

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