About Us

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PYP is a small youth charity that was set up in 2007. It became a registered charity in England and Wales in November 2009.
Our Mission

The Positive Youth Programmes mission is to stimulate, engage and empower youth through careers advice, sexual reproductive health and human rights education in an effort to actively create opportunities that will inspire them to make informed decisions about their lives.

PYP Volunteer Programme

PYP Volunteers are an indispensable part of our organisation because they extend our limited resources by providing extra hands that enable us to do tasks and activities that we might otherwise not have been able to do. The programme ensures that our volunteers gain a sense of ownership when they become visible advocates of PYP projects. They build organisational strength through promotion of PYP because they believe in the cause.

Our Purposes;

· To fight the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst youth in the UK and Africa through behavioural change projects;

·To strengthen their capacity to promote sexual and reproductive health and human rights advocacy;

·To create awareness through sensitising the community especially the youths on behaviour change and peer education

Our Objectives;

· To help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

· To develop the capacity and skills of the youth of the socially and economically disadvantaged community in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society

·To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing youth that are living with HIV/AIDS from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society

Our Values;

Reaching out and responding appropriately to the expressed needs of young people.
Working towards the improvement of services for young people either by our own action or by collective action with others.
The dissemination of relevant information in particular with regard to sexual health education, human rights and careers development

PYP works towards the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in particular, Goals 3, 6 and 8. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000 in response to the world's main development challenges.

Board of Trustees
PYP is run by a board of Trustees which sets direction and establishes effective and efficient structures for PYP. It provides support to management and volunteers and supervises the solicitation and disposition of donations ensuring accountability. The Board is the ultimate corporate authority for the Positive Youth Programmes and currently consists of four Trustees:
PYP is also managed by a team of dedicated managers;
Shirley Hellen Michael - Principal Youth Officer and Childrens Services Manager. She has the overall responsibility of the day-to-day smooth running of PYP.
Mr P. Mutumburi - Business Development Manager. His duties at PYP include strategic planning, development and management of annual business plans identifying key activities and priorities.
Mrs Artkins - Administration and Public Relations.

PYP Young Ambassadors

Cynthia Muvirimi is a model who represented Zimbabwe in the Miss World contest in 2008. The twelfth of thirteen children, Muvirimi was born in Harare on November 21. She attended Cecil John Rhodes Junior School and went onto Thornhill High, both in Gweru, Zimbabwe. Muvirimi received a diploma in Nursing and an Honorary Bachelor of Science degree from London Southbank University. Cynthia is a keen charity worker and she is a PYP Young Ambassador.

Silvaa King was born in Zimbabwe. He is an artist based in Northampton and recently released his single 'It's alright' which sends a positive message to young people.

Rutendo Denise Mutsamwira - Rutendo is a student studying towards her degree in Communications, Media and International Studies and is a keen supporter of PYP. She hopes to inspire, motivate and empower youth and fellow peers to become more proactive and socially aware to the adverse challenges that are affecting her generation. Her key main areas of interest being HIV/AIDS, human rights and positive expression. Rutendo is the founder of the group 'Born2serve' which encourages volunteering among youth.

Patrons and Ambassadors

Mr Levi Roots a.k.a Keith Valentine Graham was born in Content, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. Levi Roots, is a Jamaican reggae musician, chef and entrepreneur. He gained widespread fame after appearing on the UK television programme Dragons' Den looking for funding for his "Reggae Reggae Sauce". Reggae Reggae Sauce is a jerk barbecue sauce made to his grandmother's "secret recipe". He appeared in the first episode of the fourth series. Leading from the success of his spicy sauce Mr Roots released an extended version of his song "reggae reggae sauce" which features one of his children (Joanne) on backing vocals. His 'reggae reggae sauces' are sold in various supermarkets and restaurants in the UK . He is a keen supporter of youth enterprise and he visits schools to talk about how he became a successful musician and businessman. Mr Roots looks forward to inspiring to empower young people through PYP!!

UK singer, Rowetta is our 'Dignity Restored' campaign Patron. Rowetta Satchell, simply known as Rowetta is an English singer, best known for her appearance on Series 1 of The X Factor, in which she came fourth after Tabby Callaghan, G4 and Steve Brookstein and was the last female in the competition. She is a patron to a number of charities and is a keen HIV and AIDS awareness campaigner.