Modo - Circus with Purpose is a youth organisation engaging hard to reach young people in North Aberdeenshire and helping them to change their lives for the better. Harnessing the skills and thrills of circus, Modo helps disadvantaged young people to improve life chances, skills, confidence and self-esteem, while celebrating and creating the culture and community of the area.Our work can range from one off workshops as tasters, as ice breakers, as a team building exercise or to tackle more specific issues with the group, to CircoModo programmes, to larger events showcasing a range of achievements.
Why the community needs usEncounter Youth Cafe for is open for 3 nights a week, 48 weeks a year for 3 years, providing a safe place to socialise, take part in positive activities, volunteer, gain accreditation and get access to support and services.Since 2016 Modo has engaged with over 150 young people weekly and over 600 individual young people, reducing anti-social behaviour and crime in the town centre.
Our impact on the communityModo has been running the Encounter Youth Café in Peterhead Drummers Corner since 2016. Our aim is to engage and work with young people up to the age of 25 in positive activities. The youth café is open 3 nights a week and welcomes over 150 young people each week. Since opening Encounter in 2016, Modo have engaged with over 1,500 young people. Over 40 young people have or are volunteering accounting for over 8,000 hours of volunteer time and have signposted 100 young people onto other services
