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We had a wonderful time this year at HYF. We would like to say a huge thank you to all of those children who took part - you were amazing! Take a look at our film showing the highlights from this year. Don't forget parents, we rely on support from people like you to keep HYF going! Why not join our friendly bunch of volunteers for next year's HYF? Contact us at hyfinfo@gmail.com If you would like to make a donation to help us keep doing what we have done this year, click here

The 2016 programme is packed with exciting events! Download your copy here and stick it on your fridge to remind yourself of what's coming up! #HYF2016

HYF volunteer photographers (Kathleen Barnett, Holly Ellis, Holly Smith, Cheryl George, Mary Smith and Sandy Pond-Jones) will be attending as many of the events as possible - primarily to take photos for the website / facebook and the press. They are happy to make some of these shots available for parents to buy. Photographs will be put on the facebook page daily, so please 'like' it to get regular updates. School Workshops Where a photographer has been to a school workshop,

This year’s theme is about me – well, you actually. You and your family, your friends, where you live, what you do, what you love and what you hate. Write about yourself, take selfies, draw yourself, make a video about you and your world. Put yourself at the centre of a dance, a play, a performance. It’s all about you. #HYD2015 #Meinmyworld

It’s all over for another year. Whether you travelled by tuba, wrote about, photographed or created your hero, illustrated, sang, danced, rocked, entertained, explored or fenced your way through the week we hope you enjoyed it. Some of you will have taken part with your schools and others entered events yourselves. Whatever you did - a massive thank you for taking part. Some of you helped us make HYF happen this year by designing, helping with sound and lighting and backstage

Businesses, community groups and private individuals have stepped up to support the Henley Youth Festival in its 21st year. HYF is thought to be the only Youth Festival of its kind in the UK funded entirely by local sponsorship and run by volunteers. In December HYF made an appeal to over 100 businesses in the town and so far over a dozen new sponsors and private donors have come forward to offer their support either in cash or in kind. All sponsors will be able to display th

The banners are up at Gillotts where a group of arts students are celebrating the successful completion of the first ever Henley Youth Festival ‘On it’ project. Earlier this year Henley Youth Festival launched a new scheme for secondary school students offering young people aged 13 - 18, supported by a teacher or other adult mentor, the chance to have an original project idea funded. The Arts Captains at Gillotts, assisted by art teacher Lucy Keeble, were the first to put for

Henley Youth Festival launches its 2014 programme this week. School representatives and volunteers will attend an open meeting when the full programme of workshops for schools, performing arts opportunities and details about the 2014 HYF theme - Heroes - will be revealed. “Many aspects of HYF have a fresh new look this year,” explains Joint Chairperson Lucie Henwood. “Through events in school time older children will experience Shakespeare’s The Tempest through the vibrant Yo

HYF is a week full of opportunities for young people in Henley. A week for children and students to experience new things, to run, to perform, to write, to make art, films or photographs or to work alongside volunteers and professionals to create the Festival that celebrates their talents and interests. The theme for HYF this year is Heroes #HYF2014 #Heroes