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Building Brighter Futures

Building Brighter Futures is a programme for 6–⁠14 year olds with cystic fibrosis (CF). Find out more about how you can get involved!

What is Building Brighter Futures?

Building Brighter Futures is an online programme of events, workshops, and activities, where young people with CF and their brothers and sisters can make friends, have fun, and learn new skills.  From games nights, to free online workshops, to movie nights, we have something for everyone! 

Hear from some of the children and young people involved in the Building Brighter Futures programme!

Online events

Make friends, have fun and learn new skills (all from the comfort of your own home!).

Are you aged 6-14 and have CF, or does your brother, sister, mum or dad have CF? If the answer is yes, then come along to one of our fun and exciting online events or workshops – from games nights, to yoga and dance, to movie nights, we have something for everyone! 

Coming up!

One off workshops

10 January - Games night for 8-12 year olds

23 January - Board games night 6-10 year olds

31 January - Building Resilience for 6-10 year olds

7 February - Creative writing for 6-10 year olds

21 February - Games night for 8-12 year olds

14 March - Crafts for Wellbeing: Tree of Life for 8-12 year olds 

19 March - Let's get 'Sciencey' experiments workshop for 6-10 year olds

27 March - Board games night (age TBC)

Longer courses 

Baking 4 week course for ages 8-12

  • Monday 15 January
  • Monday 22 January
  • Monday 29 January
  • Monday 5 February 

Coding for beginners 6 week course for 6-10 year olds 

  • Monday 19 February 
  • Monday 26 February
  • Monday 4 March
  • Monday 11 March 
  • Monday 18 March 
  • Monday 25 March

If you'd like to sign up or find out more, then get in touch with us at [email protected].  You can also keep up to date on Instagram at @CFtrustyouth.

If you do not have access to a computer, laptop or tablet, the family fund might be able to help you.  Have a look at their website here.

"I loved this workshop, and I can't wait for the next one... it is the best workshop I have been to!" - Young person with CF

"I really enjoyed the workshop, and I don't usually like writing! I've made new friends and it gave me something to look forward to during lockdown. Thank you!" - Young person with CF

"It was really fun and inspiring, and I really enjoyed it... thank you so much!" - Young person with CF

"My son loved it and will definitely go again! It was 'The ‘funnest thing he's ever done', he said!" - Mum with a young boy with CF

 

Catch up

Take a look at some of the things young people with CF have been getting up to with Building Brighter Futures:

My passion keeps me well

In this series of videos, five people with CF talk about a hobby or career that helps them in some way with their cystic fibrosis:

Blogging – Nubi speaks about how blogging has helped her mental health and helps her to connect to other people with CF and other long-term health conditions. 

Performance – Jordy speaks about how drag, performance and theatre has helped them live with cystic fibrosis.

Video games – Ryan talks about how gaming has connected him with other people with CF worldwide.

Wrestling – Dan speaks about how his passion for wrestling has helped his work and mental health.

​Storytelling workshop

In 2019 young people with CF connected online for a six-week storytelling workshop, in collaboration with On Our Radar. Here is a video they created talking about what it is like living with an invisible illness.

Preparing for work

​CF and mental health

Watch a 20-minute talk on CF and mental health with Chloe, a member of our Youth Advisory Group and the NHS youth forum, who discusses her experiences with mental health and how it impacted her cystic fibrosis.

Research we fund

We fund research to tackle some of the most pressing issues in CF today. Find out how your donations are making a difference.

What is CF?

Cystic fibrosis, or CF, affects the lungs, digestive system and other organs, and there are over 10,600 people living with it in the UK.

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