About Ting A Ling

The Ting-a-Ling Youth Group was founded on the streets of inner-city Birmingham by Kirk Jackson in 1993. Since then its core activity has been providing positive experiences to young people who are disadvantaged/underprivileged. The club caters for young people throughout the inner-city although it is centred around Newtown, South Aston and neighbouring districts.

Over the past years Ting-a-Ling has been going into schools to reflect its intension to go beyond recreational provision, to encourage self help within its members. To this end the project offers advice and information which allow and encourage young people to help themselves more effectively. Through its work Ting-a-Ling has developed projects specifically to meet young peoples needs.

For example, we have been working to help 16-26 year olds into further education training as many members of this age group did not complete school and are finding it difficult to gain employment.