JLGB on target to raise £130,000 for 130 years of community spirit
A promise to the next generation: youth organisation's ‘Generation Resilience’ campaign aims to support young Jewish people facing unprecedented pressures
A matched 36-hour JLGB campaign is calling on the community to help them raise at least £130,000 to stand with young Jewish people at a time when they are facing more pressure, uncertainty and visibility than any generation in recent memory.
Marking its 130th anniversary, the organisation’s appeal launched on Sunday, with donations currently standing at more than £56k.
JLGB warns that this generation of Jewish youth is coming of age in a world “louder, harsher and less predictable” than the one their parents knew. Rising antisemitism, online hostility and growing social pressures have left many young people feeling the weight of being visibly Jewish in ways the community hoped would never return.
Despite this backdrop, JLGB leaders say Jewish young people are showing extraordinary strength.
Chief executive Neil Martin said: “Despite everything, they continue to choose hope. They choose community. They choose to lead and volunteer when it would be far easier to shrink back. That’s why this campaign matters. This generation is not something to fear — they are something to believe in.”
For 130 years — through two world wars, waves of immigration, decades of social change, and the entire Covid era — JLGB has been, in Martin’s words, “the quiet constant: the safety net, the launch pad, and the place where ordinary children become extraordinary adults.”
Funds raised will allow JLGB to continue providing safe, inspiring Jewish youth spaces; leadership and volunteering opportunities; kosher and Shabbat-friendly programming; financial subsidies ensuring no young person is left behind and practical resilience-building skills for today’s world.
“Generation Resilience is not just a fundraiser — it is a promise,” said Martin.
“A promise that hope will not only survive but grow stronger. A promise that we will stand with them now, so they can stand tall for all of us in the future.”
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