Youth Services
We are committed to ensuring every young person has the opportunity to live a happy and fulfilling life and offer a range of services for young people.
More information on our youth services and how to get involved can be found below.
Howdon Youth Zone
Howdon Youth Zone offers a safe space for young people aged 10-16 to attend to take part in a range of diversionary activities, create friendships and work to develop a resilient community.
We now have over 200 young people signed up and a regular attendance of around 30-40 young people every Thursday and Friday evening!
Activities range from Dungeons and Dragons, sim-racing and video games, to sport and physical activity. All activities are based on requests from young people, and thanks to partners like Delloitte and Gregg’s, these sessions now offer a hot meal and snacks to all participants.
Resilient Futures
Resilient Futures is designed for young people aged 11-24, living in Howdon/Wallsend, who may be beginning to struggle with their mental wellbeing or those who do not have a range of coping strategies to make them feel resilient.
Delivered in partnership with NE Youth, Wallsend Boys Club, and Newcastle United Foundation, Resilient Futures consists of a bespoke timetable of activities specially designed to improve mental health and promote wellbeing and mindfulness.
All activities offered are subsidised, so involve no cost to the young person. Our staff are on hand throughout to support young people to overcome barriers to access.
Young people will improve their physical health and wellbeing, aspirations, mental wellbeing, self-esteem and confidence, resilience, coping strategies, access to community activities and support and their communication skills.
Email [email protected] to sign up, or find out more about Resilient Futures here.
Howdon Youth Board
This year saw the development, expansion and relaunching of our Youth Board.
The project was set up to give young people a forum to influence our work and have input on project design and delivery.
After initial successes, including Family Gateway voluntarily waiving the differential in minimum wage for different ages, the Youth Board was placed under the supervision of our Youth Team, and has since grown in number and effectiveness.
12 young people are fully registered members of our Youth Board, drawing from many different areas of our work. They have had several successes in the last year, including taking part in the Change Makers research project with NE Youth, building a relationship with Northumbria Police to get more police presence during Howdon Youth Zone, and presenting in front of the Family Gateway CEO and Board, as well as the Northumbria Violence Reduction Unit.
School Support
For Schools and Education settings who want to compliment their existing provisions, we can offer embedded support for young people. We offer the opportunity for schools to commision a Youth Entrepreneur, who can focus on supporting pupils in their school who are struggling with all of the issues addressed by our Youth Support services.
We currently work with Burnside College, Monkseaton High School, Denbigh Primary School and Spring Gardens Primary School.
If you represent a school that would like to enquire about how we can help, email our Business Development Manager on [email protected].