Our award winning Youth Service provides 16 – 24 year olds with the opportunity to meet new people, learn new things and build confidence for an exciting future.

Our team are experienced at supporting young people to overcome barriers. We understand the challenges with having conditions such as Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, a learning difficulty or learning disability.

We see the opportunities for you and we will support you on your journey to a bright future in a fun ad enjoyable way.

Our young people tell us that involvement in our Youth Service has helped them:

• Become more confident and assertive
• Build self-esteem
• Develop new friendships
• Become more independent
• To be more health aware

“I love the Youth Service! It’s fun, I’ve made new friends, learnt new things and built my confidence. The activities and outings have really boosted my self esteem”

Rebekah
Youth Service Participant

We support young people to develop new skills, confidence and independence.

We see our young people progress through involvement in our Youth Service with participants, parents and carers telling us the big difference our team make to young people’s lives.

Confidence and self esteem can be very important factors when gaining new skills and becoming more independent. Our staff will work with each participant to develop and improve their confidence and self esteem in preparation for their progression.

Our Youth Service team are passionate and committed to getting the best out of our participants.  We get to know our young people and the challenges and barriers they face and help to equip them with the skills and qualities needed to progress on to further education, training or employment.

We will support you to develop new skills so that you can develop confidently as a young adult and provide structured support to:

• Build social and communication skills
• Develop confidence to use public transport
• Manage your money more effectively
• Develop a healthy and independent lifestyle
• Write your CV and apply for jobs
• Complete applications for further education and training

You will achieve this through one-to-one mentoring and group activities. Our goal is to get the best out of you!

“The Youth Service staff are very understanding about what we need as a group and individually. I feel like the service has helped me to improve my communication and social skills. I have also gained both teamwork and leadership skills as I am Youth Service Voice. This has helped me in my current job role in Customer Care”

Jordan
Youth Service Participant

Our young people are encouraged and supported to try out new job roles through work tasters and placements.

It isn’t always easy to think about what job you would like to do and so having the opportunity to try out different job roles can help you decide.

We have great links with employers and will support you to start and complete a work taster or placement.

Further support is available to apply for jobs and attend interviews. We will stay with you through every step.

“I tried five different work tasters through the Youth Service and it helped me realise what I was good at and enjoy doing.  I  have now secured a work placement in after schools club. The Youth Service support works!”

Claire
Youth Service Participant

Our Youth Service offers up to 5 days of activity that includes group work, team building, accredited and non-accredited training as well as work tasters and work placements.

We want to support you to reach your full potential and we know that your confidence and social skills will develop by meeting new people and engaging in enjoyable activities.

Our programme includes:

• Group activities and outings
• Community and volunteering experiences
• Training
• Mentoring

We create experiences and opportunities that will challenge, you and help you develop problem solving skills. We enjoyed boxfit, bowling, gardening, kayaking to name but a few. We have also transformed a community space and went all the way to London to pick up an award or it!

We love what we do and know you will too!

“The Youth Service for me was brilliant and made me feel that anything is possible”

Dean
Youth Service Participant