South Tyneside Youth Service
South Tyneside Youth Service gives young people the chance to get involved in exciting youth projects across the Borough. Projects offer a safe space for young people to:
- relax and have fun
- engage with informal education
- access creative and sporting activities
- go on trips (including residential trips)
- take part in social action/community projects
- opportunities to develop personal, social, and emotional skills
- Projects are based around young people’s own interests, experiences and are youth-led.
If you would like more information about any projects please contact Gayle Snowball, Senior Youth Worker, South Tyneside Youth Service on 0191 424 0118 or email: gayle.snowball@southtyneside.gov.uk
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Free holiday activities
Eligible children across South Tyneside will continue to access free, nutritious food and engaging activities over the school holidays, as the government has confirmed funding for the holiday activities and food programme (HAF) throughout 2024. These free holiday clubs will continue to run to support parents with childcare costs over the holidays.
Activities include:
- football
- multi-sports camps
- creative sessions
- cooking classes
This allows South Tyneside to provide for families who are eligible for benefit related free school meals.
Who can attend:
To be eligible to attend the free winter holiday club activities, children and young people must:
- live in South Tyneside, and
- be 5 to 16 years old, and
- be eligible for benefit related, or be in a family currently experiencing hardship
We are operating on a trust-based booking system which will hopefully allow families who will really benefit from free meals and activities, to access them.
Bright Futures
Bright Futures are an award-winning charity supporting young women up to the age of 25 helping them tackle some of life’s biggest challenges such as alcohol misuse, domestic abuse, unemployment, poor mental health and wellbeing, sexual abuse and exploitation.
They are there to Support, Educate, Empower and Influence – giving young women a brighter future.
To find out more about how Bright Futures can support you, click here.
Social Prescribing Team
The Social Prescribing Team’s aim is to make a difference to the lives of the people they work with, through promoting the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to practice self-care.
Their appointments are longer than typical GP appointments which gives you more time to talk about what matters to you.
Here are some of the things that people often like to talk about:
- Feeling down, stressed or anxious
- Managing health conditions and symptoms
- Keeping active
- Benefits, money and housing problems
- Making healthier choices
- Reducing smoking or alcohol
- Loneliness
- Caring for someone
They can support you to:
- Identify what is affecting well-being and how you would like things to be different
- Build knowledge, motivation and confidence to make changes
- Set and achieve personal goals to improve well-being
- Connect with people, activities, groups and opportunities in your area
- Develop strategies for managing mental and/or physical health conditions
Anything discussed will be kept confidential however if an individual discloses information which highlights that someone is at risk, we may need to share this with relevant organisations.
Anyone aged 16 or over living in South Tyneside can access our services free-of-charge. Find out more below:
South Tyneside Social Prescribing Service
Healthy Minds
Healthy Minds is a supportive team of professionals who work with children and young people as an early intervention to prevent stress and improve mental health outcomes.
This is a free NHS service available for school/college pupils and their families to develop skills and promote positive wellbeing. Healthy Minds aim to ensure children and young people enjoy life and can establish coping strategies to manage thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
They offer evidence-based treatments, including individual and group work to support a variety of common mental health issues including Low Mood and Depression, Bullying, Self-Harming Behaviours and more.
South Tyneside Lifecycle Primary Care Mental Health Service
