Useful Links and local resources

Prospects

Careers advice for year 9 upwards

BOOST program aimed at 15-19 year olds who are at risk of becoming not in education, employment or training (NEET). Resilience based interventions to include interventions, one to one mentoring, family engagement and holiday/evening activities

Bryan.Taylor@Prospects.co.uk

Young Urban Arts Foundation

Empowering young people by strengthening well-being and providing access to opportunities that celebrate creativity, culture, and belonging. Work with schools, record music, podcasts etc

Free Music Production Bus workshop for 11-19 year olds E9

info@yuaf.org.uk Shauna O’Briain

Irish Causeway

Working with young Asylum Seekers and Young LGBTQ+ people in a supported accommodation capacity (16+)

https://www.irishcauseway.org.uk/about-us/our-services/

Ibrahim Munu – Support worker in Hackney

The Interlink Foundation

Supporting Orthodox Jewish groups in Hackney

https://www.interlink-foundation.org.uk/

Michelle

Urban MBA

Urban MBA – runs youth projects in the borough

“The Objective of Urban MBA is to re-train and re-educate disadvantaged, marginalised and in most cases disengaged young adults (our primary target is 18 – 25, but not exclusive) using enterprise and life skills to equip them with transferable assets so they are in a position to find employment or to start an enterprise” (from website)

https://urbanmba.co.uk/community-events-press/

The Huddleston Centre

Range of programs for disabled CYP - activities in evenings and holidays. Currently based in Homerton.

info@huddlestoncentre.org.uk

http://huddlestoncentre.org.uk/

Kooth

Online support for mental wellbeing for CYP

https://www.kooth.com/

Aliana Aguila

Police Cadets

For 10-18 year old YP

Work out of the youth hub - forest road

https://www.met.police.uk/car/careers/met/police-volunteer-roles/volunteer-police-cadets/overview/parents-carers/

Gill

Hoxton Hall

Music, dance, drama and arts groups for YP aged 7-19

https://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/home/youth-arts/about-youth-arts-participation/

Poppy Kay –youth hubs manager

Daymer

Turkish and Kurdish community centre

https://daymer.org/

run youth residentials, offer mental health support to YP and families for example ‘tea time’ groups to support people with their life difficulties - email gulnihal@daymer.org or

info@daymer.org . Turkish speaking J

Immediate Theatre

Run a variety of groups – Estate based youth theatre - eleven free weekly youth theatres on Estates across Hackney for young people from ages 5-25, including a dedicated session for young people with disabilities. We also offer school holiday projects which provide participants with hot food or refreshments.

Also run Pathways to employment (16-25) and

Interactions – creative 6 week program for 13-19 year olds who are excluded or at risk of exclusion and

Schools workshops Kyarna Morris, Schools Coordinator, via kyarna@immediate-theatre.com

https://immediate-theatre.netlify.app/work/estate-based-youth-theatres/

https://immediate-theatre.com/

Jo Carter

The Wickers Charity

Support for 8-21 year olds in hackney wick to divert YP away from crime and violence. They hold summer programs https://wickers.org.uk/

kieran@wickers.org.uk

Hope

6-18 years Estate based youth provision – Gascoyne and Morningside Youth Clubs

MORNINGSIDE: Tuesdays, Thursday and Fridays between 6.00 and 9.00 p.m.