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
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.
http://huddlestoncentre.org.uk/
Kooth
Online support for mental wellbeing for CYP
Aliana Aguila
Police Cadets
For 10-18 year old YP
Work out of the youth hub - forest road
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
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/
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.
GASCOYNE: Mondays and Wednesday between 6.00 and 9.00 p.m.
https://hopeatmorningside.org/
Pembury Estate
Youth led workers on the estate for CYP between 8-18 years old
Anslem
Hackney Quest
Based in E9
CYP 8-25 years old
Offer includes mentoring, music production, sexual health drop in, employability for 14+, have just started employing a counsellor
https://www.hackneyquest.org.uk/programmes
Janita - Youth Manager
Hackney Empire
14-19 year old free training opportunities
https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/take-part
Fatima Sheekhuna – Youth Lead
Skyway Charity
Provost St, N1
Empower YP to make positive choices regarding their future – for 6-19 year olds
Music production, sports, girls and boys groups
https://skyway.london/whats-on/term-timetable/#locations1
Ruhina Begum
Inspire Education Business Partnership
https://www.inspire-ebp.org.uk/our-programmes/
Josh woods – partnerships manager josh.woods@inspire-ebp.org.uk work with primary and secondary schools re employability and mentoring.
Hackney Housing
Kelly Edwards – Oversees resident participation in Hackney housing – developing youth opportunities across the estates
Tropical Isles
Youth program in carnival arts, employments, empowerment. Based in De Beauvoir Road. They work with industry mentors
https://tropicalislescarnival.org/ info@tropicalislescarnival.org
Marva Antoine
Pedro Youth Club
Clapton based
Boxing, sport and wellbeing community club for 4-21 year olds.
https://pedroclub.com/time-table/
Maralyn Gordon info@pedroclub.com
Chatsworth Youth Club
youth program on Chatsworth road
Monday and Wednesday – various offers; appears faith based (Christian)
8-11 years old after school club
Joycelyn Dankwa