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Rochdale
Boxing Cricket Fishing sessions Football Martial Arts Rugby School Based Programme Sport Thai Boxing

Your Trust

Your Trust work in partnership with other local partners to provide evening sessions across the different Boroughs of Rochdale for local residents aged 8 to 16.

Delivered by qualified Your Trust coaches in communities that need them most, activities include cricket, football, racket sports, arts and crafts. We also work with external providers to offer a wider range of opportunities, including hairdressing, barbering, inclusive football and martial arts, helping young people stay active, develop new skills and engage positively within their communities.

Oldham
Youth Club

Fitton Hill Junior Youth Club

Run by trained volunteers every Friday evening, Fitton Hill Junior Youth Club provides a fun, safe environment offering sports, crafts, games, socialisation, and refreshments. We also collaborate with other local organisations to provide exciting activities like sports, gardening, environmental projects, and forest skills.

Oldham
Careers Education Mentoring School Based Programme

Centre Well-being Training and Culture

CWTC offers practical work placements for students from Oldham College and Oldham Sixth Form College, including Health and Social Care and T Level learners. Students can complete placement hours, including 100 hour placements where applicable, while supporting community activities, administration, wellbeing sessions and events. Placements develop communication, teamwork, confidence and experience of working with people from different backgrounds.

Bolton
School Based Programme

Great Lever and Farnworth Voice

To improve the lives and opportunities of young people by teaching them about different aspects of safety. Helping them develop confidence, positive relationships and life opportunities whilst having fun
The qualifications we can offer are relevant to what career they want to seek.
Most of our members have been excluded, or they do not attend school because mainstream education is not for them.
We feel our provision is a stepping stone for them to enable them to move forward in their lives.

Tameside
Creative activities Progression support Youth Club

Prime Active Communities CIC (PAC CIC)

PAC CIC supports young people across Tameside through detached youth work, creative clubs and progression support. Current opportunities include Beats & Bars music-making and recording for ages 10+ at Oxford Park Pavilion, creative activities at Hurst Cross and Hattersley, and Creative Futures for 16–24-year-olds. Our detached teams work in St Peter’s, St Michael’s and Hattersley/Hyde, building trusted relationships and connecting young people with positive opportunities.
Contact info@pac-cic.co.uk for current session details.

Rochdale

CWA Young Producers

Young Producers is a group for young people from Darnhill (11-19 years old) who want to make a difference in their community.
Cartwheel Arts, in partnership with RBC Youth Service, provide a safe space to create events, trips and your own festival venue at Darnhill Festival – for young people, by young people. You get to decide what happens at your creative events and then learn the skills to manage and run those events. It’s time to step up.

Tameside
Youth Club

Ashton Youth Club

Bringing personal and social development to the heart of our community. Ashton Youth Club is an inclusive youth and community provision run by Lindley Educational Trust, a long-established charity with a strong track record of delivering outdoor adventure and personal development opportunities.

At the heart of Ashton Youth Club is a simple aim: to break down barriers, bring people together and help young people and families thrive through positive experiences in the outdoors. We provide a safe, welcoming space where young people can build friendships, develop confidence and discover new interests. Alongside our regular youth clubs and sports sessions, we offer a wide range of activities and opportunities designed to support personal growth, teamwork and long-term skills development.

Manchester
Art Careers Community group Creative activities Mentoring School Based Programme Wellbeing Youth Club

Odd Arts

Weekly children’s creative drop in: Moss Side Powerhouse Tuesdays 4-5pm; Aquarius Community centre 5.30-6.30pm
Creative Coffee: Fortnightly drop in for adults looking to reduce isolation, increase wellbeing or try something new. Hot lunch included. 12.30-3pm every other Friday.
Second Act: Fortnightly theatre group for adults with experience of homelessness. 10.30-1pm every other Friday. Hot lunch included.
Wellbeing Your Way: 12-week mental health programme using creativity and connection to increase wellbeing through 1:1 sessions and small groups. Ages 10 years upwards.
Work experience: Supported work experience placements, including training, practical learning, leadership and opportunity for completing a creative award.
Youth Ambassador Scheme: For young people ages 11-25 with multiple creative, learning and leadership opportunities.
Youth Creative Social Action: Ongoing creative projects available, exploring ‘social justice’ issues and led by the young people and community.

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