Hounslow Action for Youth (HAY) is a youth and community charity based in the London Borough of Hounslow. It provides engaging activities, programmes, and personal development opportunities for children, young people aged 7 to 18 (up to 25 for those with SEND or care experience), and their families. HAY offers free provision, often including food and transport assistance, with services like trips, skill-building in areas such as cooking, sports, arts, and gardening, and support for jobs and future goals. The organisation operates with a trauma-informed approach, focusing on wellbeing and helping young people overcome barriers, build confidence, and make friends. HAY is open to young people and families living in Hounslow, aiming to foster their potential and ensure the community thrives. Specific programs include Botanical Young Women of Hounslow, STAR Network, and Cygnet Autism Support Programme.
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YMCA St Paul's Group is a charity and registered housing provider working across London, including Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond, and Waltham Forest. It aims to empower young people and foster inclusive, active communities. The group provides family and youth work, including holiday playschemes like Y Kidz, nursery, daycare, and year-round programmes. It also offers health and wellbeing services, such as gyms, sport, recreation, and counselling. Housing support, including affordable housing and supported housing, is provided to help individuals achieve a fresh start. Additionally, the organisation offers community services like chaplaincy, community cafes, and venue hire.
SkyWay supports young people and their communities in London. The organisation aims to help them identify, offer, and access opportunities to build confidence and skills, enabling them to create their future. It offers free sessions, requiring participants to register. SkyWay also runs a community walking club every Thursday from the Blue Hut Youth & Community Hub. The charity offers opportunities for fundraising through events like Swim Serpentine, Hackney Half Marathon, and the London Marathon. Additionally, SkyWay hires out its sports pitch, hall, kitchen, recording studio, and gym. The organisation requests donations to support its work with young people and their communities throughout London.
Hackney Quest supports young people, families and the wider community in Hackney. It provides practical and emotional support, activities and opportunities that help people build confidence, develop skills and manage life’s challenges. Its work focuses on supportive relationships and stronger connections between individuals, families and the local community.
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Reaching Higher is a youth charity with a Christian ethos that works with young people in Croydon. The organisation aims to challenge young people to be leaders of their own lives, teaching them transferable skills and helping them recognise skills developed through their own experiences. They provide a safe and welcoming environment for learning and development. Reaching Higher delivers mentoring and leadership sessions in partner schools, and runs programmes in sports, creativity, and leadership to foster community connection and support youth development. They also operate community programmes and initiatives like the Youth Board, which influenced activities at BoxPark Croydon, and the Limitless Youth Camp. They have an October Hangouts programme and formerly offered a summer programme called BLITZ.
London Youth is a charity that champions and strengthens youth organisations across London, aiming to provide young people with opportunities and skills. It works with its network of nearly 600 member youth organisations and operates two outdoor learning centres, Hindleap Warren in East Sussex and Woodrow High House in Buckinghamshire. The charity creates opportunities for young Londoners through employability, sport, arts, and youth social action programmes. It also supports its members by building skills and resilience among youth professionals. London Youth encourages donations to support young Londoners and the youth workers they rely on.
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Hounslow Action for Youth (HAY) is a youth and community charity based in the London Borough of Hounslow. It provides engaging activities, programmes, and personal development opportunities for children, young people aged 7 to 18 (up to 25 for those with SEND or care experience), and their families. HAY offers free provision, often including food and transport assistance, with services like trips, skill-building in areas such as cooking, sports, arts, and gardening, and support for jobs and future goals. The organisation operates with a trauma-informed approach, focusing on wellbeing and helping young people overcome barriers, build confidence, and make friends. HAY is open to young people and families living in Hounslow, aiming to foster their potential and ensure the community thrives. Specific programs include Botanical Young Women of Hounslow, STAR Network, and Cygnet Autism Support Programme.
YMCA St Paul's Group is a charity and registered housing provider working across London, including Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond, and Waltham Forest. It aims to empower young people and foster inclusive, active communities. The group provides family and youth work, including holiday playschemes like Y Kidz, nursery, daycare, and year-round programmes. It also offers health and wellbeing services, such as gyms, sport, recreation, and counselling. Housing support, including affordable housing and supported housing, is provided to help individuals achieve a fresh start. Additionally, the organisation offers community services like chaplaincy, community cafes, and venue hire.
SkyWay supports young people and their communities in London. The organisation aims to help them identify, offer, and access opportunities to build confidence and skills, enabling them to create their future. It offers free sessions, requiring participants to register. SkyWay also runs a community walking club every Thursday from the Blue Hut Youth & Community Hub. The charity offers opportunities for fundraising through events like Swim Serpentine, Hackney Half Marathon, and the London Marathon. Additionally, SkyWay hires out its sports pitch, hall, kitchen, recording studio, and gym. The organisation requests donations to support its work with young people and their communities throughout London.
Hackney Quest supports young people, families and the wider community in Hackney. It provides practical and emotional support, activities and opportunities that help people build confidence, develop skills and manage life’s challenges. Its work focuses on supportive relationships and stronger connections between individuals, families and the local community.
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Reaching Higher is a youth charity with a Christian ethos that works with young people in Croydon. The organisation aims to challenge young people to be leaders of their own lives, teaching them transferable skills and helping them recognise skills developed through their own experiences. They provide a safe and welcoming environment for learning and development. Reaching Higher delivers mentoring and leadership sessions in partner schools, and runs programmes in sports, creativity, and leadership to foster community connection and support youth development. They also operate community programmes and initiatives like the Youth Board, which influenced activities at BoxPark Croydon, and the Limitless Youth Camp. They have an October Hangouts programme and formerly offered a summer programme called BLITZ.
London Youth is a charity that champions and strengthens youth organisations across London, aiming to provide young people with opportunities and skills. It works with its network of nearly 600 member youth organisations and operates two outdoor learning centres, Hindleap Warren in East Sussex and Woodrow High House in Buckinghamshire. The charity creates opportunities for young Londoners through employability, sport, arts, and youth social action programmes. It also supports its members by building skills and resilience among youth professionals. London Youth encourages donations to support young Londoners and the youth workers they rely on.
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Hounslow Action for Youth (HAY) is a youth and community charity based in the London Borough of Hounslow. It provides engaging activities, programmes, and personal development opportunities for children, young people aged 7 to 18 (up to 25 for those with SEND or care experience), and their families. HAY offers free provision, often including food and transport assistance, with services like trips, skill-building in areas such as cooking, sports, arts, and gardening, and support for jobs and future goals. The organisation operates with a trauma-informed approach, focusing on wellbeing and helping young people overcome barriers, build confidence, and make friends. HAY is open to young people and families living in Hounslow, aiming to foster their potential and ensure the community thrives. Specific programs include Botanical Young Women of Hounslow, STAR Network, and Cygnet Autism Support Programme.
Get Real Youth Services (GRYS) is an organisation offering mentoring and support services to young people and their families. It works with young people involved in or at risk of gang affiliation, crime or exploitation, as well as those in schools and the social care system. GRYS provides a 12-week mentoring programme focusing on problem solving, self-reflection, personal development, networking and positive experiences. It also delivers holistic support, including one-to-one sessions for young people and assistance for parents and carers. The organisation began in Hackney, where its founder grew up, and it serves young people across various London boroughs.
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Greenwich Youth For Christ is a charity supporting young people in Greenwich and surrounding areas since 1995. They aim to help young people overcome challenges, make good choices, and reach their potential through practical and relevant work in schools, churches, and community partnerships. They operate weekly impact sessions within their South East London community to build confidence and self-worth. They have youth club venues in Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Woolwich, and Plumstead.
Young Greenwich Youth Services delivers youth services in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It provides free access to activities, youth hubs, and health and wellbeing services for young people aged 8 to 19, or up to 25 for those with SEND. It also supports parents, carers, schools, and educational providers. Services include hubs like Avery Hill, Valley Central, Woolwich Common, and Hawksmoor, offering a range of programmes to help young people meet friends, learn new skills, and go on trips.
Youth Unity supports vulnerable young people aged 8-24 across London, Essex, and Kent, through mentoring, workshops, and outreach. The organisation focuses on preventing young people from being drawn into violence and exploitation, preparing communities with safeguarding consultancy, and protecting youth by building resilience against drugs and crime. Key programmes include 1:1 Mentoring, WAVE for young women, School Workshops, and a Mobile Intervention Van. Youth Unity is active in several London boroughs including Bexley, Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, and Waltham Forest, aiming to provide a safe space and opportunities for young people to thrive.
The King's Trust, formerly The Prince's Trust, helps young people aged 11 to 30 into work, education, training and enterprise through free courses, mentoring and start-up support.