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Family hub on a Wednesday evening 5:30 – 7pm, we provide a hot meal and arts, crafts and activities.
Children over 8 years can attend without an adult.
Children 5 years to 8 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
50p for children - no booking required
This group is for ages 8-13.
Open space for arts, crafts, sports, games, trips and discussions around life and faith.
Come and join in!
We do a variety of activities including:
- play sports
- DJ
- play with chalk
- create spaces to mark life’s big events, and generally enjoy the company of Byker and Walker’s young people.
This is for ages 8-13.
Open space for games, crafts, trips and discussions around life and faith.
Family Club is an opportunity for you to spend some quality time together as a family in a warm and friendly space where you will strengthen your family’s relationships whilst doing fun, structured activities followed by a hot meal.
Family Club runs one day a week after school for 6 week’s. Children can attend with their whole family.
For more information email: responsivegroups@actionforchildren.org.uk or telephone Action for Children on 0191 272 4990
Little Magpies Football for 3 – 7 Year-Olds
Sessions:
3–5-year-olds — 9:00am-9:45am and 10:00am-10:45am
5-6-year-olds — 9:45am-10:30am
6-7-year-olds — 8:30am-9:15am and 9:30am-10:15am#
7-11-year-olds — 10:30am-11:15am
For ages 8 - 10 years
Each session contains a mixture of activities including,
- sports
- cooking
- arts and crafts
- challenging games.
Each session always has mixed ability activities. This is so that it suits the needs of the children and young people. We also work with local artists to add to activities for everyone to engage within.
We also offer free activities for children and young people to have a quieter calm space.
For ages 10 - 12 years
Each session contains a mixture of activities including:
- sports,
- cooking,
- arts and crafts,
- challenging games.
Each session always has mixed ability activities to suit the needs of the children and young people. We also work with local artists to provide more enriching activities for everyone to engage within.
Loads of helpful tips and advice for your child to get a better night's sleep.
We are running a free sleep workshop on Friday 29th August 10:00am-12:00 @ Byker Sands Family Centre and we would love you to join us.
All sessions are for parents and carers of children who live in Newcastle.
There is no creche available over the summer holidays and children are not able to attend.
We are at the heart of Blakelaw’s community, where football, friendship, and getting fit, happens in first-class facilities.
Please contact us for more details.
Multi sports holiday club including Centre functional movements, dodge ball, football, tag games plus many more.
Contact Rhys rhys@allstarsport.co.uk for further information
This is a warm, caring and kind place because:
Football club offering free multi sport activities over the holidays
Usually we run a football club which takes pride in offering football for all regardless of ability, gender, religion.
NBC Fun & Fitness Activities: hot nutritious meal and healthy snacks; games, sports; arts and crafts; music, dance and movement, trips to parks and gardens, Maths, English, Science Tutoring Activities from KS1 to GCSE
This is a warm, kind, caring space because -
Local charity Children North East are running the SAFE programme, which offers counselling to victims of sexual abuse aged 5 to 18 (
True Colours is an inclusive theatre school for children and young people living in the North East. They run classes designed to build confidence and celebrate diversity in a safe and nurturing environment.
This link leads to a timetable of classes available: What’s On | True Colours Theatre
The class timetable on their website, linked above, details the sessions they run, from an introduction to performance classes to faster paced classes with lots of confidence building, dance and singing
Comets is a pan-disability football programme for disabled boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. Players with a broad range of impairments and health conditions can play together.
Comets is all about playfulness, friendships and having fun. More than anything, Comets is football that breaks the old rules and replaces them with a brand new one: JUST BE YOU.
The sessions are ran by lots of brilliant and enthusiastic coaches, the kids love it every week.
If interested in attending, please contact Mandy on 07583052726.
We are a North East based disability sport charity. We offer many sport sessions for people with special educational needs or disabilities, including:
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SEND Activity Sessions (8-19 years old)
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Adult Adapted Cycling Session
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Adult Sport and Social Session
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Boccia Session (all ages)
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Summer holiday activities
To find and book a session, click here: What’s On – Smile Through Sport
Are you a creative builder? Come and join one of our free Lego Clubs at your local library.
No need to book, all materials are provided. Suitable for ages 4+.
Children must be supervised by a parent or carer.
As the impacts of climate change intensify every year, more and more young people are joining the movement to take action and raise awareness to protect our planet and wildlife.
Eco Influencers provides opportunities for young people aged 10-18 to design and deliver their own environmental social action projects that really make a difference. From outdoor eco classrooms to mindfulness wildlife gardens and recycling campaigns, young people across the region are leading the way.
How the project works:
East End Pool has inclusive swimming sessions. These are for people with sensory needs or disabilities.
There is a Disability changing room/shower and also a pool hoist for easy access into the pool. We also offer changing facilities for young people with continence issues.
To find dates and times for these sessions, you can use the Better UK app or check the timetable on the website Pool Timetable at East End Pool | Better.
Gosforth Civic Theatre is an arts venue, café and community hub in Gosforth, and is home to, and run by, Liberdade Community Development Trust.
We opened Gosforth Civic Theatre in 2016, and in 2019 we hosted more than 900 events and activities, and invited over 50,000 people through our doors. In the words of Ozzy, one of our founding members, we opened the theatre because;
Throughout our camps, the children will get the opportunity to take part in lots of different activities ranging from a variety of arts and crafts to dance and fitness as well as board games, and sports games. The days are open to boys and girls from Yr3 - Yr6, the camps are FREE for FSM children and include a hot, nutritious meal and snacks throughout the day. Contact us by email at fitliz.finance@gmail.com to book
21 - 24 July & 28 -31 July 10:00 - 14:00
This is a warm, kind, caring place to be because:
Swimming is an essential life skill for everyone. We believe that everyone should feel comfortable and confident in the water.
We offer a variety of swimming lessons tailored for both adults and children, including those with:
Newcastle United Foundation is an independent registered charity using the power of football to connect, motivate and inspire people in our region. Through community, education, health and wellbeing, and sports programmes delivered across Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside and Gateshead, we strive to improve physical and mental health, boost learning and career prospects and provide life-changing opportunities for everyone – no matter their goals in life.
Join us for inclusive sessions of dance, movement, and aerial at Dance City, held two Sundays per month.
This group is inclusive and has just 10 places so that we can welcome all abilities and needs. Pre booking recommended and Under 5s are welcome but a parent/guardian must be present.
Each session costs £8.75 or £7 for Accessible Price (click here to learn more Pricing - Dance City)
To book, go to the relevant page and click 'Book Now':