The team will work with children/young people between the ages of 4-18 with a learning disability and or Autism Spectrum Disorder where their behaviour that challenges occurs as a result of the young person having limited abilities to communicate distress, and get their needs met in other more adaptive ways.

How to refer:

All referrals must come from a Community CYPS team; it is essential that a care co-ordinator is identified. Consultation clinics are held monthly in each locality where potential referrals can be taken to be discussed.

The Children and Young People’s Service provides a single service to all children and young people aged 0-18 years living in Newcastle and Gateshead who present with mental health difficulties.

This includes children and young people who may be living in difficult and challenging circumstances.

Click here to read more and download a wealth of resources to help support you.

Our vital service is available at no cost to families. Rainbow Trust is a charity, relying almost entirely on voluntary donations and the generosity of the public to deliver support.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports families who have a child aged 0-18 years with a life-threatening or terminal illness.

We are a warm, caring and kind place because:

• We offer small group work and activities
• Parents/carers can discuss individual needs prior to visiting

We are a registered charity set up in 1990 in Newcastle upon Tyne, at a time when the North East had the worst levels of child health in the country (Government report Health of the Nation 1990).

Mini B's is for anyone aged 8 and above that's new to joining the Bostey, 

Welcome to Healthier Together – a great place to find accurate and trusted NHS healthcare advice in the North East and North Cumbria.

All the information on the Healthier Together site has been checked by clinicians, to ensure we offer the best advice for parents, carers, young people and health professionals.

You can find everything from pregnancy tips and advice on poorly babies to 'should my child go to school today?' or emotional wellbeing for young people, and we're regularly adding new topics.

Success4All is a children and young people's charity with a particular focus on education. We offer:

Welcome to Circus Central, Newcastle's finest Circus Arts hub! We bring people of all ages and abilities together to have fun, develop skills, perform, and gain qualifications. At Circus Central, you become part of a thriving community. We offer something for everyone from the curious beginner to the die-hard professional! We also offer provision for schools, community organisations and events.

We're a circus school! You can learn to fly in the air on a trapeze, silks or aerial hoops, do acrobatics, walk on stilts, ride a unicycle, juggle, hula hoop, and more.

Founded in 2005 through a partnership between The FA and UEFA Hat-Trick delivers around 70 sessions each week to people in Newcastle upon Tyne and now in Gateshead.

We support the young people to reach their full potential by providing opportunities to participate in positive activities that offer training, qualifications & leadership. We work across the city of Newcastle and borough of Gateshead in areas of high deprivation, the top 10 percent of most deprived neighbourhoods  across the country. 

We provide after school support for Primary aged students which revolve around different degree subjects students may not of had the chance to learn about before (e.g chemistry, Ancient Civilisations) This also covers maths and English support. For Secondary school students, we provide 1-1 support, as well as free access to chromebooks, free printing, and resources such as revision guides. We have a team of staff and volunteers with different subject specialties.

A mixture of outdoor play, games, crafts, cooking, bushcraft, environment and nature, trips and youth work. Young people help to decide what we do and eat.

We offer children aged 6-14 the opportunity to gain skills for life from practical skills, to life skills, to nights away experiences.

Young people aged 10 - 25 (school year 6 upwards) meet new friends, develop self-confidence and create original plays that reflect their views and opinions in weekly sessions delivered by some of the most exciting theatre makers in the region.

Live Youth Theatre meet weekly throughout the school year, starting in late September. Over three exciting terms young people will develop their skills in stage craft, develop a new play to perform on the stage and explore scripts that have been produced and performed here at Live Theatre.

Northern Stage is a theatre in Newcastle City Centre, very close to Haymarket. You can enjoy plays, dance, comedy and musicals on all of our three stages.

We have family shows throughout the year and at Christmas we have two magical shows one for under 5s and one for over 5s. 

We run youth clubs for young people aged between 5-18 where young people can take part in activities such as cooking, making music in our music studio, arts and crafts and playing pool and PS4. These are on evenings in our base in Pottery Bank.

We also run alternative education programmes for young people who are struggling in high school. Our programmes vary depending on each young persons needs but each programme will take place outside of school in small groups of no more than 8 young people per group.

YMCA Newcastle is a community hub for young people. They run a range of activities throughout the week. Their youth workers are trained to offer confidential support and advice to young people. They can support you with any issues you may have and refer you to other services if needed. You can phone or visit their office in Walker for help with:

We run drop in and closed groups for children and young people. Some of these are focused around a particular activity (such as Sporty Legs, where we play sports and explore faith together) and others are focused around a particular location (like the Byker and Walker bubbles that currently meet once a week). We even run a bible study using board games to explore faith! All these spaces are shaped by the young people that attend, and include space to have fun, learn new skills, and grow together. We also run toddler groups for families with younger children.

Stepney Bank Stables - Young people building confidence and connection through horses

Stepney Bank Stables is a charity providing opportunities for young people aged 8 to 18 to learn all about how to communicate with and care for horses. Through that they develop key skills including teamwork, perseverance, confidence and responsibility. 

Youth work sessions for young people aged 11-19 across several areas. Please look at the website for details.

Making a positive difference to the lives of young people.

NE Youth | Supporting Young People for Over 85 Years

This is a warm, caring and kind place to be because:

• We offer small group work and activities
• Parents/carers are welcome to have a pre-visit and to discuss individual needs prior to the activities

We work with children and young people age 8-25 offering group activity sessions based on their age, one to one support, detached work and offsite activities.

Our Project works with residents of Pendower Estate, in the west end of Newcastle to improve their quality of life and to make the estate a great place to live and bring up your family. We are based in a small neighbourhood centre on the estate.

We work on:

Join our free gaming and multi-sports sessions open to 8 - 11-year-olds.
Monday, 4pm - 5pm: football
Thursday, 4pm - 5pm: Indoor multi-sports
Friday, 4pm - 5pm: Rooftop pitch football
Friday, 4pm - 5pm: Gaming
To Book: Visit nufoundation.org.uk/nucastle

All children aged 8+ and parents are welcome

No need to book, just turn up!

Every Wednesday 5pm – 6pm

For more information, please contact James Morgan.

We currently provide activities during the school holidays only.

You can expect to find activities like; 

• basketball
• tennis
• cricket,
• football
• dodgeball
• handball
• archery
• crafts
• cookie decorating 

This is a warm, caring and kind place to be because:

Holiday Activities only.

This is a sports camp. We provide various activities including football, dodgeball, basketball, dance, mini trampoline, gymnastics.

This is a warm, caring and kind place to be because: 

• we offer small group work activities 
• we offer peer support like a buddy or mentoring system
• parents/carers can contact staff to discuss individual needs
• parents/carers or young people can pre-visit/watch a walk through video