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 (

Northern Cultural Projects fosters community development through inclusive, participatory cultural projects.

For more information please contact Silvie Fisch on 0753 7106950 or email silvie.fisch@northernculturalprojects.org

Denton Dene parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. 

We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

Jesmond Dene parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. 

We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

Leazes Park parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. 

We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

SVP Deaf Centre is a charity providing care, comfort and compassion for disadvantaged families and individuals within the community, both non-hearing and hearing alike. As the centre is part of the wider organisation of St Vincents de Paul, we embody SVP values while also having a unique focus on bettering the lives of those who have experience of deafness

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

The North East Autism Society run a Family Networking Group, a closed group on Facebook which aims to empower, educate and connect parents, families and carers by: 

• Increasing knowledge

• Sharing useful information 

• Connecting people   

You can find out more here: Family Networking - North East Autism Society

Incredible Years School aged Programme is a  course for parents with a child aged 6-12 years starting Friday 24th January 2025. 9:15am - 11:15am

Are the Sleep Success workshops for you? 

For Primary aged children 4-11 years, and toddlers 1-3 years.

Tuesday 28th January 10:00am - 12:00pm. 

Contact 0191 275 9636 to sign up to the sleep success workshop.

Sleep success workshops offer support and guidance around sleep issues for parents and carers of children aged 1-19 years old including children with additional needs.

What is a ‘sleep issue’? 

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.

Come and join us in our creative writing club

Ages 6 -11 years

Sign up at our enquiry desk

For girls aged 8-13 years. Play music, sing, mc, learn an instrument.

Join us for FREE monthly workshops! Designed for deaf children and young people aged 5 - 12 years. Delivered by Unfolding Theatre.

North East Deaf Youth Theatre explores all aspects of theatre-making including: 

We are a North East based disability sport charity. We offer many sport sessions for people with special educational needs or disabilities, including:

• SEND Activity Sessions (8-19 years old)

• Adult Adapted Cycling Session

• Adult Sport and Social Session

• Boccia Session (all ages) 

• And more! 

To find and book a session, click here: What’s On – Smile Through Sport

Game on is a mixture of STEM, HADO and Gaming and is open to those aged between 8 and 13 years old.

The range of STEM related activities at our Nucastle facility aim to develop

• problem solving skills
• logical thinking skills

Activities include 

• robots
• Lego Spike prime building
• engineering
• competitions

Website: https://www.nufoundation.org.uk/nucastle

balletLORENT is a national touring dance theatre company based at the John Marley Centre, Newcastle. We create performance works for all ages, and have an extensive community dance class and workshop programme.

balletLORENT offers a range of feel good classes each week at our home in the John Marley Centre, including knitting, move it! yoga and many more!

Please see our timetable for more information 

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: 

Monthly themed fun family session for children 0-8 years and their parents and carers.

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; 

Steeped in history, this Norman fortress is a rugged reminder of northern England’s turbulent past and where the city of Newcastle got its name.

Enjoy exploring the ancient passageways and chambers, discover the hidden stories of the Castle’s inhabitants over the centuries, and take a journey up the roof to see the most commanding views of the city. Please visit our website to find out more. Welcome to Newcastle Castle

Open 10am - 5pm daily

And remember, your entry ticket is valid for a whole year!

All of our libraries are autism friendly. To do this we have:

• provided staff training

• created 'calm zone' areas with autism friendly furniture

• put up posters to promote that we are autism friendly

We have also introduced a quieter hour from 10am to 11am every Saturday on Level 3 of City Library. We avoid making any excess noise to make the library quieter and calmer to help customers with autism and other additional needs.