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

Inclusive art class held one Saturday every month for 10-15 year olds. 

If you would like to book, go to Saturday Art Classes for 10-15 year olds | What's On | Laing Art Gallery and click 'Book now' or email learning@laingartgallery.org.uk.

If you would like informal conversation with the tutor before attending, please get in touch via email. 

£7 per person

Pop into our Monday group at the Bostey to have a cup of tea and a chat. All parents and community members are welcome. For ages 16+. Anyone from the East End of the city is welcome.

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.

For ages 12 to 16 years old. 

Each session contains a mixture of activities including:

• sports
• cooking
• arts and crafts
• challenging games

The senior sessions can be more focused on helping with:

• college applications
• school GCSE work and resources
• CV writing
• fundraising

Each session has mixed ability activities to suit the needs of the children and young people. We also work with local artists on some activities.

The Heritage group meet every Tuesday term time.

• discover your ancestorial routes
• build your family tree
• socialise and learn together

We offer subscriptions to online sites to maximise our searching history. 

The Hub offers places to disabled and autistic adults, including school/college leavers. Sessions are led by experienced support workers and professional artists.  

Explore drawing and painting, sculpture, textiles, media, printmaking, drama and movement. Activities are designed to develop personal creativity and improve art and craft skills. There is also focus on collaboration, communication and wellbeing.

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

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.

Walker Central Junior Football Club. Teams from under 7s to seniors.
Next generation coaching every Thursday.

Active Future has been established to instil a love of movement and increase the likelihood of lifelong participation in being active. The delivery of movement activities must be around the needs of the person and not the needs of those delivering.

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:

Groundwork North East has been working in the heart of the North East & Cumbria for over 30 years, changing places and changing lives. We aim to create a society of vibrant, healthy and green communities that have the resources and resilience to shape their futures, where each individual reaches their full potential and communities can thrive.

A multi-award winning theatre, drama and creative learning charity.

Based in Northumberland, we co-create compelling, dynamic, socially-relevant, and high-quality theatre, film and creative projects - with children, young people, and communities. 

Our purpose is to support people to have better quality inter-personal relationships with on another, and to use theatre and drama-based activities as a methodology to achieve this; helping people connect, have fun, learn and grow together.

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 - 

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 Gaming Social is a weekly gaming drop in for young people to socialise and mix in a relaxed environment. This is free so anyone can attend. Gamers can play a huge range of consoles with friends.

Gosforth Civic Theatre (See map below)

Every Tuesday during term time.

4.30pm - 6pm: under 11s session. (5 - 11 year olds)
​Anyone aged under 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

Women's group with activities such as:

• Cooking demonstrations and arts & crafts
• Fitness & Wellbeing sessions
• History of Benwell & Scotswood
• Knowledge of different cultures
• Refreshments & healthy snacks
• Confidence building
• Community cohesion
• Friendship building

Youth Club for ages 11+ 

Making a positive difference to the lives of young people.

Move creatively for fitness and pleasure in a relaxed and friendly environment.

£5 per class

Movement class to music for over 40's.

General level class, bendy and non-bendy welcome. Suitable for beginners. 

£5 per class

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.