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Come along to our community garden in Elswick Park.
Learn how to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers with our friendly community gardeners. Make friends and enjoy the weather – rain or shine!
Come and visit our lovely farm in Northumberland. Help us to grow vegetables and look after the animals. Enjoy the fresh air and work the land together.
Places are available on the minibus.
Youth Club for ages 11+
Making a positive difference to the lives of young people.
In our weekly group we take part in different craft activities. Our activities are decided by the group. Develop your business enterprise skills, have fun and make friends.
Contact vicki@upstartenterprise.com or call 07872618895 to book a space.
For ages 8 - 16 years. To book a space, visit the website: https://www.nufoundation.org.uk/nucastle
For ages 5 - 7 years. To book a space, visit the website: https://www.nufoundation.org.uk/nucastle
Our STEM club takes place during term time only and is open to those aged between 9 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
HADO is a new immersive dodgeball session. Players compete in 3 v 3 matches. Players will be taught the skills of HADO so they can compete in matches against each other.
For ages 8 - 13 years.
To book a space, visit the website: https://www.nufoundation.org.uk/nucastle
Move creatively for fitness and pleasure in a relaxed and friendly environment.
£5 per class
Breathe and Flow with Debbi Purtill
General level class, bendy and non-bendy welcome
£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.
We are a small independent business which relies on donations and has no other source of funding.
We do corporate events, bird control, group bookings.
We also offer Flying owl experiences where you not only get to handle a variety of owls but to fly some as well - £20 per person.
Full flying experience includes the handling of birds, flying owls and Harris Hawks - £40 per person.
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.
Our café bar is a warm and welcoming place with free wifi and tea and coffee from just £1.
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.
Riverside Community Health Project is running three new short courses, Food Allergies and Risks Level 2, International Cooking, Recipe for Success. As well as their Friday Woman’s Group.
See attached leaflets for more information on dates and times and how to attend.
The Streetwise Project Workers offer young people who attend the Hub a chance to have their say.
Each week, they will ask those who attend to choose what they would like to eat. The young people then shop for healthy ingredients. After that they prepare the food to cook for themselves and their peers.
There are also engaging and fun activities including board games and a Playstation 5.
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:
A facilitated space to shape your artistic visions your way with professional support available when you want it, with studios and essential equipment for your dance, theatre arts or music projects.
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.
We love story times at Newcastle Libraries. These sessions
- encourage language development,
- help foster a love of books,
- are really, really fun!
Enjoy stories in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Explore what the library has to offer and make friends. Listen to stories that will encourage young children to develop a life-long love of books from an early age. These sessions do not need to be pre-booked, please feel free to drop in.
Cowgate Young Theatre Makers is an exciting new drama group for children and young people. It is run by Unfolding Theatre and Projects4Change.
The group will use
- drama,
- theatre making,
- movement
- creative writing to create and share stories together.
Children and young people interested in off-stage roles are also welcome. These include technicians, sound, lighting and set design.
The group is open to children and young people aged between 8 and 14 years old.
Are you ready to groove and move to the beat? Our exciting fully funded Street Dance Workshop is the perfect blend of fun, fitness and funky moves
Thursday during selected dates - 4pm - 5pm
For children aged 8 - 16 years old
Booking is essential
Monthly themed fun family session for children 0-8 years and their parents and carers.
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;
Rise Above Wrestling is an inclusive Olympic-styled (freestyle, Greco-Roman, women’s) wrestling club located in the upper level of East End Pool in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne affiliated with the national governing body for the sport, the British wrestling association. Kids, teens, women’s, beginners and advanced classes are available. Coaching staff with full credentials, first aid, CPR and AED training, enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding in place. Showers and changing rooms are on site.