Together with our charity partners The Renewal Programme, we’ve launched a new project for Newham young people aged 9-19 years. We call it Empower Youth Newham, and it’s packed full of cool activities!
Our team of youth workers leads a varied weekly programme of activities and opportunities at high-quality venues across the borough, which are FREE and open to all.
Whether you want to play your favourite sport or try a new one at outdoor sessions; or simply chill out or get creative at one of our pizza nights, PS5 competitions of cooking and craft sessions, we’ve got loads going on! Check out our current timetable below.
We’ve got opportunities for personal development too, with tuition and study skills sessions, special workshops, and valuable volunteering and work experience. Each year, we run a leadership development programme to help Newham’s young people boost their employability, learn new skills and develop themselves as future leaders. We typically build this programme around our children’s summer scheme, recruiting and training a team of young local people to assist us with the planning and delivery.
We’re also currently running a monthly mental health wellbeing workshop at different venues. We’ll be sharing details of these at our regular sessions below, or you can email us to ask when and where it’s happening next.
What’s happening?
Here’s our current schedule, including the age groups for each activity:
Mondays
Face to Face Tuition – Maths, English & Science
4.30 to 5.30pm – Years 5 & 6 only
Face to Face Tuition – Maths, English & Science
5.30 to 6.30pm – Years 10 & 11 only
Held at East Ham Library
Tuesdays
Indoor Chillout Session and Outdoor Sports
6 to 7.30pm – Ages 9-14
7.30 to 9pm – Ages 15-19
Held at Bobby Moore Sports Pavilion
Wednesdays
Indoor Chillout Session with arts & crafts, board games and smoothie making
For ages 9-14 only at East Ham Library
Outdoor Sports
4.30 to 7pm for all ages 9-19 at Barking Road Recreation Ground
Thursdays
Outdoor Sports with football, basketball, archery & non-contact boxing
4.30 to 7pm for all ages 9-19 at Brampton Park
Indoor Chillout Session and Youth Gym
6 to 7.30pm – Ages 9-14
7.30 to 9pm – Ages 15-19
Held at Bobby Moore Sports Pavilion
Our Gym has top equipment including a bench press, rowing machine, workout bike, kettle bells, resistance bands… and more! Come on your own or with your mates. But please contact Chris first to check for space by email or on 07861 905 256.
Fridays
Indoor Chillout Session and Outdoor Sports
6 to 7.30pm – Ages 9-14
7.30 to 9pm – Ages 15-19
Held at Bobby Moore Sports Pavilion
How do I join?
Most of our activities are drop in – so just turn up on the day. Bring your mates, or come on your own and make some new ones… whatever works for you, we hope to see you soon!
If you have a question about Empower Youth Newham or any of our activities, feel free to email us.
Our youth team
Chrispin
Working with young people has been a passion of Chrispin’s since his school days. By the age of 19, he was leading youth sessions and working with diverse groups of young people from different backgrounds and cultures. He’s worked mainly within the South East of England from Acton and Northwood to Hackney and Newham. He says he’s passionate about sports and fitness and football is his favourite sport!
Maya
Maya’s been a youth worker in North and East London for over three years and is passionate about developing ambitious opportunities for young people, and positively supporting young people from disadvantaged communities. Among the activities she runs with us, Maya has launched BMX sessions to help young people in Newham to learn a new skill while being instructed by an expert coach. Maya has performed her own poetry and spoken word in public, has tracked lemurs in a Madagascan rainforest, and was once stranded on a desert island in Swaziland!
Joseph
Joseph has over 20 years’ experience working with young people. He’s been a semi-professional footballer, an amateur boxer and has even taught Taekwondo. Born and brought up in the East End, he has also spent time living abroad and enjoys travelling, skiing and most sports – especially football. He says he’d love to travel into space and do a parachute jump. While surfing in Hawaii, he was once bitten by a shark!
We are grateful for the London Borough of Newham’s funding and our partnership with The Renewal Programme that has made Empower Youth Newham possible.