Mary's – For Young People and Youth Work

Welcome to
Mary's youth club

At Mary’s Youth Club we aim to create a safe, welcoming community where young people are respected, their voices are valued, and their uniqueness is celebrated.

A space where joy thrives, fun is abundant, and every young person feels empowered to belong and grow

Our Programme

Drop In's

Pop-in for some of the session or stay for the whole time.

A safe space to socialise with peers supported by a team of enthusiastic Youth workers and Youth support workers.

You’ll find Traditional Youth Club Activities: table tennis, board games, games consoles, team games.

Sessions include: Junior Youth Club, Friday Night Youth Club and weekly drop in sessions.

creativity

We regularly use visual arts as part of drop-ins, our creativity strand takes this further with dedicated sessions both on and off site, including trips.

Dance, drama, mural project, film making, music, theatre trips, art exhibitions

health and wellbeing

There’s weekly fitness sessions, along with periodic workshops on mental health and wellbeing.

Sessions Include: Gym, Indoor Active sports hall sessions, Mindfulness, Girls Group (The Sis Project)

And a range of activities across the year from football to climbing to hiking.

skills for life

Becoming a Youth Club member young people will see a boost in confidence, communication, positive relationships, conflict resolution, decision making and team work

We support independence with sessions on cooking, public speaking, first aid and financial literacy.

social action

We listen to young people on the issues that are important to them and we connect them throughout the year.

Past sessions have included: Making sandwiches for homeless drop in shelter, creating wellbeing packs, Intergenerational days, community gardening and conducting research into young peoples issues.

employability and future leaders

We know that education and future employment are important. This is why our programme has embedded support to help young people succeed at school and are at work. In addition, we also provided a number of activities that are focused on building skills to engage with the world of work.

Duke of Edinburgh Award, Volunteering , Work experience placements, One to one mentoring, CV Workshops, short courses with vocational qualifications, Mock interviews and interview preparation, Seminars with industry professionals