With Summer holidays over we can once again claim 2 extremely successful weeks, with close to 100 children attending our Holiday scheme. To quote a parent "Sorry I didn't get to fill in the feedback form but in my and my wife and sons name, It was a summer that my son will never forget the outing [...]

Thank you very much to Jewish Care for hosting us the last 7 years in their Brenner day centre.  They have been exemplary landlords going way beyond their duty of call  accommodating our charity.     Well all good things come to an end and now we are once again seeking premises. whilst it may be [...]

Wow it has been a hard 2 days but we have raised £3233 and hope to get to our target of £6000 before Friday. It is amazing how many people care for our children. Many of the donations are from total strangers. Thank you everyone even those anonymous donors. Keep the donations coming in and [...]

We would like to ensure children spend their school holidays in a positive environment with our passionate and caring youth workers. With a fun packed 2 weeks we will help build the self esteem and confidence of these children , empowering and preparing them for the next academic year. You can help a child build [...]

Double your donation to Youthdirect on theBigGive.org.uk from midday (12pm) on Monday 15th May.   Youthdirect is taking part in the Summer Give, the biggest online match funding campaign which helps charities raise funds to alleviate the impact of child poverty during the long summer holidays.   We will be raising funds for our project [...]

We are delighted that The Childhood trust has selected us for the Summer Give 2017.  We aim to raise £6000 from 12pm, Monday 15th May until 12pm, Friday 19th May. this will than be matched to enable our Holiday program to take place.

Over 13 years of changing children's life at Youthdirect and we have moved to another step. A group of  children who have used our services have volunteered to come in during the classes and assist the younger children's who are having difficulties. Their assistance is greatly appreciated. All the boys were treated to a meal [...]

We are well into 2017 and things are looking great. Membership is growing and the feedback is getting better. Whilst it might still be cold outside our Summer plans are well underway with  Watersports and holiday scheme the main subject at our management meetings. Last year we reported Elephants at Youthdirect  well this year it [...]

As this year comes to an end we look back and reflect. Our membership numbers have risen once again we are providing more classes than ever. The summer months as always have been hectic with close t0 100 children attending our summer day camp, which judging on the feedback received,was a great success. Our water sports [...]

With cuts to funding hitting hard, Youthdirect have put on hold any new programs until funding can be confirmed. We will concentrate on the current courses. woodwork for over 10 years old , art for over 10 years old and crafts for ages 8 to 10. We can confirm that we have made provisional bookings [...]