Get involved! See what’s on for you

Welcome to the home page of Redbridge Youth Service. We aim to give you opportunities and experiences that will help you to develop skills, make friends and create long and lasting memories. We hope to see you soon.

 

To attend any of our activities below, you must be registered with us. If you haven't completed it before, complete our youth services registration form. So that our emails reach you please use a personal email address, not your school one.

Dates for your calendar

July and August

If you have some spare time over the Summer come and join in the fun at Redbridge Youth Service. Whether you want to develop skills, make friendships, or make your views heard, we have a range of activities for you to get involved with.  Have a look at our sessions below, we're sure you'll find something that interests you. Please remember, to attend any of our sessions, you must complete, or have completed, our registration form 

Summer at Redbridge Youth Service

Monday Night Youth Club

From 6.15 pm to 8.30pm - Monday Night Youth Club at Hainault Youth Centre  This session is for young people with additional needs aged 13-24. We offer a safe and friendly environment, helping to build confidence and develop social skills through supportive and creative activities. For more details contact Jan Booth

Redbridge Summer HAF

The Redbridge Holiday Activities and Food programme is being provided to enable eligible primary and secondary aged children and young people to access the following during the school holidays: daily physical activity, enriching activities & nutritional education. Children and young people who took part in last year’s programme had a great time and made new friends too. For more information about the programme, including how to sign up a child in primary school, checkout our HAF webpage 

Hainault Youth Centre will be running HAF sessions for young people from year 7, up to the age of 18, starting on Tuesday 23rd July and ending on 22nd August.  Please sign up to activities here

Activities will include:

  • Workshops, including cooking and healthy eating
  • Sports, including football, basketball and box fit
  • Lyric writing
  • Arts and crafts
  • Tournaments

Are you eligible to attend?

You will need to meet the following criteria:

  • Be eligible for, and in receipt of, Free School Meals (not including those accessing universal entitlement for Free School Meals unless they also meet the eligibility criteria for FSM)

Places can be booked in the following ways:

  • If a young person is eligible for, and is in receipt of free school meals, they can apply through the Redbridge HAF webpage
  • If a young person is considered vulnerable, they can be referred by a member of Redbridge Youth Service staff.

Spaces are allocated on a first come first served basis so please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Once we have confirmed you are eligible to attend and that a place is available, we will confirm the details with you or your parent/carer if they sign up on your behalf.

We will also share your information, including the medical health plan and/or protocol (where applicable) with the third-party organisation that will be responsible for offering the activities. For more information, please contact the HAF team.

Summer at Loxford Youth Centre

Come and join us over the Summer and learn while you're having fun!  We have a range of activities including cooking, fitness training, music production and more. For more information contact Claudia Mensah 

We are open:

  • Tuesday 23 July and Wednesday 24 12-4pm
  • Tuesday 30 July and Wednesday 31 July 12-4pm

We look forward to seeing you!

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's award, also known as DofE, is a life-changing adventure you don’t want to miss. 

It’s about going the extra mile! Learning new skills for work and life, getting fitter, making a difference and broadening your horizons. The coronavirus doesn’t mean your DofE needs to stop. You can start your volunteering, physical and skills sections from home or remotely using the DofE website

There are various levels of programme which when completed lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Award, check our DofE page for more information and information on how to enrol.

Detached Team

We work with you, the young people of Redbridge on the streets, estates and parks, who are not accessing existing youth services in Redbridge. Email Youth Service for more information.

Other ways to get involved

There are many venues across Redbridge open for young people aged from 7 to 19 years to visit.

Get involved in sport activities, including boxing, basketball and table tennis.

Our youth club at Hainault Youth Centre not only provides workshops and sessions, but also provides additional support with homework as well as advice and guidance.

Vision provide many activities and services for young people. This Summer they are running their popular mega mix programme. The programme includes taster sessions on the following: arts and crafts, dance, drama, and roller skating, amongst other things. Have a look and see what interests you! They have a Sports Club Directory and a number of regular activities which include musical theatre and youth fitness sessions.  Details of these can be found on the Vision website. 

ELOP provides a range of social activities for young people in the LGBTQ+ community.  Activities include mentoring, youth clubs and more.

  • Youth Groups for 12-15's - online every Tuesday from 5pm to 6.30pm
  • Youth Groups for 15-18's - online every Tuesday from 7pm to 8.30pm
  • Free 1-2-1 online mentoring.  You can refer yourself or another young person

If you want to get involved with any of the above you can email youth@elop.org or call 07720 461158.

We offer a wide range of activities for 11 to 18 year olds. See our information above for what's on and when.  

Come and join us at:

Hainault Youth Centre
116 Huntsman Road
Hainault
Ilford
Essex
IG6 3SY
Telephone: 020 8500 8071
Centre Manager: Liaquat Ali 

Welcome to Loxford Youth Centre!  We are currently open Tuesdays and Thursdays 3.30pm to 6.30pm.

We offer a targeted range of activities for 11 to 18-year-olds.

Over the next few weeks, we have projects targeted to young people including:

Homework club
This is an opportunity for young people to have time as well as resources to catch up on any homework/revision after school.

Music production
Young people learning how to write their own music, help structure music they have already written, recording vocals, and mixing and mastering their music to a professional industry standard.
With a studio engineer who has over 23 years’ experience with music production and engineering and has worked with a few known artists in the music industry.

Cooking
Young people will learn about food safety and hygiene as well as learning how to prepare a variety of meals for themselves and others. Young people will learn about the benefits of healthy eating as well as cooking on a budget.

Sports activities
Young people will participate in various sports activities to develop teamwork and leadership skills as well as keeping fit.

For more information contact Claudia Mensah

 

Contact us

For general enquires:

Telephone: 020 8708 3444

Text Relay: 18001 020 8708 3444

Email: Redbridge Youth Service

Follow us on Instagram: @redbridgeyouth

If you would like information on well-being, education, training and employment please visit our Redbridge Youth Hub