Our regular weekly sessions run on Tuesday and are an incredible opportunity for the youth who are aged between 10-16 can come to relax, have fun, learn skills that would otherwise be inaccessible to most young people such as film equipment, outdoor and indoor sports, wood work, painting, cooking sessions, nature exploration, art classes and and other fun activities. But untimely our aim in these sessions is to create a space for young people to be safe, learn basic life skills and be themselves without judgement of others.

Our 15+ Friday session is a great opportunity for young people aged 15+ who are still in high school to can come and relax, be themselves, make new friends and learn new skills such as; music, art, dance, CV writing and many other things. Our aim in these sessions is to create a space where teenagers who are developing into adulthood are better equipped when they go off to university, into a job or a career. We also want every teenager who comes through our doors to feel a sense of belonging and community. During the pandemic, we have seen an increasing need for community and support for young people and our Friday sessions is a great opportunity for that.

Sometimes we organise a fun trip on a few Saturdays throughout the year. These trips have done survival adventure activities, an art gallery trip, bike rides and many more. Due to the pandemic, a lot of our trips have been put on hold but we have lots of activities ready to go for when lockdown is lifted again.

Every Wednesday morning before school at 7:45-8:45, we host a breakfast club for young people between years 3-11. This is a chance for any children who would normally go to school hungry to have some food in their bellies. It's also a chance for them to have a space where they can get ready, do their hair, do their teeth if they need to and have someone to talk to so they can start their day right. Our aim with the breakfast club is to improve young peoples mental health and self care so they feel empowered when they enter school.

Detached work is an important part of the youth work process. Whereas a youth worker is centre based or an outreach worker literally ‘reaches out’ to bring young people into a building...detached work takes youth work to young people, wherever they are in the community. Detached workers are trained to deliver youth work whether on a street corner, park, bus stop or beach. Due to the unique relationship youth workers formulate with young people, they are perfectly placed to co-ordinate and help in the delivery of intervention and prevention services.

At Youth Shedz Aberegele we have a dedicated detached work team delivering 4 sessions per week ‘out on the streets’ and a further two sessions that are project or activity based.

Our focus over the next year is supporting the wider Covid19 strategy whilst supporting young people’s well being, behaviour and future place in a post Covid community. We signpost pathways where the most vulnerable can get much needed support and advice.