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At Gateshead Youth Initiative CIC, we believe every young person deserves the tools, support, and opportunities to succeed.🌟

📍 The Winlaton Centre, Gateshead
📧 [email protected]
🏛️ CIC No: 16039525

01/05/2026

We wanted to provide a quick update regarding Friday Night Youth Club. Unfortunately, sessions will remain on pause for a little longer while we make some final adjustments behind the scenes.

We are currently reviewing and repositioning parts of the youth club provision to ensure it is running in the best possible way for young people moving forward. This includes looking at how sessions are delivered and making sure the right structures are in place for the long term.

We know many young people have been eager for sessions to return, and we completely understand the frustration around the delay. Our priority is making sure the club returns in a way that is sustainable, well organised and able to offer the best experience possible for everyone involved.

Thank you for your patience and continued support. We’ll share more information as soon as we can confirm a return date.

17/04/2026

🔔Reminder🔔 - our sessions will not be running tonight. Please see our prior announcement below.

14/04/2026

All of our weekly youth sessions will be postponed for the next couple of weeks. This is to ensure we can refuel and restructure our provision. An update will be given in due course.

If you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to message us.

10/04/2026

Youth club open as usual tonight!

03/04/2026

Hey everyone, our youth night is open as usual tonight.

We can’t wait to see you all.

27/02/2026

Just a reminder that GYI memberships are currently paused across all groups until 14 March due to high demand and volunteer capacity.

Our membership form is temporarily closed, but families are welcome to join our waiting list using the link below. We will provide a further update closer to 14 March.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnv3lL3g2FKpCPcGQ5vuOWkT6FV2Rt1sgR0IvMZhYFUgYSoA/viewform?usp=dialog

✅ We are on as normal tonight:
👥 8–10 Group: 6:00PM – 7:00PM
👥 11–14 Group: 7:15PM – 8:15PM

We look forward to seeing everyone this evening 💙

17/02/2026

Important Update from GYI Team

We’re incredibly proud to now be welcoming 50+ young people each week across our sessions. The continued support from families, volunteers and the wider community has been amazing, and we’re very grateful for it.

Due to increased demand and to ensure we can continue delivering safe, high-quality sessions without placing strain on our volunteer team, we have made the decision to pause new memberships across all groups until 14 March. As part of this, responses on our membership form have now been closed.

If you would like to join, please complete our waiting list form using the link below. We will provide an update closer to this date to confirm whether memberships will reopen or if the pause will remain in place.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnv3lL3g2FKpCPcGQ5vuOWkT6FV2Rt1sgR0IvMZhYFUgYSoA/viewform?usp=dialog

Please also note that this Friday only, young people attending our 8–10 session will not be able to stay on for the second session of the evening, due to volunteer capacity.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

13/02/2026

⚠️ YOUTH CLUB CANCELLED TONIGHT ⚠️

Due to unforeseen volunteer absences, we unfortunately won’t be able to open our youth club this evening.

Over the past few months, the level of engagement with our sessions has genuinely taken our team by surprise. We are now welcoming over 50 young people every Friday across both age groups. That growth has made us incredibly proud that we are able to provide something fun, memorable and meaningful for local children each week.

What has been especially encouraging is seeing how many young people from our first session choose to stay on into the second. This shows how sought after our youth club has become and, more importantly, how safe and happy our young people feel in our space. We feel very fortunate that they choose to spend their time with us.

However, with that growth comes increased safeguarding and supervision requirements. We consistently meet our minimum staffing levels, and this is not something we encounter often. On this occasion, unavoidable volunteer absences have meant we are unable to meet the level required to operate safely and in line with our safeguarding standards.

We always aim to provide as much notice as possible in situations like this. However, as a volunteer-led organisation, changes in availability can occasionally happen at short notice and are outside of our control. Rather than compromise on safety or quality, we have therefore made the responsible decision to cancel tonight’s session, and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.

At the start of next week, we will be sharing some exciting and important announcements with our community. We hope what’s coming next will more than make up for tonight’s cancellation, and we are really looking forward to sharing it with you.

Thank you for your continued support,

The GYI Team

06/02/2026

It has been a particularly busy and rewarding month at Gateshead Youth Initiative, with our record weekly average attendance continuing to rise across our existing youth club sessions.

Seeing more young people regularly engage with our provision highlights both the growing demand for youth services in the local area and the positive impact of consistent, high-quality activities and support. From educational workshops to fun, interactive sessions, our Youth Nights have continued to provide a safe, welcoming space where young people can learn, develop, and connect with others.

We’re incredibly proud of the progress made over the past month and grateful to our volunteers, partners, and supporters who make this possible.

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to tonight’s sessions:
• 8–10 years: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
• 11–14 years: 7:15pm – 8:15pm

30/01/2026

Last week, we were delighted to welcome members of the to our Youth Night for an engaging and informative session with our young people 🚒

They spoke about the dangers of lighting fires in public spaces, helping our members understand the serious risks involved, while also sharing important tips on how to stay safe at home. Our young people loved getting hands-on by trying on some of the fire service gear and, of course, asking plenty of “interesting” questions along the way!

It was a fantastic opportunity to learn, have fun, and build awareness around safety in our community.

We’re now looking forward to welcoming everyone back tonight for:
• 8-10s session: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
• 11-14s session: 7:15pm - 8:15pm

If you’d like your child to join us, please complete our membership form here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd30I-TFK6eFrmIbxBtm9SoTat31uyYzrFDma8OJ-0TdewqNg/viewform?usp=header

We can’t wait to see you all later!

Address

North Street
Blaydon
NE216BY

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm

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