Gateshead Youth Council

09/06/2026

Our annual stationery appeal. Imagine having no money and three kids to kit out for school in September!
Our fantastic young people have launched this appeal and if you are interested a position to help, please let us know.

06/06/2026

Its been Volunteer Week and we've not posted, cos all our volunteers have been busy!
Gateshead Youth Council runs solely on volunteers and every one of them is a marvel. From young people attending and running our groups to the members of the Board of Trustees who run the organisation. None of this could happen without volunteers!
Thank you to everyone single one!

27/05/2026

Scavenger Hunt in Saltwell Park. Glad the weather has cooled down! With Gateshead Children's Rights and Engagement Team

13/05/2026

What a great session tonight with our volunteers and art students.
Being kind is Punk Rock

13/05/2026

GYCs AGM will be held on Monday 29th June 2026 at 6.30pm at GYC, Gladstone Terrace Centre for Young People.

Please let us know if you can attend.

If you are interested in joining our Board of Trustees, please email [email protected] to have a chat about what being a trustee entails.

06/05/2026

Tomorrow is local election day, so we just want to encourage everyone to go and vote!

Remember you need photo ID (and sadly the deadline for free ID from your council was last week).

If you dont know who to vote for, try isidewith.uk it asks you a load of questions and tells you which party youre most aligned with. Its currently down - but we hope thats just a temporary glitch. Also - google the parties and the candidates.

In Gateshead this time you get three votes (we have had boundary changes) so every seat is up for election.

Whoever you decide to vote for is your business, but please vote.

28/04/2026

We would like to wish our wonderful volunteer Sumaya all our best wishes on her marriage over the Easter break to Jaki - he is a lucky man!

15/04/2026

Meet your new Gateshead Member of Youth Parliament
Congratulations to Edda on becoming the 2026 Gateshead Member for Youth
Parliament (MYP). Edda has been a committed and passionate member of the
Gateshead Youth Assembly for around 4 years and has vast experience leading
youth sessions and empowering young people through her role as Youth Assembly
Co-Chair. Looking forward to taking up her new role as MYP, Edda said:
“I’m really excited about becoming the MYP for Gateshead. In my role with the youth
assembly I have delivered projects such as the Big Red Bus Scheme and I can’t wait
to get involved with more projects to help the young people of Gateshead.
“I will also continue working hard at projects like the Anti-Racist Zine Artists and
Project Phoenix: Green Gateshead, committing strongly to my manifesto promises
and helping to deliver Anti-Racist and climate change education to young people in
Gateshead”
Thank you, Edda, for all your work to help the young people of Gateshead to thrive👏
To find out more about the work of Edda, you can visit Edda’s Instagram account stenbom.moss or visit the MYP webpage on Gateshead Council’s website
using the link in the comments.

30/03/2026

Young People of Gateshead – vote now for your Member of Youth Parliament (MYP).
The UK Youth Parliament elections are now open and you can cast your vote until
noon on Wednesday 31 March 2026.

If you’re aged 11–18 and you live, work, or study in Gateshead, you can have your
say and help choose who represents young people locally, regionally and nationally.
Find out more about the candidates and vote here:

Young people who want to create change in Gateshead are encouraged to run in our local Youth Parliament election.