Youth Focus: North East

17/08/2026

Hartlepool Youth Partnership needs young people of Hartlepool aged 10-25 to design their logo.

Hartlepool Youth Partnerships aim is that all young people in Hartlepool can take part, feel they belong and grow for their future

Can you design a logo to represent this? It needs to be bright, colourful and eye-catching.

All questions and design entries to be sent to [email protected] by Friday 28th August 2026

13/08/2026

WE ARE FINALISTS ‼️‼️‼️

We were nominated for the Family & Youth Work Project of the Year for the YMCA Youth Matters Awards and have become finalists!

The YMCA Youth Matters Awards celebrates the incredible impact of our people, projects and communities across the federation. The Family & Youth Work Project of the Year Award celebrates projects that provide positive outcomes with children or young people in their communities, or support for families with nursery, daycare, holiday or year-round programmes.

We are so grateful to be chosen as a finalist and endlessly thankful to everyone who made it possible 🩵

The public vote opens at 12 noon on Monday 10th August and runs until 11:59pm on Monday 24th August, so please vote for us!


Vote here on August 10th: https://campaigns.ymca.org.uk/page/196415/survey/1?ea.tracking.id=235321

12/08/2026

International Youth Day 🌍💙

Today, on International Youth Day, Youth Focus North East celebrates the energy, creativity, ideas and determination of young people across our region and beyond.

Young people are not simply the leaders of tomorrow they are making a difference today. Their voices, experiences and ideas matter, and they deserve to be heard, valued and involved in the decisions that shape their lives and communities.

To every young person across the North East: your voice matters, your ideas matter, and your contribution matters.

Today, and every day, let’s listen to young people, invest in their potential and make sure they have a meaningful role in building the future they want to see.

Happy International Youth Day! 💙

12/08/2026

Sign up now for our Champions for Change event.
https://lnkd.in/eAun_uB3

11/08/2026

10/08/2026

As part of the work we do through North East Youth Alliance young people as part of their roots academy course with Middlesbrough college worked on a campaign to raise awareness of drugs. They worked together and met with the police as well as the local drug and alcohol service to get information. They then created a comic strip called “The Party”

https://neya.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NEYA-Drug-Awareness-toolkit.pdf

10/08/2026

Middlesbrough Youth Mutual Kick and Connect

Places need to be booked through the EEQU booking route shown on the poster.

https://eequ.org/book/mym-kick-and-connect-with-linx-youth-project-32786

05/08/2026

Our amazing runners are taking on the Great North Run to raise vital funds for Youth Focus North East. Every mile they run will help us continue supporting young people across the North East through life-changing opportunities, programmes and services.

Every donation, no matter the size, makes a real difference and helps us create brighter futures for young people.

Please support our team by sponsoring them today:

👉 https://www.justgiving.com/team/gnrteamyouthfocus?utm_medium=team&utm_content=gnrteamyouthfocus&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share&invite=true

Thank you for cheering on our runners and helping us make a lasting impact!