The Avenues Youth Project

020 8969 9552

We are a team of youth professionals and cornerstone of our West London community.

The Avenues Youth Project provides a safe space in North Westminster for young people aged 8 to 18 to play and socialise, develop friendships, acquire and develop skills, and receive advice, support and encouragement. Our guiding values are to be inspiring, caring and joyful, and this ethos runs through every programme we deliver.

We open our doors after school, in the evenings and weekends, and throughout school holidays. All activities are free to access. Our purpose-built facility includes a sports hall (football, basketball, judo, multisport), music production studio and radio broadcasting suite, training kitchen, dance studio, classroom, art and design studio.

A team of trained youth workers run workshops on healthy living, mental wellbeing, anger management and staying safe. Working with industry professionals and experienced volunteers, we also deliver homework support, peer mentoring and employment pathway programmes for our older members.

From their experiences of poverty, unemployment and crime, many young people we work with have significantly low ambition for life, low self-esteem and anxiety. Our project aims to improve these aspects of their lives.

By serving 14,000 free, healthy meals and snacks a year, and teaching cooking skills and nutrition across all ages, we help tackle childhood hunger and promote healthier lifestyles.

Whilst youth work can have a wide and lasting range of benefits to young people, we specifically aim to bring about the following changes in our 600 members:
1. Improved social and emotional skills
2. Improved physical and mental wellbeing
3. Increased access to opportunity and learning skills
4. Positive relationships with others
5. Better ability to make positive lifestyle choices
6. Feeling safe and respected.

We rely on donations and fundraising, and within our overall programme we have a number of projects that require funding.

What your gift could provide

£10

Cooking supplies for a class with young people promoting healthy eating

£20

A support worker to facilitate a homework club

£30

A new game for the games room

Fundraise for us!