Youth services & projects

Agrani youth project
Runs youth activities and advice sessions on issues affecting young people (drugs,petty crime, territorial fights, environmental). Job brokerage, helping young people with CVs, application forms etc.

Tel: 020 7377 5930

AASHA
Works with youth gangs to reduce conflict and improve relations with the police and local residents:

Tel: 020 7375 0389

Avenues unlimited (Old Ford)
Youth project providing regular group sessions, residential, holiday projects, one to one support and advice, trips and activities:

Tel: 020 8981 6384

Bangladesh youth league
Works with the Bangladeshi community to provide a special bi-lingual advice and translation service. The project also works with young people, helping them with IT skills:

Tel: 020 7790 8181

Bangladeshi youth movement
Provides social education, employment/training, women’s activities, advice service on welfare rights, housing, nationality etc:

Tel: 020 7488 1831

Brick Lane youth development association (BLYDA)
Runs projects for young people aged 9-25 living in the Spitalfields area. These include a Youth Club, a Youth Information Shop providing advice on drugs, health, training, job applications etc. and a Community Safety Project dealing with youth crime, violence and other safety issues.

Tel: 020 7375 0389

Caribbean African students project (CASP)
Raises educational attainment of African- Caribbean students in Tower Hamlets by helping reduce disaffection that may give rise to truancy.

Tel: 020 7364 6440

Community drugs team @ Docklands outreach
Offers treatment and support to people with drug and alcohol dependency. Call for times and location.

Tel: 020 7538 1601.
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Community families programme
A new programme focussing on the brothers, sisters and parents of children (5-13 years) who are ‘at risk’ of homelessness, poor academic/occupational achievement, drug misuse, criminal activities, family conflict and mental health issues.

Tel: 020 7538 8877
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

From dependency 2 work (D2W)
Works with young people who have offended, or are involved in crime. Supports young people with drug misuse, alcohol, emotional, dyslexia, educational and employment problems.

Tel: 020 7538 1601

Docklands outreach
Youth health and social inclusion project providing advice, advocacy, street-work, counselling, diversionary, preventative and educational schemes and peer education to young people.

Tel: 020 7538 160
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Island advice
Advice on benefits, housing and homelessness, legal and welfare issues.

Tel: 020 7538 1601
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Island neighbourhood project
Aimed primarily at Bengali, Somali, Kurdish and other Black and Minority Ethnic men. The objective is to engage men in constructive activities or in a forum that will help to reduce the fear of crime.

Tel: 020 7987 7930

Junior citizens scheme
The scheme teaches young people how to be “good” citizens. It consists of ten different safety scenarios performed by staff from public agencies. The pupils deal with either life threatening or life saving situations, where they have to respond to the problem realistically:

Tel: 020 7364 6883

1 to 1 @ DOC
Confidential one to one support, advice, information and advocacy on issues affecting young people:

Tel: 020 7987 7007
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Peer education programme
Recruits young people to become peer motivators, who will then go on to work with other young people of their age. This helps mentors by empowering them to become positive role models in the community.

Tel: 020 7247 7900
E-mail: info@summeruni.org
Visit: www.summeruni.org

Poplar HARCA
In collaboration with Docklands Outreach, Poplar HARCA Burdett Centre provides a range of services for young people.

Tel: 020 7538 2553
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk or
Visit: www.poplarharca.co.uk

These include:

• Girls Only Club
• ESOL (English language courses)
• Computer Classes
• Youth Internet Café
• Family and Friends Group
• Yoga
• Karate
• Careers Advice
• Junior Youth Group
• Childcare and Basic Skills

Reconnect (youth café)
The aim of this project is to divert young people from anti-social behaviour and drug abuse:

Tel: 020 7538 1601
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk
Visit: www.poplarharca.co.uk

SHAATHI
Ethnic Minority Mentoring Project funded by Youth Justice Board, to improve the welfare of young people and enhance their potential to make healthy and positive choices in life:

Tel: 020 7375 0389

SPLASH
Provision of social and creative opportunities for young people by the Youth Offending Team:

Tel: 020 7364 1144

Step forward (Tower Hamlets youth counselling service)
Provides information and support to young people aged 11-25. Core services are counselling, advice and information and personal development training. Works on a one to one basis and in small groups:

Tel: 020 7739 3082

Strengthening families project
Provides parenting programmes for parents with children between the ages of 5 and 15 at risk from social exclusion and anti-social behaviour:

Tel: 020 7364 3499 or
Tel: 020 7377 9749

Teenage mother & baby group
Offers advice on infant nutrition, child development, managing behaviour and welfare and benefits. (Every Tuesday between 3pm and 5pm).

Tel: 020 7538 1601
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Tower Hamlets mediation service
(Youth/Large Group Facilitation)
Trains community volunteers, especially young people, to help communication between large groups of young people who are in conflict with other groups of young people or local residents facilitation:

Tel: 020 7702 8305

Tower Hamlets summer university (THSU)
THSU runs over 120 free courses each summer ranging from academic and vocational study, performing and visual arts, music, sports, information technology, personal development, entertainment and peer volunteer initiatives. The main THSU programme is for 14-25 year olds. The Junior Summer University is for 12 & 13 year olds.

Tel: 020 7247 7900
E-mail: info@summeruni.org
Visit: www.summeruni.org

Youth choices
Drop-in advice and information on looking for a job, apprenticeship and general careers advice:

Tel: 020 7538 1601
Visit: www.dockout.org.uk

Youth counselling
Free & confidential counselling at Docklands Outreach.

Tel: 020 7538 1601

Rapid response team
A rapid response system operated in partnership between the Police and the Youth Support Service to quickly respond to serious youth gang disorder. Runs a street work programme to reduce anti- social behaviour, youth conflicts and youth crime. Engages young people in conflict resolution, anger management and peer-led mentoring:

Tel: 020 7364 3109

Tower Hamlets and City of London youth offending team (YOT)
The YOT is a multi-agency team,comprising police, local authority (social services, education, youth service), probation and health. The team works with young people from arrest tosentencing. The YOT provides services to the Youth Court, works with youngpeople given final warnings from thepolice and those given community sentences. The team also organises diversionary activities to prevent young people entering the criminal justice system.

Tel: 020 7364 1144