Services & projects for youth issues

Here is a list of the services and projects that deal with a range of youth issues in Tower Hamlets.

Agrani youth project

The Agrani youth project organises youth activities and advice sessions on issues that affect young people like drugs, petty crime, violence and environmental issues. It also helps young people with CVs and application forms and acts as a job broker. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7377 5930

AASHA

AASHA works with youth gangs to try to reduce conflict and improve relations with the police and local residents. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7375 0389

Avenues unlimited (old ford)

This is a youth project which organises regular group sessions, residential courses, holiday projects, one to one support and advice, and trips and activities. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 8981 6384

Bangladesh youth league

This group works with the Bangladeshi community to provide a bilingual advice and translation service. The project also works with young people and helps them to improve their IT skills. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7790 8181

Bangladeshi youth movement

This group provides social education, employment and training, women’s activities and an advice service on, for example, welfare rights, housing and nationality. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7488 1831

Brick lane youth development association

This association runs projects for young people aged from 9 to 25 years old who live in the Spitalfields area. The projects include:

• A youth club
• A youth information shop which provides advice on, for example, drugs, health, training and job applications
• A community safety project which deals with youth crime, violence and other safety issues.

For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7375 0389

Caribbean African students project

This project aims to enhance the educational achievements of African- Caribbean students in Tower Hamlets by helping to reduce any problems that may give rise to truancy. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7364 6440

Community drugs team @ Docklands outreach

This offers treatment and support to people who have a drug and alcohol dependency. Please call the telephone number below to find out the times and location of this service:

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

Community families programme

This programme focuses on the brothers, sisters and parents of children who are aged between 5 and 13 years old and who are at risk of homelessness, poor academic achievement and job prospects, drug misuse, criminal activities, family conflict and mental health issues. For more information, please call:

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

Docklands outreach

This is a health and social inclusion project for young people which provides advice, support, counselling, street based intervention, diversions, preventative and educational schemes and peer education. For more information, please call:

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

Island advice

This group gives advice on benefits, housing, homelessness, legal and welfare issues. For more information, please call:

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

Island neighbourhood project

This project is aimed primarily at Bengali, Somali, Kurdish and other black and minority ethnic men. The objective is to engage men in constructive activities or for them to participate in a forum that will help to reduce the risk of crime. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7987 7930

Junior citizens scheme

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

Tel: 020 7364 6883

Poplar HARCA

The Poplar HARCA Burdett centre provides a range of services for young people in collaboration with Docklands outreach. These include:

• English language courses (ESOL)
• Computer classes
• Careers advice
• Youth internet café
• Childcare and basic skills
• Yoga
• Karate
• Junior youth group
• Girls only club
• Family and friends group.

For more information, please call:

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

Reconnect

Reconnect youth café aims to divert young people from anti-social behaviour and drug abuse. For more information, please call:

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

Rapid response team

The rapid response system is operated in partnership by the police and the Youth support service to quickly respond to trouble created by youth gangs. The service also runs a street based intervention programme to reduce anti-social behaviour, youth conflicts and youth crime. It also involves young people in conflict resolution, anger management and peer-led mentoring. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7364 3109

SHAATHI

This is an ethnic minority mentoring project funded by the Youth justice board to improve the welfare of young people and to enhance their potential to make healthy and positive choices in life. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7375 0389

Step forward (Tower Hamlets youth counselling service)

Step forward provides information and support to young people aged from 11 to 25. It provides counselling, advice, personal development and training and works on a one to one basis and with small groups of young people. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7739 3082

Strengthening families project

This project provides parenting programmes for parents with children between the ages of 5 and 15 and who are at risk from social exclusion and anti-social behaviour. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7364 3499
Tel: 020 7377 9749

Tower Hamlets mediation service

This service trains community volunteers, especially young people, to help improve communication between large groups of young people who are in conflict with other groups of young people or local residents. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7702 8305

Tower Hamlets summer university

The Tower Hamlets summer university runs over 120 free courses each summer including, academic and vocational study, performing and visual arts, music, sports, information technology, personal development, entertainment and peer volunteer initiatives. The main summer university programme is for 14 to 25 year olds. The junior summer university is for 12 and 13 year olds. For more information, please call:

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

Tower Hamlets and city of London youth offending team

The Youth offending team is a multi-agency team which includes the police, the local authority social services, education and youth service teams and probation and health services. The team works with young people from when they are arrested up to when they are sentenced. The Youth offending team provides services to the youth court, works with young people who have been given final warnings by the police and young people who have been given community sentences. The team also organises diversions and activities to prevent young people from entering the criminal justice system. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7364 1144

Youth choices

This drop-in service offers advice and information on job hunting, apprenticeships and careers. For more information, please call:

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

Youth counselling

This service offers free and confidential counselling at Docklands outreach. For more information, please call:

Tel: 020 7538 1601

1 to 1 @ DOC

This organisation offers confidential one to one advice, support and information on issues that affect young people. For more information, please call:

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