About Us

Prudhoe Youth Project (PYP) was set up late 2018 to fill a gap in activities for young people in Prudhoe identified in a town survey. It has 10 local trustees with a range of skills including youth work. Unlike other towns in Northumberland, Prudhoe has never had a voluntary youth project and so does not offer the range of services for young people available elsewhere.

In September 2020 PYP appointed its own youth development worker, Gemma and then began to build a team of Youth Workers. They have set up regular sessions in the community, giving young people a safe, social environment to gain support, advice and information.

We are running weekly sessions for young people including girls group, lads group and mixed groups aimed at different ages. These sessions take place term time only from different venues around Prudhoe.

PYP also runs holiday activities, these include trips, residentials, project work and drop in sessions. These are organised with our young people and give our young people more opportunities.

PYP offer 1:1 meetings with their staff where young people can gain help and advice in a quiet, safe space.

PYP has convened a regular meeting of all the youth organisations in Prudhoe to share ideas and experiences and is a member of Tynedale Youth Forum.

PYP hopes to provide additional activities and support for young people in ways that:

• Are based on what young people say they need
• Are delivered on their own terms
• Integrate young people with special needs
• Recognise the increasing mental health issues among young people
• Support LGBT+ young people
• Provide support and guidance to vulnerable young people
• Promote wellbeing generally among young people

In doing so PYP will :

• Emulate best practice around Northumberland
• Work to complement services at East and elsewhere in the town
• Build partnerships with schools, health service, police and others
• Be part of a wider Tynedale youth provision

For more information contact Gemma Nixon (youth development worker) on 07502851847 or gemma@prudhoeyouthproject.org.

The trustees all live or work in the Prudhoe area and are:

Chair: Dorothy Dickinson (NHS Matron)

Treasurer:  Jessica Hosking (finance officer for a school trust)

Deputy Chair: Donald Hutton (retired Educational Consultant and Inspector)

Trustees: Dorothy Dickinson (NHS Matron), Donald Hutton (retired Educational Consultant and Inspector), Vesta Moore (retired Social Worker), Cllr Christopher Barrett (army reservist), Brenda Grey (retired civil servant), Kirstie Sample (Pedagogical Co-ordinator/Teacher),  Jessica Hosking (finance officer for a school trust).

Trustees representing Prudhoe Town Council: Cllr Gerald Price, Cllr Angie Scott.

Representing Northumberland County Council: Cllr Gordon Stewart