Current Projects

Running since 2012, Anstey Youth Cafe attracts an overall membership of over 300 young people is held weekly on a Wednesday from 6.30pm-8.30pm at the Sports Hall, Martin High School. Aimed at children and young people aged 8-25 years, the project aims to tackle youth-led anti-social behaviour through early intervention, education and positive activities including arts & crafts, games and sports. The majority of young people attending are from Anstey, with some from Beaumont Leys and Glenfield areas.

A partnership with Leicestershire County Council's Heritage Service Participation Team, the 'Community Curators' project will see Leicestershire's first ever Young Person's Heritage Festival held in February 2020. The project and final event will be co-designed and created by diverse and enthusiastic young people from across the County, enabling and empowering young people to take lead and showcase their heritage as it is meaningful and representative of them.

Run in partnership with Ashby Road Estates Community Association (ARECA), Desire is a weekly youth club led by ARECA and it’s youth leaders, and delivered with support from Go-Getta. Aimed at children aged 8-14yrs, Desire is held every Tuesday from 6.30pm - 8.30pm at The Hut, Old Ashby Road, Loughborough.

Focused at engaging young people in Rushey Mead, Belgrave and Hamilton, our Youth Engagement Workers visit the streets, public spaces and 'hot spots' in these areas to provide advice, support and guidance with a view to deter them away from ASB, criminality and violence. Young people are engaged in meaningful discussions, signposted to helpful services and engaged in virtual Zoom and Kahoot youth work sessions in response to the impact and reduction in services due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A street-based youth engagement service across Warwick Way, Thorpe Acre and Ashby Road estates in Loughborough, engaging young people on the streets in activities including sports and games, and diverting them to other activities in their local area to help them to deter them from trouble. Partnerships include WAGS, Leicestershire Police, Supporting Leicestershire Families, Charnwood Leisure Services and Charnwood Borough Council.

A therapeutic project working with adults aged 18+ identified as experiencing difficulties around mental health, substance misuse or other additional needs. This project delivers 10 week Mindfulness courses across Coalville, Hinckley and Loughborough, whilst providing mentoring support to individuals to achieve personal goals. Partnerships include Turning Point, Supporting Leicestershire Families, Leicestershire County Council, Voluntary Action Leicestershire, Positive Minds, and local authorities.

Online Mental Health & Wellbeing Support And Training

Aimed at getting young people from the Belgrave and Coalville areas active and interested in Sports, these sessions are held weekly. Young people aged 14+ are welcome to come along and join in (no cost!) Various sports are played including Football, Basketball, Rounders, Cricket, Dodgeball etc as chosen by the young people. Belgrave sessions are held every Monday 4.30pm-6pm on Cossington Park. A Box-Fit session is held every Monday 5.45pm-6.45pm at Moira Youth Club.

Funded through the Youth Endowment Fund, and in partnership with Streetgames, we are leading delivery of this exciting project across the city and county. Through the PAC project, young people with lived experience are recruited into paid Peer Research roles to design and conduct research with their peers to understand what causes youth violence and then working together to take social action and create opportunities to make their communities safer.

Our alternative education offer focuses on equipping young people who have been excluded from mainstream education with the skills they need to reintegrate into society and lessen risks of social isolation. Utilising the concept of 'Mind & Body gym’, our provision offers young people therapeutic support through Mindfulness, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-focused therapy and person-centred counselling alongside healthy cooking, sports and fitness. Sessions can also include spoken word, work with animals and arts. Our key aims through our provision are to support young people to develop confidence, resilience, improved ability to self-regulate difficult emotions and lessen behaviours that can further impact on their education and transition into adulthood.

For all young people from Shelthorpe, Loughborough and neighbouring areas, sessions are held weekly on a Tuesday 4pm-6pm on the Farnham Road Green. Activities include team games, sports and general larking about(!), with the very serious aim of ensuring the young people from Shelthorpe are provided with access to Youth Workers and confidence and self-esteem building activities.

Established in 2014 in partnership with Syston Methodist Church, Syston Youth Cafe exists to provide the young people of Syston and its surrounding areas a safe and welcoming place to chill. Held weekly on a Friday from 6.30pm-9pm, the youth cafe is aimed at children and young people aged 10-19yrs. Activities include spoken word, table tennis, badminton, indoor football and cooking, and special visits from young people services giving advice around sexual health, drug & alcohol issues and personal safety.

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Aimed at engaging young people aged 9-13yrs living on and around the new Grange Park development, Shelthorpe and Haddon Hill areas in Loughborough, The Arc Youth Club runs every Thursday from 6.15pm-7.45pm at The Arc Community Hub. As with all of our youth clubs, entry is free. Activities include multi-sports, team games, arts & crafts, cooking and general fun!

Funded through the Home Office Anti-Knife Crime Community Fund and Leicestershire's Police & Crime Commissioner, WOW is an innovative and creative project aimed at tackling knife culture amongst young people across Leicester and Leicestershire. Working across schools and young peoples services, WOW engages young people aged 11-19yrs in interactive, engaging and educational workshops and spoken word sessions exploring the impact, risks and consequences of carrying knives.

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Email: wordsoverweapons@go-getta.org.uk

A bespoke and tailored programme aimed at working with young people identified by services as 'at high risk' of or involved in criminality, substance misuse issues or experiencing particular emotional/social difficulties. Sessions include personal goal setting with young people and supporting them to achieve their aspirations. Support can include improving physical wellbeing and health, promoting more positive mental health and emotional wellbeing, reducing or abstaining from substance misuse, building confidence and communication skills, better managing or regulating difficult emotions etc. Referrals to this programme are made by Leicestershire Police, Youth Offending Service and Charnwood Borough Council.

Designed to provide young people aged 8-19yrs from across Leicester and Leicestershire with virtual support and practical tools and resources during the Covid-19 pandemic, the 'Youth Wellbeing Project' equips young people with wellbeing kits packed with sports and arts equipment. Young people can then engage in virtual challenges set by the Go-Getta team and other young people to win themselves high street vouchers. The aims of the project are to support young people to stay safe and active during lockdown and to promote positive emotional and physical wellbeing.