Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Projects4Change

Projects4Change Annual Report 2023

Projects4Change is a small grassroots CIO delivering community youth work in Cowgate and surrounding areas of Newcastle upon Tyne, primarily with young people aged 11–18 living in poverty. In 2023/24 it delivered open access youth work at Betty's Hut, detached outreach through The Extra Mile, person-centred Counselling in Nature, LGBTQ+ support via Prism, school-based knife crime prevention and wellbeing sessions, sailing residentials and environmental projects. Total income grew to £240,739, including a £74,478 Youth Investment Fund capital grant to build The Cowshed — a new youth space co-designed with young people. Young people influenced every aspect of the new building's design, from accessible entrances to a skylight for stargazing.

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Open access youth work at Betty's Hut and allotment; Toastie Club twice-weekly drop-in for ages 11+; Prism trans and non-binary group; Youth at Kenton boys' knife crime awareness group and girls' wellbeing group; Extra Mile detached youth work for hard-to-reach young people; Counselling in Nature person-centred counselling; The Haven nature-based outdoor sessions; Change Maker Volunteer programme; gender-based violence photography project; sailing residentials with Ocean Youth Trust North and Cirdan Trust; Park Life environmental project; Cowgate Young Theatre Makers drama group Custom geography from upload: Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, UK

📊Key Metrics

£240,739 total income in 2023/24 — a 112% increase on the previous year (£113,520); Youth Investment Fund capital grant of £74,478 secured to build The Cowshed new youth facility Key Metric 1
Twice-weekly Toastie Club drop-in; Prism trans and non-binary support group; Youth at Kenton (YAK) school-based sessions; Extra Mile detached youth work project; Counselling in Nature programme Key Metric 2
Over 100 people attended the annual Family Fun Day; sailing residentials saw young people complete their first sailing qualifications across 100-mile voyages Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Young people on the knife crime awareness programme reported feeling less scared in their communities and developing better decision-making skills and personal conscience
  • Youth Investment Fund grant of £74,478 secured — one of the key mechanisms enabling design and build of The Cowshed, a new purpose-built youth facility co-designed with young people including accessible wheelchair access, skylight, kitchen and quiet spaces
  • Change Maker Volunteer Zoe became the youngest person at age 16 to complete Key Fund training; previous CMV Anna completed her BA in Fine Art at Sunderland University — evidencing long-term impact of the programme

📍Geography

North East

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