Georgies Youth Centre (Barnstaple)

Welcome to Georgies Youth Centre (Barnstaple)

Georgie’s Youth Centre provides a unique & safe space for young people aged 11 – 19 from across the Barnstaple area. With a wealth of creative activities including, cooking, games, pool competitions, table tennis, music studio, outdoor games and just loads of fun. We currently welcome over a 100 young people each week and are working closely with young people to unlock their potential… Our youth club offers a number of targeted provisions to provide additional support to those who need it.

With a lack of social provision in the area, we aim to provide young people with opportunities to make constructive use of their leisure time, raise their aspirations and choose a positive, independent lifestyle. Facilities include a great space with lounge, music rooms, meeting rooms, space for arts and craft, a fully kitted kitchen where we young people get the opportunity to cook with fresh produce and a great outdoor space with the opportunity to play sports, games and BBQ.

Facilities at our centre:

Support Available

Social Space

Tuck Shop & Kitchen

Games Room

Pool Table

Recording Studio

Music Rehersal Room

Art Room

Console Area

Outdoor Space

American Diner

Sexual Health Services,1:1 Support, Music Lessons & Support, Street based, Councilling, 16+ Careers Programme, Active Devon Satellite

Georgies has a chill out room designed for young people to chill, chat, hang out and have debates with young workers in a safe space that provides a tranquil space with comfy sofas ,blankets and cushions.

Our Kitchen at Georgies is the best place to get delicious home made grub.We regularly cook for our young people and have a varied menu to keep them guessing what's on the menu each week.All food is prepped and made by young people to help gain life skills and supported by a youth worker.

Our main room has pool tables, the latest consoles and air hockey, all free to use! We also have a dance hall with DJ booth and music rooms – where you can record & make music, practice on our instruments/ learn to DJ. Our kitchen is fully equipped for you to learn new skills or just practice becoming the next best chef!

Our Pool table is a centre feature at Georgies, where young people can chat,challenge each other at pool.we also hold Pool competitions against other centres to build rapport with other young people at other hubs.

Our recording studio is the perfect place to jam and record any new material you wish. It has state of the art equipment and a sound studio packed with musical instruments to explore whether you wanna learn the guitar or drums there is something for everyone.

The music room is a perfect place to rehearse for our annual talent shows based at Georgies and as part of an interactive experience ,or you could just bang the drums until your content!

Our main room has pool tables, the latest consoles and air hockey, all free to use! We also have a dance hall with DJ booth and music rooms – where you can record & make music, practice on our instruments/ learn to DJ. Our kitchen is fully equipped for you to learn new skills or just practice becoming the next best chef!

The console area is part of the main room at Georgies,it has a console where you can challenge your mates or just chill and relax in the very own space of the centre.

Our outdoor space is used for sports,BBQ’s, socializing and theme evenings eg Geo Glasto where we bring the festival theme to georgioes we also hold beach themed evenings and other events such as halloween,fair week,thanks giving to name a few. Large Garden for sports, BBQ’s, Music, Sumo wrestling, Fire-pit, Gardening ,Themed evenings,summer fun activities.

We hold american dinner weeks each summer,where young people can experience the theme of hot dogs, shakes country dop wop music and dancing.

Our Sessions

No need to book! All our sessions cost £1 to attend, so just come along to a session. To become a member, you can sign up online or on arrival at our youth centre. If you would like to visit the centre before attending a session, be sure to get in touch!

To find out what we are doing right now, check out our social platforms - we are on Instagram and Facebook.

Notices:

  • We will be closed for summer from 19th July - 4th September 2024 (The first session back will be on the 5th) - We will be running our summer program for current members during this period.

  • Juniors

    Mondays 6:30 - 9:00 pm

    Years 7 & 8

    Our junior sessions are packed with lots of fun games and educational activities,open access evening young people can try out activities , chat,chill or just have fun fresh food is cooked by our very own young people with support and we have new foods each session to mix it up-to extend your food platelet.

  • Inters

    Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:00 pm

    Years 8, 9 & 10

    The Intermediate session is where young people tell us what they want to every so often in all sessions we do a poll of what young people would like to see at georgies we offer life skills,chat,pool matches theme evening just to name a few.

  • Seniors

    Thursdays 6:30 - 9:00 pm

    Years 9 to 19 years old

    Senior sessions are more chilled ,allowing young people to chill seek support if needed and do more in depth activities around the community around them and their health.

Meet the Team

  • Teresa

    Administrator

    Hi, I’m Teresa the administrator for Bideford and Barnstaple. I am great at shuffling paper around and know lots about admin. However, I have lots to learn about youth workers but nothing ever surprises me! I work out of the front office and mainly work during the day. If you are ever in the centre and I am there, please pop your head in the door and say hi!

  • Bart (he/him)

    Senior Youth Support Worker in Charge

    Hello, My name is Bart and came to the Uk in 2003 from the Netherlands. So if I,m talking double dutch you know why. I finished my youth & community degree in Manchester in 2009 and worked there for a while before moving to lovely North Devon. My favourite part of youth work is the open access session where I meet and work with lots of young people and provide next to informal education also do lots of fun activities.

  • Toby (he/him)

    Youth Support Worker

    Hiya, i’m Toby. I'm a youth worker in Georgies, Barnstaple. I started coming here as a young person a few years ago and loved the environment and the people in it. I then asked to become a young volunteer, doing that for around a year which then lead me to now working here upon this amazing team. I hope to see you here! :)

  • Chris (he/him)

    Community Youth Worker

    I have been a professional youth worker for nearly 13 years and a volunteer before that. I am passionate about supporting youth work at all levels in our communities and the vital role these youth groups play to keep young people safe and provide space for them to learn and grow. Building relationships with both young people and the workers who support them is immensely satisfying and is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my role here at SPACE.

    In my own time you'll find me in the woods camping and cooking over fire somewhere off the beaten track or trying to make beautiful art from wood, which often ends up as a big pile of sawdust! I enjoy watching stand up comedy, listening to music and particularly going to live performances.

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