The youth offer delivered at The Pump and within the local community provides young people with safe spaces and the opportunity to access support from our team of youth workers in a variety of settings.
The services that we provide allows young people to engage in activities that are youth-led and adapted to meet the needs and experiences of each and every young person who attends. Our services provide support to young people aged 11 – 19 with the offer extended up to the age of 25 for young people with specific educational needs (SEN).
Young people are at the heart of everything we do at The Pump, we are constantly evaluating and developing services with the voices of our young people shaping the youth offer to ensure it is meeting the wants and needs of local young people.
Use the links below to find out about the different projects we offer, our young people and see some of the work our young people have produced here at The Pump!
Music is a staple part of our youth timetable and hour slots are available every Wednesday and Thursday evening for young people where they can book to record lyrics and beats with our artist in residence T.Roadz. This service is the only of its kind in the local area and is very popular with young people of all age groups that have a passion for music. Read more
Youth Club runs every Wednesday and Thursday evening and is available to any young person aged 11 – 18 year old. With a range of activities available this session is completely young person led and every activity that takes place is a direct result of engaging with the young people that attend. Each of these sessions sees a free hot meal available to every young person which is prepared and served by our Young Leaders who support in the delivery of this session. Read more
Our mentoring offer sees us provide one to one support to support the social, emotional and mental health needs of local young people through a bespoke offer that sets goals that are individual to each young person that accesses the service. To ensure this is as accessible as possible this service is available during sessions or at agreed times that meet the needs of the young person as well as a virtual service for young people that may struggle to attend the building. Read more
Flyby is an advice and guidance service where young people can book in one to one appointments to get support in a variety of areas including employment, housing, education and benefits advice. Running from 12pm – 4pm every Monday and Friday you can book an hour slot to ensure you get the dedicated time to be supported with whatever your support needs are. Read more
The Pump puts the safety and wellbeing of young people at the heart of everything that we do, we have invested time to ensure that the safeguarding measures that we have in place are as effective as possible and align to local and national frameworks. Read more
Birmingham Youth Service works with young people aged 13-19 to support them in the transition into their adult lives. Read more
Pitsop is a sensory friendly youth session available on a Wednesday evening for young people with additional support needs or may struggle in larger group settings. Running from 6pm – 8pm young people will have access to our youth club setting with a few changes made to make it a little more sensory friendly including quieter music, softer lighting and more space to engage in sensory friendly activities as well as a designated quiet space for down time and to access one to one support. To enqu Read more
Advice and a slice is a young person drop in session that provides a confidential space for young people to access one to one support about any issue affecting their lives including relationships, employment, education, substance education, youth violence and wellbeing – all over a slice of pizza and a cold drink. Read more
Are you aged 11 – 19 and have an enterprise idea? Come and join us from 6pm – 8pm on a Wednesday evening to get support in turning your idea into reality with our Streetwise 2 Enterprise Programme. We provide advice, guidance, access to our creative spaces and there are small grants available to start up your project. Want to know more pop in on a Wednesday evening or email [email protected] Read more
We pride ourselves on our services being led by young people and our Young Leaders Programme is a golden thread that runs through our whole youth offer. There are many ways that young people can take on leadership roles that include volunteering in sessions, taking lead in The Pump Café as part of our food offer, through social action campaigns and through engaging in our half termly ‘What You Saying’ events that sees all of our services reviewed and the new youth offer rolled out for the follo Read more
Youngerz is a weekly session for young people aged 10 – 12 years old where we provide a range of activities, a safe space to develop friendship groups and support focussed on the transition from junior to secondary school. This weekly provision has a half termly activity programme that is made by the young people which sees group activities, life skills sessions and music as a key staple within our offer and it also feeds into our holiday provision with the session being moved to day times to s Read more
Our Olderz session runs every Tuesday evening from 6pm – 8pm and is for young people aged 13 – 18 years. We offer a range of activities including cooking, studio sessions and virtual reality headsets and alongside this there is access to targeted support such including healthy relationships, youth employment and substance misuse support as well as the delivery of issue based programmes focussing on the issues that our young people have identified as the things affecting their lives. This is an Read more