Despite youth centres being closed since mid-March, the Northumberland youth service has had contact with more than 370 young people over the past 18 weeks and made 2,500 phone calls.
Upon lockdown, the national guidance was for all centre based sessions to cease, meaning that those young people who attended one of Northumberland’s 50 youth club sessions lost the opportunity to come together with their peers and talk to youth workers.
In response, the service has maintained contact with young people through regular phone calls, group chats and virtual support via digital platforms. A detached youth work programme has made face-to-face contact with young people more than 570 times.
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