Crook Games Club
Crook Games Club provides a safe and secure environment for young people in our community to gather together as a means to combat loneliness, anxiety and poor mental health and improve community cohesion.
Our programme of weekly sessions running Wednesdays 6pm till 8:30pm during term time allows young people aged 11-19 to come together to socialise and play games in a safe and welcoming space. Participants are supported by trained youth workers at Jack Drum Arts as well as local freelance artists and facilitators to build social skills and confidence in a peer support network of fellow participants. Young people are provided with wrap around guidance and support and the group is inclusive of those with physical/learning disabilities, poor mental health, from the LGBTQIA+ community, young refugees, and individuals living in care and care leavers.
Regular weekly sessions are supplemented by enriching trips to local attractions and weekend residentials focusing on outdoor team building activities to cement friendships and make memories together. These are informed by feedback from a steering group of current participants to tailor delivery to the contemporary interests of local young people and ensure their voice is heard. Guest facilitators and artists lead one-off sessions throughout the programme to deliver masterclasses and workshops as well as provide industry-specific advice and guidance.
If you would like to know more please contact James Shepherd:
E: jamesb@jackdrum.co.uk
T: 01388 765002
Crook Games Club is funded by People’s Health Trust using money raised through Health Lottery North East and Cumbria.
People's Health Trust is an independent charity investing in local communities to help create a society without health inequalities through funding, support and using evidence and learning to influence change. It works closely with six Community Interest Companies raising money through The Health Lottery.
Active Communities is a funding programme for local people with great ideas about how to help create fairer places to grow, live, work and age well.
