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Getting out and about during Summer means feeding hungry young ones, so here’s a list of places where kids can eat free/for £1 over the holidays!

The Summer Holidays are almost upon us, so next week sees the return of our Short Breaks provision!
Every Tuesday during the holidays we are setting out from Devonport Park Activity Centre for a day of exploration, treasure hunting, and getting out and about! Sessions run from 10:30 til 3:30.
Visit www.bookwhen.com/shortbreaks to secure a place! Sessions cost £15 each. Bring Suncream, lunch, and a sense of adventure!

We think this new kit design is a winner, let’s hope the Three Lions are winners tomorrow!

Summer is a time for making Faery gardens, who knows who may visit!

Perfect day for a dip today!

Our newsletter will be out by the end of the week; if you haven't already subscribed, you can do so here!

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What an amazing evening we had at Youth Awards 2024. Although we are sad to say we didn’t win, we are very pleased for the winner of our category, Youth Acends. It was a pleasure to be involved in the awards and we had a fantastic evening 🎉

Routeways is attending Plymouth Youth Awards 2024. We have been nominated and become finalists in the Inclusivity award category. Wish us luck 🤞

We're asking all our lovely supporters and followers to please nominate us for this £5,000 donation from the Youth Movement For Good!

The draw closes on Friday 21st June so please nominate and share today to get your favourite charity in the running!

Nominate a charity - Movement for Good Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

We take our jobs here at Routeways very seriously…but there’s always time to be silly!

ROUTEWAYS NEEDS YOU: Growing Together are working hard on their own garden project, but we need help putting together supplies to make the project really come alive. So, if you can spare any pallets, paints, brushes, plants, any gardening equipment, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us an email at [email protected] if you can spare anything, or contact us here or on Facebook! Thank you!

Still time to apply for our Service Manager position! Applications close on 1st June. To apply and for a full job description please visit www.routeways.org.uk/opportunities

We are hiring! We are looking for a dynamic individual to become our new Service Manager! You'll be responsible for supervising, developing, and organising our wide range of leisure, educational, and social activities for children, young people, and young adults with SEND.

This is a Full Time (37 hours) role, with a salary from £35,000. To apply, and for a full job description, please visit www.routeways.org.uk/opportunities
Application deadline is June 1st
Good Luck!

We are hiring! We are looking for a dynamic individual to become our new Service Manager! You'll be responsible for supervising, developing, and organising our wide range of leisure, educational, and social activities for children, young people, and young adults with SEND.

This is a Full Time (37 hours) role, with a salary from £35,000. To apply, and for a full job description, please visit www.routeways.org.uk/opportunities
Application deadline is June 1st
Good Luck!

Short Breaks bookings are now open! Join us for a day of mystery solving around The Barbican! Can you help us track down Captain Rummy Drinker's lost treasure? Meeting at Devonport Park Activity Centre, then heading down to the Barbican to solve the mystery! Bring a packed lunch, weather appropriate clothing, and your best sleuthing skills!
Sessions cost £15, and can be booked at:
www.bookwhen.com/Shortbreaks

Growing Together have started work on a special project this week, working on their own portion of our grounds to create their very own garden! Lots of hard work done today!

We had a lovely time visiting our friends at and exploring ways we can work together to give our young people even more ways to play, develop, and have fun!

A lovely day was had one Saturday, one of the highlights being our young people discovering the new sensory board!

The Urban Tree Festival open day is taking place on Saturday 11th May from 3-6pm at Tulgey Woods in Compton, an excellent opportunity to get outdoors and take part in free wellness activities, including crafting workshops, talks about the wildlife, and free tours around the woods.
The event is part of Being Well in the Woods. To find out more, please visit https://www.theconscioussisters.com/being-well-in-the-woods

We are hiring! To apply and for more information please visit www.routeways.org.uk/opportunities

Good luck!

During our fun today, we have mislaid a radio somewhere in Devonport Park! If you happen to come across it, if you could return it to us at the Devonport Park Activity Centre we'd be very grateful!

Sun’s out, so time to get the chalk out too!

Our Radford Rascals celebrated St Georges Day on Tuesday by making themed bookmarks and pictures! Having lots of fun to ensure the sessions don't dragon...sorry, drag on.

Cornish Pasty making today (Ok we'll call them Devon pasties!) for Growing Together. For a first attempt they haven't come out badly at all!

The last in our week of direct access programme promotions (try saying that fast at the end of the week!) looks at our Thursday youth club!

Fancy trying your hand at being the Taskmaster? Watching a movie at our Beckly site? Maybe going bowling is more your thing? Over the next few weeks, these are the kinds of things going on at Youth Club!

Alternating between Beckly and Devonport Park each Thursday from 7pm til 9pm. Booking is essential so visit www.bookwhen.com/routeways to book your place!

Ecotherapy is a nature based therapeutic intervention for young people aged 11-18 yrs (25 yrs living with SEND) aimed at improving mental & emotional wellbeing. Studies have shown the mental health benefits of Ecotherapy to be mood enhancing & stress reducing. It also can increase self-confidence, emotional regulation, wellbeing & emotional resilience

The main aims of the project are to support young people living with emotional & mental wellbeing issues to engage more fully in their education & lives and to build relationships between young people on the project to help reduce social isolation.
We offer a 6-week project based at Poole Farm (all year) & Tinside Lido (in-season) with groups of up to 6 young people and are inviting you to come along and join in!

Please note that this opportunity is through Plymouth City Council and not Friends and Families. Please get in contact with Tom Maguire at Poole Farm for more information.

If you are interested, you can sign up via this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO49HdxDO-TyhIiHav3cw4I69UQllKQzVCSVBUTFRMUUFRWlYzTTVCSlJDRi4u

Good Morning!

The next in our series of direct access programmes focuses on the mental health of young people, in the form of our In Other Words groups. This is a safe space for young people to visit for a couple of hours, play games, do activities, and receive informal support. A chance to have fun, be 'in the moment', and meet like minded peers. We run these sessions from our Devonport Park base every Monday, 4-6, with weeks alternating for age groups 8-12 and 13-18.

If you'd like more information, or to book a place, please call:
01752 300700

Today's look at our direct access groups focuses on our Adult social group!

Hosted every other Monday from the Beckly
centre, our social group offers a client-led
range of social and leisure activities for adults
with additional needs aged 25 plus. Support
workers are also more than welcome!

Sessions cost £8 per attendee, with support
workers and carers going free.

With sessions reflecting the interests and
hobbies of our participants, we give chances to
improve life and social interaction skills
alongside enjoying fun activities, social outings,
and new experiences!

If you or anyone you know would like more information, please contact us!

Tel: 01752 300700

Email: [email protected]