We are very excited here at Silx at the moment, why? well in the last week or so we have managed to secure seasonal employment for 6 young males thanks to our fantastic partnership with Cramlington based bean bag manufacturer Bazaar Group, and that’s not all in the last 2 years two of our young […]
Spooooky Half Term Fun……
November 5, 2015
Uncategorized
Sucessful Detached project gives Silx a shake up!
October 20, 2015
As well as running our Teen Bar indoors we also have a detached team that work on the streets of Blyth to engage with young people that don’t access any youth provision. Our regular detached work began at the beginning of July and our workers go out every Wednesday and Friday night and visit the […]
Summer Trips……
August 25, 2015
The summer holidays are an exciting time for the young people, 6 whole weeks away from school, work and teachers! On the other hand the summer holidays can be a stressful and sometimes very expensive time for parents, so here at Silx we try to provide some fun, cheap and sometimes even free trips during […]
Silx Youth Festival
July 30, 2015
Record numbers of young people and their families came along to our Youth Festival in Blyth Marketplace last Thursday! This was the 5th Annual festival that we have organised and the main aim was to showcase the wonderful work that goes on for young people in Blyth and was opened by our local up and […]
Uncategorized
Skills and Opportunities Fund- RESULT!
July 21, 2015
You will recall from previous blog posts that we asked for your support in voting for us in the RBS Skills and Opportunities fund recently. We campaigned on our blog, Facebook and Twitter and so many of you shared and voted. We are so pleased to tell you that from over 1,000 entries and a […]
Uncategorized
Arts Award with The Sage Gateshead
July 9, 2015
The young people that have been studying for their Arts Award and learning to DJ with the talented Wendy and Adam from the Sage, finished their course last week after a fun packed 10 weeks. The last session was held on Thursday 2 July and the young people set Silx up as a ‘cinema’ using […]
Uncategorized
We are nearly 20 years Old…
July 7, 2015
Uncategorized
Arts & Crafts @ Silx……..
June 25, 2015
Uncategorized
Natwest Skills & Opportunities Fund
June 16, 2015
You know from our previous Blog posts, our Twitter feed and our Facebook pages that one project that we run here at Silx that is very popular is our 1st Step drop in which runs on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday (Read about 1st Step in detail here: https://silxteenbar.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/award-winning-1st-step-project/ ) As a charity we rely on […]