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June 2, 2015 By silxadmin

If you live in Blyth and the surrounding areas, unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months then you would have surely heard all about Punch Drunk Comedy. Punch Drunk was set up by Gav and Kai Humphries as a comedy night once a month at the Newsham Side Club, […]

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Trip to the Sage Gateshead……

May 26, 2015 By silxadmin

You will know from previous blog posts that we currently have a group of young people completing a DJ/Employability Course here at Silx every Tuesday & Thursday afternoon and the course is ran by Wendy and Adam from The Sage Gateshead. As part of the course the young people are completing an Art’s Award which […]

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Talking Numbers….

May 18, 2015 By silxteen

We are very proud of what we do here at Silx and one particular area that we continually develop and think we are pretty damn good at are evaluations and statistics. Every session we have an sign in sheet so we know who has been in attendance and we document every interaction with our young […]

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Cooking up something Healthy…..

May 14, 2015 By silxteen

As you all know from previous blog posts we dedicate Wednesday nights to Health and Wellbeing here at Silx. The young people love to get involved with all sorts of health related projects but especially love it when we cook and create nice healthy alternatives to their favourite foods. When we spoke to our young […]

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The Princess Ellie’s Total…..

May 14, 2015 By silxteen

You may remember last week that we posted about the Princess Ellie’s Trust and how our young people had kept a special ‘Princess Ellie Jar’ behind the bar in Silx and for the last few months have been filling it up with all of their loose change. Well, after presenting Dan & Rachel from the […]

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We are Recruiting….

May 12, 2015 By silxteen

We are currently looking to appoint some detached workers to join our team, full details below: People and Drugs (Silx Teen Bar) Part Time Detached Workers To deliver detached street sessions in the Blyth area 3 to 9 hours a week Rate per hour £10 -£11.30 per hour (Depending on qualifications and experience) 1 year […]

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Aviva Community Fund

May 8, 2015 By silxteen

We are the main provider of youth provision in the Blyth area and we have applied to the Aviva Community Fund for a financial donation of £5000. The £5000 will be used to deliver accredited opportunities for young people 16 -25 in the Blyth area and the award is dependent on receiving votes from the […]

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Keighleigh’s Journey- Case Study

May 7, 2015 By silxteen

Keighleigh regularly attends our 1st Step and Teen Bar sessions. Keighleigh was born with a congenital heart disorder has been through heart surgery and left school with no qualifications due to being in hospital a lot. After attending Silx and with support of workers who encouraged her and built up her confidence Keighleigh is now employed […]

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RAVE ON!!

May 7, 2015 By silxadmin

We are holding a Special one off Friday night Rave at Silx on Friday 29th May. This event is for 14-21 year olds only and will be from 5pm-10pm. Open Mic from 6pm then at 9pm we will have a special guest MC that the young people will choose! For more information or to buy […]

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Tony’s Story- Case Study

May 7, 2015 By silxteen

Tony is 23 and has been coming to Silx since he was 13 years old. Tony has been using our 1st Step drop in to carry out his job search and our workers have assisted him with job applications, CV, Cover letters, interview clothes and have even taken him to interviews. After a long period […]