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Rochdale’s Cultural Education Partnership is a network of organisations creating and sharing opportunities for children and young people to explore their creativity and experience arts and culture.

If you’re looking for something creative to do in Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale or Pennines visit the REACH website where you can use the filters to find out what’s on locally.

Your Trust work in partnership with other local partners to provide evening sessions across the different Boroughs of Rochdale for local residents aged 8 to 16.

Delivered by qualified Your Trust coaches in communities that need them most, activities include cricket, football, racket sports, arts and crafts. We also work with external providers to offer a wider range of opportunities, including hairdressing, barbering, inclusive football and martial arts, helping young people stay active, develop new skills and engage positively within their communities.

Young people aged 11-18 are being provided with weekly 1-2-1 sessions with an experienced youth worker. These sessions are designed to empower young people to become emotionally resilient and capable of achieving their full potential.

Alongside mentoring, Groundwork creates a safe, inclusive space where young people can make friends, build confidence and shape activities that matter to them. Through social action and environmental projects, young people develop skills, improve wellbeing and have their voices heard on local issues.

Free, open-access community football sessions in the heart of New Bury. Come to make friends, develop your skills, take part in matches and tournaments, and access further activities such as workshops, trips and more.

Wednesdays 4pm-5pm: ages 8-12
Fridays 5pm-6.30pm: ages 12-18

Gorse Hill Studios is providing universal access to its facilities every Friday between 4:30 and 6:30 to Young People in Gorse Hill and across Trafford. We run a range of activities each session and participants can access our music studio, theatre space, art studio and dance studio. Staff and volunteers are on hand to run activities and we are flexible in what we offer. This is open to all young people between 12 and 18.

Run by trained volunteers every Friday evening, Fitton Hill Junior Youth Club provides a fun, safe environment offering sports, crafts, games, socialisation, and refreshments. We also collaborate with other local organisations to provide exciting activities like sports, gardening, environmental projects, and forest skills.

We welcome children and young people of all abilities, backgrounds and experience levels. Our friendly, approachable environment is designed to feel more comfortable than a traditional boxing gym, creating inclusive opportunities for everyone. We have extensive experience supporting young people with additional needs. Our focus is not on producing world-class boxers, but predominantly having fun, self-development, building confidence, discipline, resilience, respect, self-control and positive relationships, therefore creating champions in all areas of life.

Young Producers is a group for young people from Darnhill (11-19 years old) who want to make a difference in their community.
Cartwheel Arts, in partnership with RBC Youth Service, provide a safe space to create events, trips and your own festival venue at Darnhill Festival – for young people, by young people. You get to decide what happens at your creative events and then learn the skills to manage and run those events. It’s time to step up.