Youth Lowestoft works with young people across Lowestoft between the ages of 6 and 16 years old providing opportunities and experiences to enable them to belong, contribute and thrive.

Based in Imperial House, we provide youth drop in sessions covering a variety of activities with trips and residentials in the school holidays. Our allotment sessions are run from our 3 plots on Waterlane and enable young people to engage in nature and the outdoors and grow produce which can be used in the weekly cooking sessions. Two of our nurseries also bring children aged 2-5 years old to visit and enjoy the allotment space.

We have also recently developed a disabled accessible plot which, in addition to young people, is used by local care homes, those with a dementia and people within the community.

One to one support sees us work within local schools to provide young people with a listening ear, support and guidance in relation to challenges they are facing.

Through our Heritage Programme, young people are learning about the British food timeline, starting from the Stone Age period right up to the present day. They are trying a variety of foods from across time and creating a cookbook which will go out to the community. Alongside the food timeline they are also looking at other aspects of each period such as clothing, living conditions and leisure activities.

Our Music Programme provides young people with free weekly music tuition in drums, guitar and keyboard. They also have the opportunity within this to gain an Arts Award qualification.

We also support our local community through a community fridge and foodbank and we provided free hot meals during the winter period of the cost of living crisis.