E-mail: info.gooleyouthaction@gmail.com
From The Beginning..
In November 2016 a group of individuals came together and formed Goole Youth Coalition in an attempt to halt the decline in youth service provision in the town. Over the past 9 years Goole Youth Action (GYA) has brought together organisations from across the public and voluntary youth sectors to strategically plan, collaborate and deliver youth projects and activities to large number s of young people. In taking this approach we have avoided duplication and directing limited resources to areas of most need.
In November 2019 GYA became a CIO Foundation Charity and changed its name to Goole Youth Action. GYA works in Goole & Old Goole (Goole North, South Wards of the East Riding) and the surrounding area.
Current GYA Partners include: Revive Church - Youth Project, Goole Town Council, Castaway Music Theatre, Moorlands Youth & Community Charity, Groundworks Yorkshire, CatZero, Goole YMCA, Humberside Police, Office of the Police Crime Commissioner, Smile Foundation, Goole Academy, Humberside Fire & Rescue Service, ERYC’s Active Communities, Regeneration, Safe Communities, Family Help, Youth Offending, Public Health & Opportunity Goole Team's.
Learn more about our partners on our partners page.
Summer 2016
1st Annual Summer Activity Programme Delivered
May 2017 - April 2018
Goole Targeted Youth Project is delivered
April 2019 - Sept 2012
Negative To Positive Outcomes (H2PO) project delivered.
Summer 2020 & 2021
Summer Youth Festivals
October 2016
1st Goole Youth Voice group established
November 2019
Detached Project commenced (still in operation)
Summer 2020 & 2021
HAF Programmes Delivered
February 2021
GYA Becomes the Community Anchor organisation for the Active Towns Community Grants for Goole
What Do We Do?
Goole Youth Coalition is a coalition of local youth groups and organisations. Our Partners meet regularly to share their knowledge and good practice, and provide a diary of social events, effective support, and valuable opportunities for 9 to 19 year olds.
Our History
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‘To enable more positive activity provision to be offered to the young people of Goole’
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‘To provide a platform for youth related organisations to share information and develop new opportunities.’
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‘Enable young people to have their say, when, where, and what kind of activities, they would like to experience in the Goole area’
Our Aims
About Us
What We've Achieved
Goole Youth Action has achieved some notable success over the past five years, including:
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Coordination of an annual summer programme (now in its fifth year) for young people aged 5 -24 years, impressively GYA partners have delivered over the three summer programmes (2015-2017) over 1,030 hours of positive diversionary activity delivered to 8,261 young people at 516 sessions.
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Greater partnership working between voluntary sector groups including sharing of resources and intelligence that shaped the delivery of services and intensive work with young people.
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Established a Virtual Goole Youth Forum for young people to express their views and shape the work of the partnership.
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Secured over £172,000 of funding from a variety of sources to deliver its work: Humber Police Crime Commissioner’s Crime Reduction Fund, Goole Fields Wind Farm 1 & 2 Fund, Tribune Trust, Department of Communities & Local Government t, Big Lottery – Awards for All, Humberside Police’s Benevolent Fund and East Riding’s Community Safety Partnership.
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Provided intensive one to one support to six young people over the last 16 months as part of the DCLG funded Goole Targeted Youth Project.
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Coordinated the delivery of a Basic Introduction to Youth Work Course along with our Training Partner Youth Association South Yorkshire (YASY)
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Delivered a successful Outreach project and continues to deliver the current Detached Project across Goole & Old Goole.
Our More Recent History
May 2021
16 People Completed GYA's 1st "Introduction to Youth Work" Course by Vicky Gough of YASY
Sept. 2023
Goole Youth Voice group re-established following COVID Pandemic.
May 2024
Emotional Well-Being Support project established
January 2025
New Drop-In Established at Trinity
February 2023
Boxing Project established at GABC Gym
October 2023
GYA featured in BBC’s Look North and ITV Calendar's
July 2024
Trip to Wigan Youth Zone as part of our quest to establish a Goole Youth Zone/Hub
April 2023
National Lottery Reaching Communities Funding started
Over the past years we have delivered many projects and activities for young people in the area including:
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Summer Programmes 2015 - 2024 providing many hours of diversionary positive activities
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Goole Target Youth Project (GTYP) - intensive work with young people over a 18 month period
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HAF programmes 2020 & 2021
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In Your Corner - boxing based project with Goole Amateur Boxing Club & Partners
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Detached and Outreach Youth Work across Goole & Old Goole
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Youth Work Training - two Introduction to Youth Work courses for volunteers
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Youth Festivals- more specialised and target activities.
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Youth Voice Forum- providing a platform for young people have their say and influence the work and direction of GYA.
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Consultation Events - surveys of young people views
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Quality Mark - see earlier section
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Freshers Fair / Open Evenings at Delta Academy - providing year 7s with a opportunity to meet youth providers
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Negative 2 Positive Outcomes (N2PO) - carrying on the work of GTYP with support from Humberside Police Commissioner
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Emotional Well Being Support service April 2024
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Drop In at Trinity Youth Project Jan 2025
What we're doing today
We currently deliver a 3 nights per week detached project, a weekly In Your Corner boxing project, a new weekly Drop In at Trinity, a Emotional Well being Support service, a Bi-monthly Youth Voice group, Youth Work Training and Summer Holiday Activities and Trips, as well as bi-monthly Partners meeting.
April 2025
GYA New Youth Mobile operational
