Developing our volunteering network and at the beginning of the developing our ethos of ‘young people learning from each other’ that would underpin everything we would subsequently do, we held our first bespoke tutor-befriender training sessions.

Establishing our willingness to work with like minded organisations we held our first 3 day-intensive GCSE revision course at Newcastle University.

Continuing to deliver services in both the East and West of Newcastle, we moved into delivering services in Walker, holding a African Summer School at Kidz Kabin.

We introduced new Turkish, French and German clubs to schools. We also celebrated European Neighbourhood Day at Kids Kabin, started a Manga cartoon drawing club and introduced Indian and Chinese cooking classes in Kids Kabin.

2011 was a busy year for our Language Clubs, as more clubs opened up in schools and community hubs across the city. In 2011 we also worked on a BBC animation project and awarded the North East Diversity BME Education Award.

We introduced new Turkish, French and German clubs to schools. We also celebrated European Neighbourhood Day at Kids Kabin, started a Manga cartoon drawing club and introduced Indian and Chinese cooking classes in Kids Kabin.

Thanks to Samsung, we launched a Code Club in the Blakelaw Community Centre and with the support from Wallian Charity Trust, we were able to set up two additional clubs whilst securing the future of two existing clubs.

As well as that, WEYDA members presented their ‘Young, Religious and Judged’ at the Everyday Muslim Symposium in London and at the Discovery Museum. Our Japanese Club members visited a Japanese School in Washington and connected with a High School in Japan, and finally, we became partners in the Eurosole project with Newcastle University for three years.

2017 was a year of change. To begin with, it was the year we introduced our 6-week STEM Saturday Club and the year our Learning Hubs grew to eight flourishing hubs.

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Thanks to our incredible funders, including Recce Foundation and The Watson Family, our Learning Bus hit the road and the screens as we appeared on Channel4’s hit, George Clark’s Amazing Spaces.

We also welcomed 3 EVS volunteers and WEYDA embarked on a rebrand whilst simultaneously working on their ‘Fake News’ project.

Early in the year, we distributed hundreds of activity kits and reading books to families in the North East. Throughout the year, we successfully continued to deliver our online tutoring program and clubs.

As restrictions were eased, we reopened our Summer School doors to the children and young people of our region, and our STEM team delivered an engaging STEM community outreach programme which drove our Learning Bus out of furlough.

Once the new academic year commenced, we celebrated our 15th anniversary. In October we hosted our first Black History Month event for the charity sector and in November we exhibited at the North East Expo.

Following on from our “Ignite Minds” fundraiser we were able to establish a new Learning Hub based at DiverCity Hub in the inner west of Newcastle to complement both our Online and Benwell Learning Hubs.

Our Tyne Tee’ers continued to work on their Reflections of the Tyne heritage project.

Following substantial talks and an unmissable opportunity for the charity, we decided to relocate from our home for the past 10 year, The Carnegie Building, to the annex of Newcastle Apostolic Church with a view of developing a youth-led community centre in the heart of Arthur’s Hill.

Our summer programme returned, funded by the Best Summer Ever HAF programme facilitated by Street Games. Within weeks of our move we welcomed nearly 70 kids for 2 weeks of fun learning, sports and recreational activities.