Local Support

Tower Hamlets Connect

Connecting Tower Hamlets residents with information and advice on health and social care, local events, and community services across the borough.

Visit the Tower Hamlets Connect website

Spotlight

Spotlight is your youth space to be yourself, rest, relax and have fun.

Spotlight is a Safe Space for everyone – no worry, no stress. Everyone agrees to ‘Your Space, Your Rules.’ 

Spaces on programmes are fully funded and open to all aged 11 to 19, and up to 25 with SEND.

Visit the Spotlight website

Youth Social Prescriber

Social Prescribing is a service that GP’s, nurses and other healthcare professionals can refer to in order to provide patients with additional services and support to improve their health and well-being.

The Youth Social prescriber can offer up to 6 sessions with a young person to help them reflect, set goals, and explore the right sign posting options for them.

Visit the Healthy Island Partnership website

Tower Hamlets Mental Health Services

Mental health support for children and young people.

If you’re experiencing a mental health issue, which includes things like feeling sad or anxious and dealing with feelings in an unhealthy way, it’s important to get the right support to help you feel better.

Visit the Tower Hamlets Mental Health Services website

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group 

Leading the provision of innovative, high-quality, responsive and accessible health care services for the residents and clinical professionals of Tower Hamlets.

Visit the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group website

Saturday Circus

helps in developing new skills like juggling, balancing and more.

  • Sessions Run: 9:15am to 10:15am and 10:30am to 11:30am
  • For ages: 5 to 7 and 8 to 11

The Tramshed
Digby Street
Bethnal Green
E2 0LS

Half Moon Theatre

After school free drama clubs.

Why not join one of Half Moon’s Youth Theatre groups? It’s a brilliant way to explore drama, create performances and make lots of new friends at the same time. We have eight groups for 5 to 18 year-olds in East London interested in theatre that run during term time.

Visit the Half Moon Theatre website

Canaan Project

Canaan Project is a youth work project, working with 11 to 19 year old young women in Tower Hamlets, East London

Visit the Canaan Project website

Poplar Union

Martial Arts Youth Class.

  • Al (POP nights 18+)

E14 6TL

National Support

Barnardo's - NHS Youth Forum

Barnardo's know that there is no one better to ask about young people’s health services than young people themselves. You have the right to have a say on the decisions about the services you access.

That’s why Barnardo's are working with NHS England to deliver the NHS Youth Forum, and developing loads of things to get involved in with us. Your experience can help shape the future of NHS England and make it a more inclusive and accessible space for all​​​.

Visit the Barnardo's website

Under 16s Online Access to Medical Records

Information for under-16s on parents and guardians accessing your doctor's services

Your parent or someone else can ask your doctors (your GP surgery) to link your NHS profile to theirs, so they can do this for you. This is sometimes called "parent and guardian proxy access", or "third party access".

Learn more about this on the NHS website

King's Trust Development Award

At The King’s Trust, we believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

The King's Trust help young people from disadvantaged communities and those facing the greatest adversity by supporting them to build the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn.

Visit the King's Trust website

Advantage

Advantage harnesses the power of professional football clubs’ community organisations to deliver mental health mentoring programmes which provide solutions to key community challenges.

Visit the Advantage website