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Carrying on with our Easter holiday programme, the young people took part in the ultimate laser adventure at Quasar Norwich. This activity is always a firm favourite amongst the young…

What a great day out for our Junior Hive! A bouncing bonanza at High Altitude with pizza and ice cream to finish.

Thank you so much to Trofeo Cars for supporting Holt Youth Project and providing two of our young people the opportunity to take part in the event.

It may have rained this morning but the sunshine came out just in time to tidy up our allotment. After sowing our dill and planting our tomatoes we discovered that…

We are excited to be at Stody Lodge Garden event again this year! So we are asking for your help! We need lots and lots of your beautiful cakes and…

Kicking off our Easter Programme with an amazing activity day at Horstead Activity Centre. Our young people started by scaling the climbing wall and then faced the zip wire. The…

We are excited to launch our Easter Holiday Programme this year! Jam packed solid with fun, exciting activities! If you would like to come along please call Julie: 07747533371 and…

  Starting off the week with our boys gym sessions! Our boys gym session runs on Monday! We are thrilled to expand these sessions to Wednesdays very soon!!  

  New GIRLS gym coming soon!!! We are excited to announce the new girl gym sessions starting soon….Watch this space for more details!  

  Cooking up a storm in the kitchen! Here are our senior hove group showing us all their cookery skills they have learned and making delicious quesadilla’s. We can confirm…

  Thank you for supporting our work with young people! Duncan Baker is running a double marathon to support local charities. We are excited to be chosen as one of…

  North Norfolk Young carers North Norfolk young carers enjoying me time.  

Wow! What a busy night!

Young carers spooky encounter Young carers enjoyed an evening at Bewilderwood, making their way through the atmospheric woods being entertained by puppeteer's. What a fantastic night!

Gardening club! We are excited to reveal our timetable for half-term. We have some fun activities running so please be quick and book your spaces. Don't delay call Julie on...

Half-Term Spooktacular! We are excited to reveal our timetable for half-term. We have some fun activities running so please be quick and book your spaces. Don't delay call Julie on...

Half-Term Programme We are excited to reveal our timetable for half-term. We have some fun activities running so please be quick and book your spaces. Don't delay call Julie on...

Bee house making! Young people have been busy making and designing their bee houses. They have learned new skills and enjoyed creating an environment for bees that will housed in...

Youth Hubs We run a structured session of fun/games and cooking/crafts to children from school years 1-6. Our first session starts at 4: 50 - 5:50pm this is for school...

Youth Hubs We run a structured session of fun/games and cooking/crafts to children from school years 1-6. Our first session starts at 4: 50 - 5:50pm this is for school...

Friday night footy! It is that time of year again where we hold our annual general meeting. Please come along and see the programme we deliver to young people as...

Annual General Meeting! It is that time of year again where we hold our annual general meeting. Please come along and see the programme we deliver to young people as...

Gym sessions for boys   Our gym sessions are currently running every Monday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. These sessions are available to boys only who are aged 14 years plus….

Horstead residential Summer 2023     WOW! What an action-packed day the young people had on day 2 of the Horstead residential. Climbing wall, zip lines, giant stand-up paddle boards,...

Donations We are so grateful that Omaze decided to choose us and give a charitable donation. This money will help inspire young people and give them opportunities that they otherwise...

Cookery workshops The young people finished a fabulous weekend on a high with the vertical challenge and a bit of wild cooking! Wow, what a residential. We are looking forward...

Horstead residential summer 2023 The young people finished a fabulous weekend on a high with the vertical challenge and a bit of wild cooking! Wow, what a residential. We are...

Horstead residential summer 2023 Our summer residential is in full swing. Day 1: The young people enjoyed an evening canoeing along the river! Follow us to see what they get...

Summer Holiday Programme 2023 {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.holtyouthproject.org.uk\/holiday-programme-20\/#arve-youtube-e5gwf33zb_o6622de31021bf421711990","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/e5GwF33zb_o?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Week 1 - Summer Holidays 2023"} Check out how much fun were having on our first week of our summer holiday programme!

Sowerby's donation! We are so very grateful for Charlie and Dan from Sowerbys that went on a challenge of a lifetime cycling nearly 900 miles. They raised money for the...

Summer Party Especially for our younger youth members! A 4-hour session filled with summer games and positive vibes! You never know super pig may make a surprise visit again. Hot...

Glow up workshop! We are getting creative and glowing ourselves up youth workers included.. if you want to transform into something different then come along and learn some new techniques....

Bike ride! We are enjoying our holiday programme so much, and we continued it into the weekend with a bike ride to Marriot's way. We covered 16 miles - wow...

Princess and Superhero party! We have a very special guest waiting for all our junior youth members! Elsa all the way from Arendale is coming to Holt Youth Project!! We...

Go-Karting! Rev up those engines and race around the karting track to secure pole position! If you would like to compete against your friends then call up and book your...

Gardening Club This is a 2-hour session that will run EVERY Tuesday throughout the summer holiday programme. Headed up by one of our amazing youth members and volunteer this session...

Nails workshop! Have you ever wanted to try out gel manicures? Now is your opportunity! Come and learn some new skills with us...remember all our activities are FREE but you...

Summer Holiday Programme 2023 We are very excited to launch our summer holiday programme, and it is packed with fun activities, residential, and workshops for you all to enjoy! All...

Senior Youth Nights Calling all senior youth! Tonight is a movie night make sure you book your space by calling 07747533371.

Friday night footy! Holt Youth Project at the Royal Norfolk Show! Amazing recognition from the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk! We are proud to be represented by our volunteer and youth...

Recognition for Holt Youth Project Holt Youth Project at the Royal Norfolk Show! Amazing recognition from the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk! We are proud to be represented by our volunteer...

A lap of Iceland Charlie and Dan are currently embarking on a challenge to cycle around Iceland (900 miles) in 10 days. We are honored that they have chosen us...

Young carers residential Our young carers enjoying a fun-filled day at Holkham High ropes course and kayaking with the Wells sea cadets! Fantastic they are all having such an excellent...

Young carers residential Our young carers are currently having a well deserved weekend away very kindly supported by Rotary International. Yesterday they enjoyed a go karting session Anglian Karting Centre, a very...

Nerf Wars Battle Don’t forget to book onto our Nerf wars workshop tomorrow from 10:00 till 12:00. Remember your water bottle and get ready to battle. All guns and equipment...

Tonight activities: Senior youth, our sessions tonight are: Cookery or a games tournaments, if you would like to join in please call: 07747533371 to secure your place!

Allotment sessions We are proud to show you all our allotment - which has been maintained and headed up by our ACT young people and volunteers! They have worked so...

Gym sessions! We run regular fitness sessions specific for our young people. Carl is a qualified personal trainer and has a wealth of knowledge to share. If you are 13...

Coronation Preparations! Happy Coronation Day everyone! To commemorate this day our young people got involved with the Holt Town Council build a coronation cake project. The cake will be shared to many...

Tonights activities: Wednesday 14th June 2023! Structured senior youth sessions for young people who are high school aged plus! Starting at 7:30pm till 9:00pm: choose between: Gym session Cookery session...

This Sunday!  Thank you to ALL of our generous donators and bakers. Your donations will be sold at Stody Lodge Gardens this Sunday! So please come by for a cake (or two?)...

Tonights activities Tomorrow night we are delivering to our senior youth members a night of dancing and games in the hall. If you would like to join in with either...

We're Back! Junior youth members we are back this week! Starting our normal sessions tomorrow evening! Just turn up and fill out a membership form if you would like to...

Tonights activities Calling all Senior youth, tomorrow night we are running two sessions, circuit training and cookery. If you would like to come then please call: 07747533371 to join in...

Save the date! A big “Thank you” to the people who have got in touch and offered to bake us a cake or two! If you would still like to...

Opening times this week: Our clothes shop is open this week. We have plenty of stock in, school uniforms, baby clothes, older children, teens and adult clothing and shoes. Come...

Laser Tag! Yesterday the young people took part in a game of laser tag! Both teams were winners in our opinion! Such a brilliant team building activity and a great time...

Nerf wars and fort building! Cardboard buildings - Nerf bullets flying EVERYWHERE! What better way to start the second week of our Easter holiday! Follow us to see more of...

Patron Visit! An amazing day on our inventions workshop along with a visit from some of our amazing patrons.

Colchester Zoo! Chick out how our Easter holiday programme is going. We started this week with an egg-citing trip to Colchester Zoo   

Stody Lodge Gardens 2023 We are very excited to announce our Easter Holiday programme has hatched!  All spaces must be booked and are free to attend. Please call now to...

Easter Holiday Programme 2023 We are very excited to announce our Easter Holiday programme has hatched!  All spaces must be booked and are free to attend. Please call now to...

Friday night footy! Friday night footy is on tonight! All players welcome! If you haven’t booked, then call 07747533371 to secure your space! If you love playing football this session...

Young carers Action! Today is #YoungCarersActionDay and so we’re asking everyone to take 10 minutes to ‘Make time for Young Carers.’ Follow the link to get practical ideas on how you can...

Young carers Action! #YoungCarersActionDay this year is on 15th March. This years theme is ‘Making time for Young Carers.’ Here at the Holt Youth Project we are proud to support our...

Flash back to our holiday fun! Flash back to our half term holiday programme. Our Easter holiday programme has been finalised and will be posted this week so keep following...

Therapeutic workshops! Our ACT group enjoying a pottery workshop. ACT is a bespoke group that builds confidence and self esteem. Offering opportunities such as pottery encourages creativity, opens up the...

Scalextric Racing! Continuing the holiday fun, we took young people to a Scalextric track for a day of fun and racing.

Cookery and science days! Our holiday programme saw cookery workshops cooking churros and quesadillas, then off to Greshams to have 3 sessions of science days.

An evening with Tom Youngs We are thankful for a wonderful evening spent with Tom Youngs. Raising money and the goodwill of Holt Youth Project, Tom inspired us all with...

New activities! Our senior youth sessions start back this week! Starting off with Gym sessions on Monday and Wednesday, a Movie and dinner night on Wednesday and of course our...

Friday night footy! As part of the new structuring of our senior youth hubs we now offer the chance to play football at Greshams school. We leave via minibus from...

February Half-Term programme We are excited to launch our February half-term programme with you all. If you would like to come to any of the events then please call 07747533371...

Timetable of our youth hubs! Just a reminder of our year groups and times for all our youth hubs.

Health and Social care career? We will be joined by the NHS health and social care careers bus. Come and see them and start mapping your way to a rewarding...

Opening times   This weeks opening times for our pre-loved clothing pavilion. We offer FREE clothing bundles for adults and children. Donations always welcomed. We also take clothing donations, just...

Friday night footy! This week we have on offer making your own plushie, recreational games night and a gym sessions available. It is still not too late to book, please...

Opening times   This weeks opening times for our pre-loved clothing pavilion. We offer FREE clothing bundles for adults and children. Donations always welcomed. We also take clothing donations, just...

Youth hubs Attention young people people in Holt and surrounding villages if you would like a pamper night or battle it out in a Mario Kart tournament or even sweating...

Senior youth hubs This week we have on offer making your own plushie, recreational games night and a gym sessions available. It is still not too late to book, please...

An evening with Tom Youngs Raising money for our charity we are holding an evening with Tom Youngs. Tables are £500 and will sit 10 people. To book please contact...

Friday night footy! As part of the new structuring of our senior youth hubs we now offer the chance to play football at Greshams school. We leave via minibus from...

Changes to our evening hubs! It's a new year and that means a fresh new restructure of our senior youth evenings. We are excited to announce 3 nights of activities...

Opening times   This weeks opening times for our pre-loved clothing pavilion. We offer FREE clothing bundles for adults and children. Donations always welcomed. We also take clothing donations, just...

Hello 2023!   Holt Youth Project wishes you all a healthy and happy new year. We are excited to enter 2023 with a positive mindset, creating even more opportunities for...

Finalist!   At Holt Youth Project we have a great base of volunteers who dedicate their time for our young people, David being one of them! David has given 38...

Getting festive!   The young people have been getting festive and creating festive designs! Check out some of the creations above. A handmade reindeer which was made by a young...

Clothing outlet OPEN today!   Our clothing outlet will be open TODAY! This project organically grew through the Covid period, we still identify there is a need due to the...

 Spooky cooking   Our young people cooked a 3 - course meal and shared it with one another today. The halloween inspired courses were delicious and enjoyed by all! The...

 Day 2 - Young carers residential   Day 2 - Young carers residential. Young carers today went ice skating and then went onto have a go at scalextric racing.  The...

 Day 1 - Young carers residential   Day 1 - Young carers residential. Our young people enjoyed a day on the high ropes course at Holkham estate and a chilled...

 Check out our new signs!   A big thank you to Rock Solid Graphics for our brand new signage! We think they look amazing!

 Thank you Greshams school   This week Greshams school students have attended Holt Youth Project and carried out many projects. Painting fences, up-cycling an old desk into a counter for...

 Hard work always pays off!   Today our ACT students were presented their City and Guilds awards for revamping our allotment alongside the VIY project. The project gave many benefits...

 Holt Youth Project's World Cup   Our youth nights are certainly getting busy. We have kicked off with our world cup series! Who will win? Can England bring it home?

 Inspirational speaker   Tracey Clark came and shared her inspirational stories about her amazing swimming adventures, which included swimming the english channel. Tracey inspired our young people reiterating that anything...

 A royal visit!   Today we received a special visit from Lady Dannatt. Our ACT student prepared a meal and shared their stories. The visit was most enjoyable and we...

Young people except donation from Gresham's School   We are honoured to be supported by Gresham's School. Their continuous work will help us keep delivering groups that aspire young people...

Assistant Youth Practitioner We are hiring! Go check out the job description under vacancies and start applying now!

Hadrian's Wall Cycle Challenge 2022 https://youtube.com/shorts/gHCt1SqaTq0 They have done it! In record time 6 amazing young people have conquered the wall. It was tough going but they all completed the...

Hadrian's Wall Cycle Challenge 2022 https://youtube.com/shorts/gHCt1SqaTq0 The young people have made some good progress and they are still going strong. Yesterday they achieved their 15 miles plus 40 miles today!...

Hadrian's Wall Cycle Challenge 2022 They have arrived to their starting point, they will cycle 15 miles of their 86 mile challenge this evening. Good luck everyone!

Hadrian's Wall Cycle Challenge 2022 Our fresh new crew for Hadrian's Wall have set off to travel up to their starting point.

Junior Youth Summer Party junior youth summer party Our Junior Youth group had lots of fun in their summer party. We had balloon modelling, discos, party games and a buffet...

Summer holiday programme is live! Our summer holiday programme is live and is listed on Big Norfolk Holiday Fun. Please call to book your spaces.

311 miles - London to Paris sponsored cycle ride! {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.holtyouthproject.org.uk\/fundraising-4\/#arve-html5-6622de31c27ff267968527","type":"VideoObject","contentURL":"https:\/\/www.holtyouthproject.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Green-White-Promotional-Small-Business-Plant-Nursery-Facebook-Video.mp4"}   A huge thank you to these 3 superheroes that made a 311 mile cycle ride in aid of Holt...

High Ropes Challenge for young carers! A special thank you to Holt Rotary who organised a high ropes challenge to raise money for our young carers. Thank you to Holkham...

Young people learning new skills Young people learning new skills working with VIY project. The allotment will be used across all our groups and will promote a healthy lifestyle.

Superheros quadrathlon event A massive thank you to Norfolk superheros who battled it out in a quadrathlon. Thank you to the organisers who worked tirelessly to make this event such...

Create your own sunshine! The ACT group have been out and about in the sunshine this week exploring nature, cooking and making clocks.

Cooking up a storm! This week we have cooked with around 50 young people across our groups. Cooking has many benefits such as: building confidence, enhancing independent skills, gaining knowledge...

"New Beginnings" We have new and exciting announcement coming very soon...The foundations are being laid and very soon we shall share a fantastic new venture.

The Venue interviews Julie Alford BEM An interview with Julie Alford BEM the Co-founder and Manager of Holt Youth Project. Discussion about Julie's life and work focusing on Holt Youth...

Half Term Fun! Come and celebrate the Queen's Jubilee with us! This half-term we are running two nerf war battles complete with medals. Just call the number on our flyer...

Stody Lodge Gardens A very special 'Thank You' to Stody Lodge for asking us to be one of their supporting charities, Duncan Baker for raising money on his pirate stall,...

One Step Beyond A Big Thank you to Holt Vinyl Vault from the children and young people. The charity fundraiser raised £1150 for Holt Youth Project this really is going...

On the tracks!   Our REBOOT group offers young men aged 18 -30 years a safe space to talk and share experiences together. If you or someone you know would...

Commemorative plaque It was an honour to have received a plaque commemorating the community's resilience during the pandemic and its support to young people of Norfolk Norfolk from Deputy Lieutenant...

Fundraiser Poppy! This amazing young lady hiked from West Runton to Morston to raise money for Holt Youth Project! What an inspiring young lady this is just yet another testimony...

Easter Holiday Programme Check out how much fun our Young Carers, Local children and young people had in our exclusive Easter holiday programme. It has been an amazing two weeks...

Easter Holiday Programme 20 excited children spent the day at Holt Youth Project having fun making bunny pots, cooking and playing games. They even got treated to a healthy lunch...

Easter Holiday Programme   Lucky young people got to experience a fun filled day at Harry Potter studios as they made their way round the magical studio tour.

Easter Holiday Programme Young people learning new skills to take home and share with their family. They made home made lasagne, garlic bread, vegetable owl and chocolate brownies.

Easter Holiday Programme 8 amazing young people had so much fun biking around the cycle routes at Thetford forest. They must be eggsausted!

Easter Holiday Programme Our Easter holiday programme has started...30 lucky young people experienced a bushcraft day at Horstead Activity Centre learning new skills such as: Shelter building, water purification, fire...

Easter Holiday Programme We are hopping our way into the Easter holidays with our egg-cellent fun filled programme. We are hoping to see many of there! Call: 07747533371 to secure...

Half Term Holiday Programme   Our half-term holiday programme is now LIVE! Call: 07747533371 to secure your space. All our half term activities are FREE!

January Newsletter Take a read of our January newsletter and see how we helped support our young people at Christmas time! A special mention of thanks must go to our...

Youth Hubs Due to our youth hubs growing so big, we have decided to spilt the fun so you can have the best possible time. Our new exciting changes will...

Summer Holiday Programme Take a look at our exciting summer holiday programme 2021. Delivering resdientials and fun days we will be keeping you all busy this summer.  If you would...

Easter Holiday Programme Check out how much fun our Young Carers, Local children and young people had in our exclusive Easter holiday programme. Thank you for all the amazing feedback...

Community Clothing Come and take a look and grab yourself some FREE clothes bundles! Our NEW clothing venture is starting to form. It was organically formed by identifying a need...

Fundraising Calling all bakers! We are asking for your help with our fundraising at Stody Lodge Gardens. This will allow us to support our North Norfolk Young Carers group, Local...

Paint and Play! Getting creative can be a fantastic mindfulness exercise, here at HYP we love getting the opportunity to use art to improve our well-being and managed to do just...

Book your Space! Here comes our Autumn Half Term Holiday Programme! Be sure to book your space to get the chance to take part in these fantastic activities.  

HYP recognised in parliament for it’s work with Young Carers We were delighted to gain recognition in parliament from MP Duncan Baker for our work with the North Norfolk Young Carers...

The EDP reports on HYP Young carers missing ‘proper childhood’, claims MP Julie Alford from the Holt Youth Project. Picture: MARK BULLIMORE Young carers are “not getting a proper childhood”...

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