Platform 1 Youth Hub - Hemsworth

26/05/2026

20/05/2026

Water Safety Week starts on Monday.

Please see the original post for more information and demonstration dates.

WaterSafetyWeek2026

12/05/2026

Hey Dads – Time to Recharge!

Feeling like you need a break? Come to Dads’ Club – your midweek escape to play some pool, darts, chat, eat pizza and have a laugh.

📅 Wednesday 13 May 2026
🕕 6:00pm – 8:00pm
📍 Platform One Youth Hub, Hemsworth, WF9 4AB

📞 Simply turn up on the night or you can let us know you’ll be joining us by calling 01977 722215.

👊 Bring a mate or make one here – you'll never be on your own.

12/05/2026

Reminder that we have Dads' Club on tomorrow (Wednesday 13th May) 6:00-8:00pm at Platform One Youth Hub. We'd love to see you there! 🎱🎯☕️

Hey Dads – Time to Recharge!
Feeling like you need a break? Come to Dads’ Club – your midweek escape to play some pool, darts, chat, eat pizza and have a laugh.
📅 Wednesday 13th May 2026
🕕 6:00pm – 8:00pm
📍 Platform One Youth Hub, Hemsworth, WF9 4AB
📞 Simply turn up on the night or you can let us know you’ll be joining us by calling 01977 722215
👊 Bring a mate or make one here – you'll never be on your own

12/05/2026

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Help young people have a voice.

APPLY TODAY!

We’re recruiting a Voice and Participation Practitioner to join our Children’s Services team. In this role, you’ll work directly with children and young people, ensuring their voices shape the services designed to support them. You'll also:

- Support and empower young people to share their views and influence decisions
- Help deliver youth voice and participation groups, events and activities
- Work with partners across Wakefield Families Together to remove barriers and improve outcomes
- Play a key role in service design, staff recruitment and youth-led training

If you’re passionate about youth voice, participation, and safeguarding, and enjoy working creatively with young people and partners, we’d love to hear from you.

Browse our jobs and apply here: https://orlo.uk/2dhPA

11/05/2026

“This course has really helped understand my thoughts and feelings, I would recommend it to everyone in the world if I could!” – learner from the pathway.

Understanding your Feelings is a FREE, council-funded online pathway provided by Togetherness and designed by clinical psychologists. It offers:
⚙️Bitesize information, and practical tools and techniques
🧠How a teenage brain is different from an adult’s
😔How emotions shift during puberty
💬How to express and process difficult feelings.

👉Try it now to understand why certain feelings arise, how to manage them and how to take care of yourself during this important stage of growing up: https://togetherness.co.uk/mul/wakefield/

07/05/2026

Hey Dads – Time to Recharge!
Feeling like you need a break? Come to Dads’ Club – your midweek escape to play some pool, darts, chat, eat pizza and have a laugh.
📅 Wednesday 13th May 2026
🕕 6:00pm – 8:00pm
📍 Platform One Youth Hub, Hemsworth, WF9 4AB
📞 Simply turn up on the night or you can let us know you’ll be joining us by calling 01977 722215
👊 Bring a mate or make one here – you'll never be on your own

06/05/2026

LAST OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR SAY! BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW

Build Our Futures ‘Respect’ Summit
Saturday 9th May - 12:00–4:00pm
CAPA College, Wakefield

We’re delighted to invite young people to the Build Our Futures Respect Summit — an inspiring afternoon of performances, engaging workshops and opportunities to explore Wakefield’s ambitions for children and young people.

Throughout the day, we’ll be focusing on what matters most:

❤️Feeling safe and loved

🩺Being healthy

👩‍🏫Receiving a good education

💡Building bright and ambitious futures

This summit offers a fantastic chance for young people to share their ideas, express their views, and help shape future plans for all children and young people across the Wakefield district.

Who is it for?
Young people aged 11–19 (or up to 25 with SEND).

Adults and professionals may attend by invitation only, unless they are accompanying or supporting young people.

If you are a professional working with young people please share and encourage them to book their place.

Search "BOF Summit" on Eventbrite to book or click the link in Comments.

04/05/2026

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