OUR PROJECTS
In Schools & The Community
OTYA are delighted to be able to
offer FREE ONLINE workshops and classes to
young people in Surrey and across the UK,
alongside being back in the community and
schools working with young people.
Young people have been isolated in their homes
for nearly a year, some in very toxic environments
others just driven crazy by boredom.
Fitness and health has become a big concern
as young people become more and more
inactive and unmotivated due to the current situation and as schools close,
Mental health cases and referrals have
increased to a level never seen before
and the services are over stretched,
Anti social behaviour is on the increase
because young people are struggling
with the new normal and are lashing
out out of fear and confusion.
Young people are in turmoil.
WE WANT TO HELP!
Please contact
for any further information or for bookings.
OUR TIME TO GET FIT
Our Time To Get Fit was a huge success and we want to thank all those who were involved - young poeple, surrey police, volunteers and parents who jumped in too!
A huge thanks to the amazing @rockitwithRho Rhona Noel who lead on the activities each week <3
I am delighted to announce that Sport England and Active Surrey have confirmed the project will be funded as a satalite project for 30weeks!!! This is EPIC and we are so happy...watch this space for the details and location of the new project :)
Our Time To Get Fit is a FREE bootcamp
experience for young people in Surrey!!
HOW IT WORKS....
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Online Instagram challenge 6pm every Monday – message me your achievements (For example, how many sit ups can you do in 30secs)
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Fitness sessions starts at 5pm with Louis, arrive at least 5 minutes earlier to sign in please, the session will last 45mins with and health and wellbeing chat at the end of the session, finishing at 6pm.
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Each young person who attends will receive a fruit selection and unlimited water during and after the session.
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If the weather is deemed as too bad to run the session, new details will be provided in the Instagram group and the session may run on Zoom.
Join us, we promise the most fun and fitness you've had all year!!
MOVE 2 IMPROVE
Move 2 Improve is a new and exciting project developed
to help get young people moving and dancing but also tackle some of the most common mental health issues they face.
In a time where mental health cases are sky rocketing and the services are struggling to see young people,
here at OTYA we wanted to develop a fun, interactive and supportive workshop that can help young people who cannot access 121 services due to their own anxiety accessing
the services or long waiting times.
FREE Classes will be held TUESDAY's on Zoom
(de Stafford school thereafter),
please email info@ourtimeyouthagency.co.uk f
or more details.
Mental Health workshop delivered by Alexia OTYA C.I.C
Dance Class delivered by local dance company.
Its...
OUR TIME to MOVE 2 IMPROVE
YOUR MENTAL HEALTH....
Keeping active is a core element to keeping a peaceful and healthy mind, and helps balance the over-abundance of thoughts and feelings. Dancing as a group activity reinforces positive thinking and development.
INSTAGRAM LIVE YOUTH WORK SESSIONS
Wednesday's
7:00-8:00pm
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A 6-session, school-based mental health awareness project.
Each week we discuss a different topic around emotions and relationships.
Students are invited to talk about how the topic affects them, what the triggers are and then we look at coping strategies and how to implement them.
Emotions and relationships begin developing, evolving
and emerging in young people. When this begins, it can be confusing and may cause feelings of alienation or isolation. This project targeted the confusion young people have to face and ensuring they don't have to face it alone.
Young people are offered additional support if needed and early help referrals done where risk is identified.
A 6-week school based project delivered in partnership with Surrey Council & Surrey Police.
This project was designed to raise awareness and get young people thinking about the consequences of getting involved in anti social behaviour, gangs, county lines, drug dealing, alcohol and drug use and educate them on the law relating to these types of crimes to deter them.
It is a question & answer based session with interactive games and role play to put young people in the shoes of the public or peers.
Our Work Experience
A 4-week, online-based work experience project.
Each week we discuss a different topic and work through challenges that you might face in four different industries.
We offer event planning and management, graphics design, creative writing and artistic thinking.
Young people are offered additional support if needed and their work progress is logged and monitored asides their 1to1 sessions. They will recieve a signed e-certificate to prove their hard work and attendance, and their work permanently displayed proudly on this website!
IDENTITY
Digital Family Quiz.
Does your family know its TikTok from its Twitter?
Its Deliveroo from its Discord?
And its Bieber from its Baby Shark?
Christmas 2020, here at OTYA we ran a new online quiz event called Your Digital Family – about all the brilliant and different things families love doing online.
9 families joined us for an hour of questions, fun, and family interaction to test their families knowledge and find out just how much they know about the digital world.
We had three rounds of simple but challenging questions, that gave them some great new ideas for family conversations about tech – and things they could do together both online and offline.
We gave away £500 worth of prizes for the top 3 winners - a Samsung Tabet, A Virgin Experience and Now TV Stick!!
All the other families were delivered
tubs of celebrations for taking part.
Thank you so much to the funders!!
Funded and Sponsored By
Facebook & Parent Zone.