Youth work

If you’re new to the Nottingham Children’s Hospital Service, there’s a good chance you’ve not yet come across our youth workers.

Who are the NUH Youth Service, and what does hospital youth work look like?

How did the NUH Youth Service come about?

The NUH Youth Service works with young people, aged 11- 21 with long-term health conditions and is the longest running in the UK, operating for over 24 years. The service started back in 1998 within the Childrens Renal Team and has since grown to support young people living with various chronic health conditions.

We understand young people

We get that being a young person can feel challenging sometimes, even without living with a health condition! The youth workers from our team are for you as and when you feel like you might need someone outside of your usual support network to talk with. 

How we can support you

We can support you in clinic and hospital spaces, as well as virtually (social media, phone contact) and out in your community (on a home or school/college visit, for example). For some, this might be enough and you might not feel comfortable seeing us much more than that.

What activities do we provide?

However, we do offer wider youth work activities for you to get involved with and to meet other young people who know what it is like to live with a health condition. Some examples of these activities are:

• Weekly Youth Club
• Monthly Youth Forum- ‘NUH Youth Voice’
• Monthly Online Renal Aspire Group
• Trips in half-term holidays and over the summer
• Residential Trips- including a week-long trip to Wales, a renal-specific trip to Center Parcs and support at the annual British Transplant Games

To find out more and meet our Renal Youth Development Worker and the rest of team, click here.