Youth & Family Work

Messy Church is a family friendly activity based way of doing church. Exwick Messy Church usually meets in Exwick Parish Hall on the 2nd Sunday of the month between 4-6pm and includes a free cooked meal.

Friday Friendship – Friday Friendship currently meet on Fridays (Usually Fridays during term times) between 10-12 at Exwick Parish Hall. Refreshments for all and toys and activities for children aged 0-5 years old. Friday Friendship is free to attend and welcomes all ages.

Young Families Workers who can help support individuals in the local area. If you would like to see if we can help please get in touch.

To find out more about any of our community activities in Exwick contact Harri Sharp, Chris Carter or Debbie Carter by emailing office@ymcaexeter.org.uk.

Thursdays @ Broadclyst Pavilions

4:30pm – 6pm for School Years 7-8

6:30pm – 8pm for School Years 9-13

Holly Close, Broadclyst, Exeter EX5 3JB

Please follow our Youth Instagram account, for details of when the activities will be and when you can join in.

Tuesdays @ Westclyst 

4:30 – 6pm. Meeting in the Skate Park – Look out for the pink t-shirts!

We are currently looking for a permanent home for this youthclub, please get in touch with Becky using the below contact details, if you’d like to talk through ideas.

Please follow our Youth Instagram account, for details of when the activities will be and when you can join in.

Toddler Groups

Tuesdays and Wednesday: 10-11:30am at Newcourt Community Centre

Term time only. £1 a family.

Messy Church

Once a month on a Sunday afternoon- for more details see https://www.trinityexeter.com/

Trinity Begin Well Antenatal classes

Our next Begin Well programme is starting in February 2025 and happens on a Tuesday evening at Newcourt Community Centre. To sign up head to: Our Courses | Begin Well

Other Support

We also provide bespoke support for families on subjects such as sleep, toileting and SEND – get in touch to find out more.

The number of children struggling to engage in education and remain in class is on the increase. In Devon, according to recent data from Devon County Council, more than one in every three secondary school pupils is persistently absent from school.

To help combat this, we are excited to be part of The Family Minds Partnership, a group of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations working alongside each other to better improve mental health support for children, young people and their families across Devon.

Our forest school team is delivering weekly forest school sessions especially designed for children and young people struggling to engage in education at Thomas Hall School in Exeter and Honiton Community College.

From cooking over fires to learning how to work with wood, the feedback from the young people has been wonderful. We can’t use their names, but we can share what they’ve said.

“Gives me freedom from home, getting me out of the house. Especially when we’ve cooked pancakes over the fire, as I hadn’t had breakfast.”

Please continue to pray for this incredible new initiative and we look forward to sharing more stories soon.