Switch Up

Great youth work changes lives.
Great leadership helps make more of it possible. 🩵

We’re looking for a Youth Work Team Lead to help lead and develop our team as Switch Up continues to grow.

It’s a chance to shape delivery, support and develop great people, and have a real influence on the impact we create for young people.

If you’re an experienced youth work professional ready to step up, take ownership and help shape what comes next, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more and apply👉 https://switchupnotts.co.uk/careers/

👻 Something FANG-TASTIC is coming to Switch Up this October Half Term! 👻

Our 5-star HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) clubs are back at Switch Up Mansfield, with four days of fun, activity, learning and healthy food - all with a little Halloween mischief thrown in! 🕷️

📅 Monday 27 – Thursday 30 October 2026

👻 MIXED AGE HAF CLUB | Ages 6–16
⏰ 9:30am–1:30pm

👻 SECONDARY SCHOOL HAF CLUB
⏰ 2:00pm–4:30pm

Featuring:
🎃 Sports and physical activity
🎃 Crafts
🎃 Education
🎃 Healthy eating
🎃 Gaming

📍 Switch Up Mansfield Community Hub
Barringer Road, Mansfield, NG18 2DF

Places are available through the HAF programme for eligible children and young people. Just scan the QR code on the relevant poster to sign up!

You can also register using the links below:

🎃 Mixed Age HAF:
https://eequ.org/book/haf-at-switch-up-community-hub-with-switch-up-cic-13113

👻 Secondary HAF:
https://eequ.org/book/switch-up-secondary-haf-with-switch-up-cic-25340

Get signed up for a spook-tacular Half Term at Switch Up. 👻

🌟 HOME EDUCATION SESSIONS AT SWITCH UP 🌟

Looking for a welcoming space where your home-educated child can get active, try new things and meet other young people?

Our Home Education sessions at Switch Up Mansfield Hub continue every Monday and Thursday, giving young people aged 5–16 the chance to take part in fun activities, get some exercise and build friendships in a supportive environment.

📍 Switch Up Mansfield Hub
🗓️ Every Monday & Thursday
⏰ 11:30am–1:30pm
👧 Ages 5–16
💷 Just £1 per child, per session
☕ Parents attend free

Sessions include:

🏀 Fun activities & games
🎨 Creative projects
💪 Exercise & physical activity
👫 Time to socialise and make friends
🩵 A friendly, supportive community atmosphere

And while the young people are getting involved, parents have the opportunity to meet other home education families, share experiences and enjoy a coffee in a relaxed setting.

There's no need to book - simply turn up with your family at our community centre on Barringer Road, Mansfield NG18 2DF.

Come along, meet the team and see what our Home Education sessions are all about! 🌟

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ GOOD LUCK, JOE & MATT! 👏

This Sunday, Joe and Matt from Select MEP are taking on the Robin Hood Half Marathon to raise money for Switch Up (and the Marcellus Baz Foundation) and Framework Charity. 💙

We’re hugely grateful to Select MEP for taking on the challenge and choosing to support the work Switch Up does with young people and communities across .

Now all that's left is to get them over that finish line! 💪

If you’d like to support Joe and Matt and help them reach their fundraising target, you can donate via the QR code on this post, or via the link below:

https://www.justgiving.com/team/select-mep?utm_medium=TE&utm_source=CL

Very best of luck, Joe and Matt - we’ll be cheering you on! 🏃‍♂️🔥

We’re growing our team! 🩵

Switch Up is going through an exciting period of growth as we respond to high demand for our services.

We have huge ambitions, a clear plan for where we’re going, and we’d love some brilliant new people to join us on the journey.

We’re currently recruiting for:

👉 Youth Work Team Lead
👉 Education Tutors

Interested? Take a look at our website for full details of the roles and how to apply:

🔗 https://switchupnotts.co.uk/careers/

And if you’d like an informal chat, have questions about the role or simply want to find out a little more about Switch Up, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

📧 [email protected]

A huge thank you to MKM Building Supplies for supporting Switch Up! 🙌

We'd like to say a massive thank you to MKM, and especially Lee Spalding, for their incredible generosity in providing the boards and plywood for our boxing ring refurbishment at Mansfield School of Boxing.

The maintenance of our boxing ring ensures it remains a safe and positive space for the young people and wider community who use it. 🥊

We'd also like to thank Lindleys Autocentres for coordinating the transport through Enterprise, making the delivery possible, and a special shout-out to Jamie from Enterprise, who not only helped deliver the materials but also got stuck in to help move the heavy boards and plywood into the boxing area!

It's support like this from local businesses and partners that makes a real difference to what we're able to provide in our communities.

Thank you to everyone involved! 👏

MKM Enterprise Lindleys Autocentres

Some people just need someone to see their potential and give them an opportunity. 🎥

Ebrima has been through more than most young people should have to face, including his family recently losing their home in a fire in St Ann’s. Through it all, we have been supporting him at Switch Up to rebuild, get back into employment and keep moving forward.

One of Ebrima’s real passions is filmmaking, and over recent months the incredible Shane Meadows has taken him under his wing, sharing advice, encouragement and belief in his talent.

After Ebrima recently created his own short film, Shane has now helped him take another step forward by loaning him a Blackmagic camera so he can continue developing his craft.

A massive thank you to Shane and Blackmagic Design for believing in a young man with huge potential.

This is what opportunity can look like.

Watch this space. 🎬

Opportunity