The Sandwell Youth Bus accompanies detached youth teams in undertaking detached youth work in areas of Sandwell. Detached youth work is a model of youth work practice, targeted at vulnerable & excluded young people that mainstream youth work and other services may not reach.

The Youth Bus is a fantastic tool to get young people engaged with youth workers in areas that may not have any youth provision or areas may be suffering from anti-social behaviour. Youth Workers can then develop programmes and projects with the young people to address their needs / issues.

The Youth Bus has 6 laptops with 4G internet access – young people like these for social networking and games and to catch up with homework or to research for their accreditation courses. There is a full DJ workstation where young people can develop their skills around music mixing and production as well as rapping / MC and singing.  We have a Playstation 4 in a dedicated games room with rocker seats, and there is an XBOX One with Kinect so young people can be active whilst having fun. There are also 4 televisions all with Freeview or DVD access and a space for workshops, group discussions and one to one work.

The Youth Bus, as you may have seen, also plays a key role at community events providing young people with activities like DJ skills, cap and T-shirt design, access to local training providers like Juniper, Rathbones and Connexions and specialist services like DECCA and Brook amongst many others.  The Youth Bus is now a regular fixture at the Sandwell Shape Festival and also provides the backdrop for young people from Coneygre Arts Centre to display their talents at community events around Sandwell.

• Monday
  • 4.30pm-6.00pm Gads Lane, West Bromwich
  • 6.30pm-8.00pm Hanover Road, Rowley.
• Tuesday
  • 6.30pm-8.30pm Lion Farm, Oldbury.
• Wednesday
  • 5.00pm-6.30pm Tibbington Estate, Tipton,
  • 7.00pm-8.30pm Friar Park, Wednesbury.
• Thursday
  • 4.30pm-6.00pm Galton Village, Smethwick
  • 6.30pm-8.30pm Burnt Tree, Oldbury.