Welcome to the Youth Panel page.
What is the Youth Panel?
Each year the Newcastle Youth Fund allocate around £500,000 to a wide range of youth activities across Newcastle.
The Youth Panel play a major role in deciding who receives funding by assessing applications and scoring responses to questions.
The Youth Panel is your chance to help affect the lives of young people across Newcastle by helping decide how Newcastle City Council spend half a million pounds on youth activities.
What is involved?
Regular social events.
Training opportunities linked to the Youth Fund priorities.
Visits to groups supported by the Youth Fund.
3 day residential activity trip.
Application assessment days during the summer holidays.
Think you would be interested in joining the Youth Panel?
Please get in touch to find out more - NewcastleYouthFund@newcastle.gov.uk
To find out more about the Youth Fund, click here.
| 2026 Youth Panel Calendar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | Location | Event |
| Monday 16th February | 5pm - 7pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | The Great Cake Decorating & Biscuit Taste Test Challenge |
| Saturday 14th March | 10am - 4pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | Level 1 Youth Work Training Course |
| Monday 16th March | 5pm - 7pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | Young Carers awareness training |
| Monday 13th April | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 11th May | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 15th June | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 13th July | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Mon 27th - Thurs 30th July | 9.30am - 3.30pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | Youth Fund assessments week 1 |
| Mon 3rd - Thurs 6th August | 9.30am - 3.30pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | Youth Fund assessments week 2 |
| Mon 10th - Thurs 13th August | 9.30am - 3.30pm | Newcastle Civic Centre | Youth Fund assessments week 3 |
| Monday 14th September | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 19th October | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 26th - Wed 28th Oct | tbc | Brathay Trust, Ambleside | Youth Panel Residential 2026 |
| Monday 23rd November | 5pm - 7pm | tbc | Youth Panel social - tbc |
| Monday 21st December | 6pm - 8pm | tbc | Youth Panel Christmas Party |