{"id":6347,"date":"2024-03-20T09:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=6347"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:07:37","slug":"social-groups-and-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/support-for-parents\/search-for-things-to-do\/social-groups-and-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Social groups and clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Devon is such a big county, it\u2019s difficult for us to list all local groups and clubs, but here are some suggestions that may be of interest.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AIMS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dawlish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIMS supports families who have children with different needs. The group meets every Saturday for fun activities and occasional outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/aimsfamilies.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">AIMS website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Army cadets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Various detachments throughout Devon. <a href=\"https:\/\/armycadets.com\/find-a-detachment\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Find a detachment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Army Cadets can offer a lot of exciting opportunities to young people from 12 and 17 years old. Take part in exciting and challenging activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aspies walking group (18+)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sidmouth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking group in Sidmouth for people with Asperger&#8217;s or autism. Meet once per month. Walking from The Triangle Bus Terminus, EX10 8PE, starting at 11 am. The walk is for approximately two hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact Kevin Hickson at <a href=\"mailto:khickson17@yahoo.com\">khickson17@yahoo.com<\/a> or call <a href=\"tel:07813318357\">07813 318 357<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Broadclyst Youth Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every Thursday, YMCA Exeter head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcaexeter.org.uk\/broadclyst-youth-club\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadclyst Youth Club<\/a> to lead sessions for up to 15 young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CEDA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exeter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEDA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedaonline.org.uk\/youth-services\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth Services<\/a> are Ofsted registered and provide fun, learning and social opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged children and young people aged 5 \u2013 21. With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedaonline.org.uk\/youth-services\/clubs\" rel=\"noopener\">choice of clubs<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedaonline.org.uk\/youth-services\/social-group\" rel=\"noopener\">social group for over 14s<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedaonline.org.uk\/youth-services\/youth-music\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth Music project<\/a> there&#8217;s lots on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedaonline.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">CEDA&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chudleigh Youth Centre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Market Way, Chudleigh. Clubs on Monday and Wednesday evenings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChudleighYouthCentre\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more about Chudleigh Youth Centre on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coderdojo Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exmouth Library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.librariesunlimited.org.uk\/en\/whats-on#\/events\/bb942650-d8da-40a4-912d-93e1c7763cac?location=Exmouth%20Library\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coderdojo Club<\/a> is a supportive and collaborative environment, helping children aged 7-17 to build confidence in programming and exciting them about the possibilities of coding and digital design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co Create (18+)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exeter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cocreateexeter.co.uk\/aboutus\" rel=\"noopener\">Co Create Exeter<\/a> provides opportunities for people to create exciting projects and be part of shared endeavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devon Friendship Group (online)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningdisabilitydevon.org.uk\/the-devon-friendshipgroup\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Friendship Group<\/a> is run by Devon People First. Meetings are every Wednesday afternoon and every other Monday afternoon between 2:00 pm and 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esteem Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteem Team are a community interest company that work with children and young people who have additional needs and\/or struggle with their mental health. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esteemteam.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a look at the activities they have available<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exeter Raspberry Pi jam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exeterpijam.wordpress.com\/about-us\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Exeter Raspberry Jam<\/a> is a monthly meeting on the first Saturday of the month 10-12 at the Rougemount Hotel on the first floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is for everyone interested in Raspberry Pi and all things Micro Computers, Micro Controllers and Robotics. All ages welcome (but minors under 16 must be accompanied please).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Changed Theatre Company (18+)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Okehampton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Okehampton in Devon, <a href=\"https:\/\/getchanged.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Changed Theatre Company<\/a> is a vibrant organisation for adults with learning disabilities in West Devon and Mid Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holsworthy Youth Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Holsworthy-Youth-Club-New-Page\/61555899630286\/?_rdr\" rel=\"noopener\">Holsworthy Youth Club<\/a> is an inclusive, volunteer led youth club for the young people of Holsworthy and the surrounding villages, operating from Holsworthy Youth Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kingsteignton Youth Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsteignton.gov.uk\/our-community\/kingsteignton-youth-club\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Two youth club sessions<\/a> are held every week during term-time for young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lego Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exmouth Library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.librariesunlimited.org.uk\/en\/whats-on#\/events\/9851f1a7-90ed-4829-b0af-4f3337bc02dd?location=Exmouth%20Library\" rel=\"noopener\">Lego Club<\/a> takes place every Saturday at Exmouth Library. Take part in one of our challenges or get creative with those bricks! It&#8217;s completely free with no need to book and all ages are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Orchard Saturday Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teignbridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orchard Saturday Club is a small respite charity. They run two alternate small group sessions fortnightly, one for youngsters between 8 and 14 years of age and the other for those between 14 and 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orchardsaturdayclub.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Orchard Saturday Club<\/a> website for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phoenix Youth Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Torbay and south Devon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenssociety.org.uk\/information\/young-people\/checkpoint#phoenyx\" rel=\"noopener\">The Phoenix group<\/a> is for young people living with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or who are socially isolated. The group offers a safe place to get together and socialise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sea cadets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 400 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sea-cadets.org\/units\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Cadet units<\/a> nationwide offering training to young people between the ages of 10-18, enabling personal development and valuable life skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sidmouth Youth Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Run by Young Devon, <a href=\"https:\/\/sidmouth.gov.uk\/community-services\/sidmouth-youth-centre\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidmouth Youth Club<\/a> is a safe space where young people can learn, and develop healthier, happier lives; Sidmouth Youth Centre runs youth club evenings, skills nights, and awesome activities in school holidays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significant Seams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crediton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/significantseams.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Significant Seams<\/a> runs creative workshops, makes artwork with communities, learns about communities through creative research and evaluation, and provides sewing supplies for social good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SOCOPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exeter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOCOPS club provides a safe and inclusive social space for children aged 7-15 with autistic spectrum conditions. Siblings and families are welcome to join in the weekly sessions too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOCOPS Plus is a social group for young people aged 16-23 with autistic spectrum conditions. Sessions are held fortnightly at various locations across Exeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/socops.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SOCOPS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sound Communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Torbay and south Devon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcommunities.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sound Communities<\/a> helps young people to lead digital production opportunities together, to improve their wellbeing and facilitate expression, creativity and agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">South Molton YMCA Youth Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/ymcasouthmolton.org.uk\/youth-services\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the youth services available<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space youth groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>County-wide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/young-people\/space\/\">Space<\/a>&nbsp;run a range of youth services in Devon, which includes a number of in-person youth clubs (and an online one).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also run some groups specifically for&nbsp;young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Weekly SEND sessions are available in Exmouth (13+), Newton Abbot (11-19) and Tiverton (11-19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceyouthservices.org\/what-we-do\/send\" rel=\"noopener\">Space SEND sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Cwtch Hub<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecwtchhub.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cwtch Hub<\/a> is a not-for-profit community interest company &#8211; it is a creative, welcoming space where everyone belongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Hollow Lane Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exeter<\/strong> <strong>and Dartington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hollow Lane Club supports children and young people with complex disabilities through a year round programme of clubs and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/hollowlane.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollow Lane Club<\/a> website to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Yard Youth Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyardyouthclub\" rel=\"noopener\">The Yard Youth Club<\/a>, Moretonhampstead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Turning Heads film school (18+)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Torbay area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turningheads.org.uk\/skills-centre\/day-services\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Film workshops<\/a> take place every Friday from 9 am until 12 pm. The sessions are open to anyone and are structured around a 6 to 8-week timeframe and the end of this period a short film is produced and released onto social media or screened locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note, these groups are not vetted or endorsed by Devon County Council. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon is such a big county, it\u2019s difficult for us to list all local groups and clubs, but here are some suggestions that may be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":177,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 11:25:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72989,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6347\/revisions\/72989"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}