Local and Free for Children & Teenagers
Queen's Park Trust has a Youth Volunteer Team for 13 - 18 year olds to carry out activities around Queen's Park such as:
- Running a Youth Committee
- Running a news edit
- Creating newsletters
- Running events
- Litter Picks
- Gardening
- and much much more
The Avenues Youth Project
3-7 Third Avenue
London
W10 4RS
The Avenues offer free activities including music production, cooking, creative design, podcasting, school holiday clubs, after school clubs, debate, sports, homework club, youtube channel, judo, diet advice, mentoring, learning courses, socialising, exercising, girl’s only sessions and sporty Saturdays.
Canalside Activity Centre
Canal Close, Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5AY
Join a fantastic water sports site at Canalside in Ladbroke Grove.
Sessions are for children aged 8 to 18.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:30pm & 6:00pm
Child session (low cost annual membership for locals)
Mondays 7:30-8:45 AM
Free Adult Kayaking & Gym Session
Wednesday 5:00-7.30pm
Youth club, we do a range of activities, including cooking, arts and crafts, multisports, and kayaking.
Westbourne Park Family Centre
Westbourne Park Family Centre
Westbourne Park Baptist Church
Porchester Road
London W2 5DX
Westbourne Park Family Centre was founded in 2003 by Westbourne Park Baptist Church as a charity with a clear mission:
To Support and Strengthen families in the local area, especially those on low incomes.
Little Wormwood Scrubs Adventure Playground
Free of charge
Adventure playgrounds do not (as a rule) charge an entrance fee. This ensures that no child, regardless of economic circumstance, is excluded. However some specialist playgrounds for disabled children levy a charge to cover higher staff ratios and in these days of austerity, some playgrounds have been forced to introduce fees, usually only for those who are able to contribute.
Free to come and go
Adventure playgrounds are (generally) ‘open access’. This means children are free to come and go as they please during opening hours. Again, there are some exceptions – open access usually applies to over 6s only and specialist playgrounds may not operate like this. Open access provision is particularly good at reaching marginalised children, meaning that adventure playground staff are sometimes the only professionals in the lives of vulnerable families.
Free to choose
Adventure playgrounds offer children the opportunity to direct their own play. Free play is how children understand the world around them, how they learn social, conceptual and creative skills. The benefits of free play in childhood – to children, families and communities – continue throughout life, in how we become socially conscious adults, able to relate to and work with others.
Dalgarno Supplementary School
Wornington Road, London, W10 5QQ
The Dalgarno supplementary education aims to provide local children and young people with after school English, Maths, Arabic and basic IT to raise the standard of underachievers in a deprived area.
The school runs 5 hours a week on Saturdays throughout the school year at Dalgarno community Centre. DSS also runs a 2 hours maths on Tuesday at supplementary school Resource Centre – Westway.
Azza Supplementary School
Kensington Aldridge Academy
1 Silchester Road
London
W10 6EX
They are a dedicated non-profit focused on Arabic language education. Through a balanced blend of cultural enrichment and academic growth, they shape confident learners primed to contribute actively to society.
Learning goes beyond textbooks, fostering community, linguistic identity, and a harmonious collective future.
Paddington Arts
For local young people, there are workshops and activities all the way through from 6 years old to 16 plus.
For older users they offer careers advice and guidance, including a network of referrals to potential employers and colleges and unique opportunities to work with professional artists, Choreographers, Theatre and Television Directors, Theatre Designers, Costume Designers – to create new and original work.
The Floating Classroom
They offer imaginative, engaging and fun learning experiences inspired by London’s waterways and green spaces.
Community & School Programs: Most after-school programs, nature clubs, and holiday clubs are completely free thanks to local grant funding.
School Trips: Educational boat trips are subsidized; while some are free, a small donation (e.g., £4) is sometimes requested to cover operational costs.
Mooring
THE FLOATING CLASSROOM
Grand Union Canal, adjacent to Paddington Central, London W2 6NA
Queen's Park Family Hub
They provide the following services:
- health visitors play a critical role in assessing and supporting the mental health and well-being of women and their families. They provide comprehensive care by offering preventative health promotion, delivering targeted support, implementing evidence-based interventions, and making timely referrals to specialist mental health services when necessary
- support for both parents with perinatal mental health
- midwifery
- stay and play sessions: every day
- outreach support in the home
- health promotion, for example, support to stop smoking
- access to a range of support provided by the local voluntary sector
- Home Start, Family Centres
- parenting groups and one-to-one support.
- adult learning, for example, ESOL classes
- baby massage and baby zone
Westminster Family Information Service
A free, confidential, and impartial information, advice, and signposting service for children and young people aged 0 to 19 (or up to 25 for those with additional needs), their families, and the professionals who work with them.
The service offers guidance and information about:
- nurseries and childminders
- funded early education and childcare, and help towards childcare costs
- family hubs (children's centres) and library services
- careers in childcare: becoming a childminder
- out-of-school-hours clubs
- activities and services for children, young people, and families.
Queen's Park Gardens
Ilbert Street
London
W10 4QL
Queen's Parks Gardens offers something for everyone. Trees, grass areas and a rose garden as well as more active facilities within the park.
Facilities include a well-designed playground, multi-use and free to use ball court, wildlife garden, a specifically designated “dog run” area, and seating.
Local Libraries
Free book borrowing and free computer use. A great place to do homework in a quiet setting!
Queen's Park Library
Address:
7a Woodfield Road, London,
W9 2NW,
United Kingdom
CAMHS
CNWL Westminster CAMHS (Central North West London; Westminster, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) provides mental and emotional health specialist services for children and young people up to 18 years old their families and carers.