Youth direct provides out of school educational and recreational activities for children and young people of the Jewish Orthodox community who attend many of the local independent faith school. Families of these children are usually large families that strain finances, struggle to pay school fees and the schools attended are under resourced and under funded. We support these families by offering free or minimal cost out of school and holiday activities.

Youth Direct works with young people with the emphasis given to those who are at risk or disaffected. We work on a preventative scheme offering informal education helping young people achieve through craft activities. We work on a re-active scheme using detached youth workers to connect to young people who are out of the school system helping them to re-integrate.