Livewire is about the Young People...

Making Music, Changing Lives!

Livewire is a busy youth centre on the Tamar river waterfront of Saltash in Cornwall.

Staffed by a highly trained and qualified team of paid and volunteer Youth Workers and a team of professional musicians and performing arts workers our emphasis is on the power of music to help and develop young people and gain confidence.

Learn, play, participate...

We have music rooms, a recording studio, a rehearsal studio and a 200 capacity performing arts live music venue.

Livewire provides young people with free and open access to music lessons, guitar, bass, vocal, drums etc. In addition we teach studio recording and live sound skills, event lighting, modern (street) dance and drama.
Livewire also works with young bands and musicians helping them to develop musically and socially.

We also provide a coffee bar with food and drink facilities, pool table and two PS3s offering RockBand, Guitar Hero 3 and Singstar. A large flat screen TV with cable tv.
There are also computers and free internet access.

Listening, helping and developing young people

The youth work team are on hand to talk through various problems and issues, relationship difficulties, school, family, as well as looking at options for college and employment etc and will always seek to encourage and support young people any way we can.

Livewire also provides one-to-one support for young people, sexual health and drug advice, free condoms and Chlamydia screening.
Additionally, we offer young people the opportunity to gain various forms of accreditation, including Arts Awards, Music Awards, Volunteering Awards and ASDAN Activity and COPE 1,2 and 3 Awards plus others.

We provide opportunities for young people to develop skills as volunteers, peer educators and musicians.

Livewire also works one-to-one with young people referred to us by Connexions, Social Care and other agencies.

Recognition

Livewire has been successfully working with young people since 1946 and has gained national and international recognition for its unique and exciting work with young people using music and performing arts as the means to encourage, engage and support young people.

Livewire really is a partnership between the youth work/music team and the young people.

"Making Music, Changing Lives"

Opening Times

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
Evenings from 7.00pm to 9.30pm
13 to 20 year old open drop-in sessions.

Wednesday
Evening from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
9 to 13 year old junior youth club (school years 6 to 8), supported by our elder young people working as volunteers and peer educators alongside adult youth workers.

Monday to Friday
Day time from 9.00 am to 4.00pm
One to one referral work by arrangement.

Entry Costs

Young members: 30p
Young guests: 50p

Adults 21 years or older are not permitted without permission.

Projects at Livewire

Webcast Radio

Livewire Radio is an internet radio station that has been developed in partnership with CYMAZ (Cornwall Youth Music Zone) at the request of our young people. It gives them the chance to gain a wide range of new skills and experience in an exciting form of media.

You can listen to a range of broadcast shows and interviews with star guests of our Livewire Venue on our Soundcloud web site page. Why not take a trip over to Soundcloud to listen!