Sunderland Volunteer Mentoring Service offers vulnerable young people advice and support from an older, more experienced person, providing a protective factor against peer pressure and other pressures in the young person's life.

Barnardo’s SunGate Parenting Project assists parents/carers of 10 to 17 years old children, or from 8 years if referred thought the Youth Inclusion Support Panels (YISP). They aim to reduce youth offending and non school attendance. SunGate offers a wide range of services which can be tailored to suit individual needs.

Be Safe Weapons Project is dedicated to making the lives of ordinary everyday people safer. Be Safe Weapons workshops are for young people, trying to discourage them from violent behaviour and weapons carrying.
Here a young man talks retrospectively about his first-hand experience with knife crime and draws on his experiences to deter other young people from carrying a knife. The young people at Sunderland YOT were involved in the behind the scenes production for the film.

Wear Kids provides support for children and young people. Wear Kids works with children and young people aged 5-17 and their families in the Sunderland area. We try to help children and young people stay out of trouble.

North Washington Youth Inclusion Project, a partnership with Catch 22 (formerly Crime Concern), offers a range of indoor and outdoor activities to promote social inclusion, increase educational attendance and attainment and reduce youth offending.

The Positive Futures Scheme, operating in the Southwick Area, aims to tackle social exclusion among 8-19 year olds. It diverts young people from offending and substance use by encouraging participation in a wide range of sport and recreational activities.

Tackle It is a scheme that works in partnership with Sunderland AFC to provide an educational football project to young people across the City of Sunderland.

Sunderland Youth Offending Service have a RAP scheme, which provides additional resources to work with young people leaving custody who have an identified substance misuse problem.
 

The Phoenix Community Fire Safety Project is a pioneering partnership between Sunderland Youth Offending Service and the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service which works with young people who have offended or who are at risk of offending.