South Wight Area Youth Partnership joins Voucher Magpie: how your shopping can help young people on the Isle of Wight

South Wight Area Youth Partnership has joined Voucher Magpie. From today, you can choose it as your cause, and whenever you shop through one of our codes or deals, we'll give 50% of the commission the shop pays us to the charity. You pay the same price and still get your discount.

Known as SWAY, it is a small youth and family charity on the south side of the Isle of Wight. It supports almost 150 young people a year, and many local families, from its base at The Hub in Chale Green.

At a glance

• Who: South Wight Area Youth Partnership (SWAY), registered charity 1160139, based at The Hub, Spanners Close, Chale Green, Isle of Wight.
• What it does: runs youth groups, school mentoring, camps and trips for young people, supports local families and runs a community Hub for all ages.
• How to help through us: choose SWAY on its page, then shop as normal.
• What it costs you: nothing. The money comes out of our commission, not your basket.

Hope and focus since 2014

SWAY was founded in 2014 as a Christian organisation, in partnership with Brighstone Benefice and Niton Methodist Church. Its vision is "to give hope and focus to youth and families and make a positive difference", and it warmly welcomes and works alongside people and families of any, or no, faith.

In March 2018 the Isle of Wight Council announced it would no longer fund youth work providers on the island. Since then, SWAY has relied on its community: supporters underwrite more than half of its £100,000 annual budget, and its own figures show a small group of regular givers on the island contributes around £16,000 a year.

What SWAY does today

Its youth groups run through term time. In Niton, Rock Solid meets on Mondays, with about 10 young people on average, and Roots on Thursdays, with about 20. A newer Teens Hangout on Tuesday evenings and Chale Youth Group meet on Wednesday afternoons at The Hub, where around 10 children come each week. In its 2025/26 annual review, SWAY counts around 100 young people taking part in 32 different activities and events over the year.

Those activities go well beyond the youth club. Its River Project mentors Year 6 children from three local schools, which came to 120 mentoring sessions last year. Young people went on night hikes and a local camping weekend, and 29 of them spent six days on a summer residential, walking, completing fun challenges and jumping into the river below Dinas Rock. Older members train as Young Leaders and help run events, and there was even a Maths Club for Year 11 students.

Its family work gives practical help and emotional support to families facing short or long-term challenges. That includes one-to-one mentoring for young people, taking referrals from other agencies and pointing families to the right support.

The Hub at Chale Green

SWAY's biggest step was opening The Hub, a community building at Chale Green. It cost £700,000 and, the charity says, was paid for entirely by gifts and grants, with no debts. At the official opening, the Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight presented SWAY's volunteers with the King's Award for Voluntary Service.

The Hub is open to all ages. It has a shop run by volunteers, Warm Welcome Spaces on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a monthly Café Church. Its hall is also available to hire from £10 an hour, which helps to cover the charity's running costs.

How your shopping helps: a worked example

Say you spend £50 a month on clothes, gifts and everyday shopping at a shop that pays us 4% commission. That's £2.00 commission, and £1.00 of it goes to SWAY. Over a year, £12 comes from shopping you were doing anyway.

If 100 supporters did the same, SWAY would get £1,200 a year. Commission rates differ from shop to shop, so your own total may be higher or lower.

What you can do now

1. Choose SWAY. Go to its page on Voucher Magpie and tap Choose. You don't need an account; we remember it on your device.
2. Shop through us for kit, crafts and gifts. Decathlon has free standard click and collect, Hobbycraft has free standard delivery over £25, and The Works has 3 for £5 on children's picture books.
3. Use it for everything else too. Clothes, holidays and gifts all count.
4. Volunteer. SWAY says it "definitely" needs more volunteers, from shop duties at The Hub to helping at events. You can register your interest on its Get Involved page.
5. Become a Friend of SWAY. Its Friends are regular donors, and it hopes to double that giving in the next year or so. Details are on the same Get Involved page.

Questions

Does choosing SWAY cost me anything?

No. The shop pays us a commission for sending it your order, and we give half of it to SWAY. Your price and your discount stay the same.

Do I have to live on the Isle of Wight to support it?

No. Anyone can choose SWAY as their cause, wherever they live. Its groups and activities are for young people and families in the South Wight, and you can sign up through the registration form on its What We Do page.

When does SWAY get the money?

A shop confirms a sale, usually 30 to 90 days after the order, once the return period has passed. We pay each cause its confirmed commission every quarter.

Can I change my cause later?

Yes, any time, from any cause's page. Your future shopping then goes to the new cause.

Sources: SWAY, the team, what we do, The Hub, get involved, Annual Review 2025/26