Young people
Young people need a chance to thrive. Our services create opportunities and speak up for those left behind.
We support young people through a range of services - including mental health, housing support, and residential short breaks.
We help through:
- Placements, apprenticeships and skills workshops.
- Residential short breaks and homes for disabled children and young people.
- Youth housing support services for young people in care.
- Mental health support services.
The journey from care to living independently can feel overwhelming, stressful and uncertain for a young person.
Through the incredible support of partners like John Lewis Partnership, our transition workers are here to help.
In 2024/2025, we helped 200 young people successfully move on from care, offering practical and emotional support every step of the way.
Every young person deserves the opportunity to work, support themselves and use their talents.
In Scotland, we also support young people in building essential skills for future employment through our Discovering your Potential programme.
Through this, young people are able to develop their aspirations, skills and ability to navigate the world of work. This can help them move out of poverty, and tackle problems that might have affected their families for generations.
Through our Criminal Exploitation Intervention service, we help divert young people away from crime with the help of peer mentors.
We’re working hard to make sure this vital service stays sustainable, including making a bid through the National Lottery’s UK Fund to support and expand what we do.
In Scotland, we secured Government funding, alongside the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice, to create a national policy and strategy to tackle criminal exploitation.
In Wales, we support children children and families through our Criminal Exploitation Intervention Service in Flintshire. We have also worked with North Wales Police and other partners to help many children and young people at risk of being exploited.
We're here to support young people, whatever their needs, disability or neurodivergence.
We provide short break services, so that children and young people can have independence and the chance to make friends in a fully accessible and supported environment.
We also run residential care homes for disabled children and young people (and their families) - a home away from home. These offer an excellent education in a stimulating, productive and forward-thinking environment.
88% of children and young people who use our services are more able to participate in enriching activities that wouldn't otherwise be accessible.
We know that learning how to face life’s challenges can help build a lifetime of emotional resilience.
That’s why we work directly with children and young people, in schools and through our Blues Programme, to help them talk about how they’re feeling, recognise when they need support, and know they’re not alone.
The Blues Programme is an evidence-based wellbeing programme for young people aged 13-19. It runs for six weeks and helps them learn emotional resilience and how to reduce low mood and anxious thoughts.
83% of young people who access our Blues Programme can now talk about their mental health and wellbeing.
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