Project details
Reduction type
Secondary prevention, Tertiary prevention
Area
Rotherham
Funding amount
£16,895
Purpose
This project aims to provide a broad range of enriching activities/opportunities which empower participants to make positive change. Their current cohort consists of 50+ vulnerable young people aged 16-25, accessing their supported accommodation provision (due to being homeless or leaving the care of the local authority) and/or their education, training, and employment services.
Quick summary
This project aims to provide a broad range of enriching activities/opportunities which empower participants to make positive change. Their current cohort consists of 50+ vulnerable young people aged 16-25.
This project aims to provide a broad range of enriching activities/opportunities which empower participants to make positive change. Their current cohort consists of 50+ vulnerable young people aged 16-25, accessing their supported accommodation provision (due to being homeless or leaving the care of the local authority) and/or their education, training, and employment services.
Many of their cohort come to them in dire circumstances, often from multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences such as family breakdown, bereavement of parent (or other significant adult), social exclusion, and economic deprivation.
They provide activities/opportunities to empower them to start and sustain positive change by developing their emotional resilience, encouraging positive social interaction, providing access to high quality mental health support, and access to therapy treatments which would otherwise fall outside of their realm of opportunity. They hope to steer the young people they work with away from a potential life of crime/vulnerability towards a life of feeling empowered, valued, and well.
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