Our Services

Our 1-2-1 Youth Engagement programme provides targetted support for young people known to but disengaged from statutory services (Youth Offending Service, Police, Social Care etc). We provide mentoring to those involved in or at risk of criminality, anti-social behaviour, poor mental health, substance misuse, at risk of child sexual or child criminal exploitation, and those with complex needs.

This intervention is underpinned by our ability to engage young people considered 'hard to reach' or disaffected through relationship building, positive role modelling and building trust and confidence to support them to overcome barriers to engage in mainstream services.

Our alternative education support is available to commission by schools, and inclusion or behaviour partnerships. Aimed at supporting pupils to build skills and strategies to positively engage in education and achieve academically, we offer both one-to-one and group based interventions.

Our one-to-one therapeutic intervention supports young people identified as having low attendance, low motivation, presenting with challenging behaviours or at risk of exclusion to develop new skills, confidence and coping strategies to lead them towards positive change. Tools utilised include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Emotional Freedom Therapy, Mindfulness, Relaxation and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Activities undertaken with young people are bespoke to their interests and learning needs.

Our group work offer supports pupils to develop psycho-education and understanding around a range of issues affecting young people's wellbeing. This includes; ASB & criminality, child exploitation, mental health & wellbeing, online safety, drugs & alcohol, healthy relationships, sexual health, hate crime, equality & diversity, independent living skills etc.

Our alternative education interventions can be completed in schools, at our base in Loughborough or in the community.

Available to be commissioned by schools and young peoples organisations, we design and deliver a range of issue-based assemblies and workshops with young people, underpinned by our youth engagement approach to secure active engagement and learning. Workshops available to commission include;

• Anti-Knife Crime Awareness
• County Lines and Child Criminal Exploitation
• Risks and dangers of Drug & Alcohol use
• Social Media Safety - 'Perceptions V Reality'
• Mental Health & Wellbeing (including Mindfulness accessible by young people)
• Boys & Mental Health
• Creative Writing and Spoken Word (workshops can be tailored to explore a diverse range of issues)

Delivered by qualified and trained Sports coaches, our Sports packages are available to be commission by services, especially those looking to engage 'hard to reach' and inactive young people into sports and physical activity. Our Coaches are trained and experienced in engaging youth and dealing with challenging behaviours, running sessions tailored to individual and group learning differences and needs, and/or supporting already established projects which are experiencing difficulties around managing group dynamics. Sports that can be delivered include;

• Football
• Boxing
• Basketball
• Kwik Cricket
• Tennis
• Multi-sports

Delivered by highly qualified Psychotherapists and Facilitators, we offer a range of training courses to corporate organisations aimed at improving staff wellbeing, productivity, resilience and reducing staff absence. Training available includes;

• Mental Health Awareness (how to support your staff)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Mindfulness (including Train the Trainer)
• Stress Reduction
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• Emotional Freedom Technique

We also provide 1-2-1 therapeutic support for adults experiencing difficulties around their mental health or emotional wellbeing.

Our team can offer tailored and bespoke training for teaching & schools staff, volunteers, professionals working in the community etc who are seeking knowledge and skills to enhance their own development and ability in working with young people. Training packages available include;

• Managing Challenging Behaviours
• Understanding County Lines & Child Criminal Exploitation
• Drug & Alcohol Awareness
• Supporting Young Offenders
• Promoting Resilience
• Young Persons Employability
• Mindfulness (Train the Trainer)
• Understanding Self-Harm
• Childhood Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation

We also offer support to organisations around Youth Consultation and Events Management.

We specialise in working within communities affected by youth-led anti-social behaviour to set up youth clubs, youth cafes, sports and summer programmes or deliver detached street-based youth work. Our team of highly skilled and experienced Youth Engagement Workers are adept building trust and securing buy-in from young people to move them towards recognising their own challenging behaviours in their communities. Work focuses around building understanding of community safety, hate crime, victim empathy, behaviours affecting residents and local businesses and consequences of offending and ASB. Our youth work offer provides diversionary activities including Sports, Arts, Cooking and Games for young people where there are a lack of services or facilities, or there is a lack of positive engagement by young people.