Jigsaw is a charitable organisation developed in early 2019 due to the demand of high-risk situations, violence and the high increase in youth crime developing in our communities which are involving young people daily. We practice a holistic approach to effective and early Intervention, addressing the needs of young people.

Our goal is to build resilience in young people through supporting positive choices, improving critical thinking skills, providing healthy, stable and supportive frameworks whether in the home or school. We work with local partners that have a role in providing support and services to young people. These include the police, local councils, health practitioners, as well as youth workers and voluntary organisations.

We work on the ethos that we all need to work together to help identify and tackle these risks.The objective is early and effective intervention, which will help safeguard our young people by both highlighting and educating them with a variety of fun, engaging, educational workshops alongside our unique interactive film viral. We believe this is a powerful learning tool that portrays real life options, with a view of raising the awareness about consequences, choices and dangers.All our workshops are designed to enable us to reach out to young people, through either individual or group work by accommodating for different learning styles.

We aim to dissect different issues, so we can cascade as much useful information to our young people, in order to help keep them informed and as safe as possible.Our diligent staff have a wide range of expertise and are specialised within their fields; Safe guarding officer's, parent support facilitators, youth therapist, councillors, multi-sport coaches, youth workers, and teachers have extensive experience working with young people from all different backgrounds.

The majority of our staff currently work in mainstream schools, pupil referral units and Community groups or third sector agencies.We are a social enterprise charity registered with company house, we do charge for our workshops but some of our workshops are delivered for free or subsidised by the local authorities depending on funding.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is charity which conducts and funds research aimed at solving poverty in the UK. JRF's stated aim is to "inspire action and change that will create a prosperous UK without poverty."

JCT embodies the shared ethos of a dedicated team of forward-thinking professionals. With over 70 years combined experience of working with young people. Our goal is to equip young people to gain ownership of their lives and overcome barriers to education and achievement.

Our passion for nurturing young people and working with families has made JCT more than just a name, it has come to stand for a way of doing things: with spirit, intuition, instinctive intelligence and teamwork.

Our work makes a lasting impact by helping young people to build skills that will remain useful throughout their lives and by encouraging them to become responsible and involved citizens.We will deliver workshops throughout the week that will offer an opportunity for the youths to gain an experience of a range of activities and gain skills to give them a purpose.

We exist to help children and young people overcome all the difficulties they face, from problems at school and issues with immigration status to trouble with the police.

With rising deprivation and public services under pressure, our work is more important than ever.

Juvenis is an exciting new charity offering bespoke support and training enabling young people involved in the criminal justice system to turn around their lives and engage with employment, education or training. We exist to benefit disadvantaged young Londoners at risk of criminal involvement by enabling them to improve their life chances and contribute positively to their communities. Our aims are to act as a resource for young Londoners aged 10- 25 by providing advice, assistance, mentoring, recreational and educational activities as a means of improving their conditions of life, helping them to develop their skills, capabilities and to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; equally advancing their education and enabling them to gain employment.  Our vision is a future where all young Londoners have more than one chance to fulfil their potential.

At Kairos Community Trust, we are dedicated to helping homeless men and women with drug and alcohol problems. We do this through our abstinence-support hostel, our rehab programmes and our network of 29 supported Move-on houses, most of which are in south London.

Our core services provide: sober hostel accommodation, day programme rehab, residential rehab, supported housing and aftercare. Each service can be accessed separately or they can be combined to build individual pathways to recovery over a period of time. All our services are delivered by experienced teams of qualified therapists, support workers and administrators.

Addiction and homelessness are twin problems, and we believe that the journey to recovery from drugs and alcohol begins in a safe, secure environment.

Our vision is for all children to grow up in supportive communities safe from bullying and harm.?

Our mission is to provide practical support, training, and advice to challenge bullying and protect young lives.

Bullying behaviour can happen face to face or online, in school or the wider community.  It can be verbal, physical or emotional and often has a disproportionate impact on children who are perceived as 'different' by others.  This includes children from some minority or faith groups, disabled children and those with additional needs, young carers, young people who identify or are perceived to identify as LGBT+, children in care, children with illness and children living in poverty.  Children have a legal right to be protected from all forms of bullying, harassment and harm.

Kidscape gives hope and help to thousands of children and families each year and work with diverse communities throughout England and Wales to help keep children safe.

There are five main ways that we reduce the impact of bullying and harm:

• Building communities of support
• Reducing isolation and loneliness
• Promoting positive relationships
• Supporting resilience and wellbeing
• Helping children recognise and respond to bullying behaviour.

KCSC is the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s recognised voluntary sector ‘infrastructure’ organisation.

We support voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) through the provision of training, advice and information. We also facilitate the voice of the local voluntary and community sector (VCS) and represent the sector at a strategic level.

Our programmes support people struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, psychosis, & other mental health & neurodiverse conditions.

Using a unique music industry informed evidence-based therapeutic approach, our work is delivered by specially trained professional producers, artists, managers, industry experts, & creatives.

Our services are accessible for musicians and music lovers with all levels of ability and experience.

The process of creative collaboration, feelgood factor from finished mixes of your musical ideas, encouragement and feedback from mentors, peers and wider audiences, will lift your spirits and improve your wellbeing.

Key 4 Life is a British charity launched on 14 June 2013 to help reduce youth reoffending through the delivery of a rehabilitation programme to those in prison and those at risk of going to prison. Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson, the England and Bath Rugby players, have pledged their support to Key4Life, the young offender rehabilitation charity. The charity tries to assist young men in prison who may be having difficulty in not returning to a life of crime and becoming some growing static of reoffending youth in the UK. Since the charity started the 23 young adults that Key4Life have worked with, 8% have reoffended which is much better than the national average of 74%.

Khulisa is a charity working to change the system, change perceptions and change lives. Our programmes are proven to reduce crime by improving the wellbeing, resilience and aspiration of excluded children and prisoners across the UK. We do this by supporting, inspiring and empowering excluded people instead of villainising, neglecting or further punishing them, which is an approach that has failed for far too long.  Khulisa – ‘to nurture’ in Zulu – represents our South African heritage and our core belief that everyone, no matter their background, has the capacity to learn and grow in a safe, nurturing environment. We believe that schools, prisons, communities and government need a much more joined-up approach to help people escape the cycle of social exclusion and crime, which is why we are Britain’s only charity offering behaviour change programmes, training and research services at all key stages of the criminal justice system, giving us an unrivalled breadth of expertise of what works to reduce crime. With this, we are pushing for policy changes, so that we better support our schools, prisons and communities to reduce social exclusion and crime, and create a safer, more inclusive society.

Driven forward by our love of sport, we're here to fight discrimination. We're here to make sure football is a game for everyone – and that means putting equality and inclusion up front.

We've made huge progress on and off the pitch, leading the charge for positive change. We've done it by raising awareness, confronting issues and helping our sport be better.  We run education programmes for academy players, parents and fans. We campaign to make sure football is always welcoming – to everyone.

We support people from under-represented and minority communities to make a career in football and thrive.

Our biggest hope is that one day football no longer needs us. But right now we're here to put an end to every form of discrimination. We won't stop until it stops.

Kickoff@3 is A Community Interest Company set up in 2017 by Michael Wallace (serving Police Officer) and Ashley Levien (runs Suberbos Community) to engage young people, using sport, music, spoken word and other imaginative ideas to spread awareness. Their aim is to establish firm, long lasting relationships between young people and local police forces as a youth diversion strategy, as well as a tool for building trust and positive affiliations between these two groups. Further, to engage with young people through the medium of sports and music, whilst building mutual respect, unity, trust and friendships across all communities. This is particularly significant in areas which are culturally diverse.

KOTG was initially set up by local youth practitioner  just hours after the fire broke out at Grenfell Tower. the grass roots project was an intended emergency response to what was unprecedented, abject chaos and horror that had left the community in North Kensington traumatised and shellshocked.

The project quickly became a life line for community recovery after the fire when statutory services were overwhelmed and failed in their response. by the end of that first week kids on the green had become a nationally known response to the fire and drew volunteers from all over the country who brought help in all forms such as arts, circus, counselling, hot food, and therapies such as reiki, homeopathy, massage and acupuncture.

in almost 5 years of service in the north kensington community KOTG has rapidly and organically grown into an arts and wellbeing provision that is constantly shaped by our young service users feedback and need.

KOTG delivers music production and performance, delivers large and small scale events, teaches aerial circus, parkour and other performance arts and media. our facilities include a fully equipped music studio, digital radio station and podcast room, dj skills suite and we are currently raising funds for a visual suite and our own tv channel KOTGTV.

This is ladbroke grove, a home to artists, activists, pioneers and masters of the arts.  ladbroke grove is a melting pot of rich culture and bore carnival and portobello market.  it's a special place and unique place and KOTG wants to redefine any narrative that the young people who lived through grenfell might feel defined by. we are raising superstars but most of all we are investing in the wellbeing of the fabric of the community.

KOTG works with children and young people and is now an accredited arts awards centre.

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Singled out by Forbes Magazine as one of the "five leading global programmes supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs", the KidsMBA business course, provided by KidsMBA and UK awarding body, ABE Global, is aimed at children aged between 11-15. The course is designed to complement and enhance school education with a real-world taster of the life skills, know-how and aptitude required to run a business and become an entrepreneur. The course is designed to open up the idea of self-employment and business leadership to children from all walks of life. The ABE endorsed KidsMBA programme is designed to be flexible so schools can choose a variety of delivery options (https://www.abeuk.com/kidsMBA).

KnifeCrimes.Org...established in 2006, set up off the back of Prince of Tides, a small Charity formed in 2003 to support bereaved families and those with addiction issues.  The Organisation was founded by Ann Oakes-Odger following the Murder of her Son, Westley Odger on the 12th September, 2005.  As a result of her own experience she researched the need for specialist support for Knife Crime Victims' Families, and found many of the families grieving the loss of their children who were teenagers or younger Victims of fatal stabbings.  She also obtained Statistics for the previous 9 years that showed 2,026 Homicides through 'Knife Crime' as opposed to 601 Homicides through 'Gun Crime'...fatalities are 4 times more likely through 'Knife Crime!'

Ann is also responsible for launching a successful Campaign that resulted in a Review of Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 whereupon a new starting point Tariff of 25 years was introduced in March 2010 specifically to address *Knife Murder (and the use of other weapons):   www.KnifeCrimes.Org/Law-Changes-Knife-Crime.html

Made an MBE by the Queen in her Birthday Honours of 2011...Ann was privileged to be presented with her Medal by the Queen at Buckingham Palace for Services to the Prevention of Knife Crime.

The sudden death through Homicide of a Young Child or Teenager is particularly traumatic for parents, as well as siblings, grandparents and the School friends of the Victim and it is this understanding that forms the basis of our work.

KnifeCrimes.Org...provides a full range of support services, some of which are as follows:

-Bereavement information
-Support with emotional experiences affecting ability to function normally and carry our normal daily routines
-Immediate access to peer support
-Facilitating access to answers for Victims' Families
-Providing a 'Victim Led' organisational management structure
-Ongoing provision of support to Homicide Victims' Families since December, 2006
-Advocacy and assistance in preparing 'Impact Statements'
-Providing Training to Police Family Liaison Officer (Homicide FLO's)...Schools, YOT's and other Agencies
-Access to Training to become a 'Weapons Awareness Facilitator' and other Training Programmes.

Koestler Arts is the UK's best-known prison arts charity. We encourage people in the criminal justice system to change their lives by participating in the arts. We share their artworks with the public, so people can witness this diverse range of voices, stories and talent.

We aim to

1.help prisoners, secure patients and detainees lead more positive lives by motivating them to participate and achieve in the arts.
2.Increase public awareness and understanding of arts by people in the criminal justice system.
3.Be a dynamic, responsive organisation which achieves excellent quality and value for money.

We inspire participation in the arts in the criminal justice system through Awards and Feedback, Mentoring, Sales, Exhibitions and Events. We increase public awareness of the potential of people in the criminal justice system through Exhibitions and Events, Publications and contributing to research.

Our small team is based just outside HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs in west London. We partner with organisations across the UK to develop ambitious, innovative programmes that maximise resources and expertise.

We work across the UK's criminal justice and secure systems. Including custodial settings (prisons, young offenders institutions, medium and high secure hospitals, secure children's homes and immigration centres), and people in the community (on probation, engaged with youth offending teams, and on community sentences).

An anonymous place for young people to find help and support. It is available for young people, with a focus on mentoring as well useful tools for support. “Always someone who will listen and understand”.

Some information about how to seek support for local groups.

LDN UTD is the first UK esports organisation to unite with social responsibility. We’re the organisation for esports. We develop incredible players from all backgrounds and offer them a platform to play at their best. Meanwhile we use our profile and position in the esports community to raise awareness and funds around the most important issues in the world today. To date, we have addressed knife crime in London, isolation as a result of lockdown and racism, participation in sport, nutrition and diversity. This is just the beginning. Join us on the journey.

Lift is Islington Council's healthy living hub for young people. The former Victorian school has been transformed into a 30-station gym equipped with the latest specialist kit, media and computer suite, meeting rooms, indoor and outdoor kitchens, a large dance studio and a roof top terrace with fabulous views over London.

Lift is much more than a place to take part in healthy activities. Young people can come for personal help with apprenticeships, college applications, CVs, looking for work, volunteering or developing projects. We have opportunities to develop skills and experience for employment.

Lift is also here to support with advice and guidance on personal issues, lifestyle decisions and sexual health.

Pulse can help with young people's health queries in the fully-equipped clinical facilities.

The hub is funded by Islington Council and through income generated by hiring out the spaces to local businesses and organisations when it is not being used by young people. Lift is managed by Isledon Arts CIC.

Lambeth Together is a partnership of the NHS, local authority, the voluntary sector and others, focused on improving health and wellbeing in Lambeth and reducing inequalities for people in Lambeth through an integrated health and care system.

Our partnership was established in 2017 to improve ways of working across our organisations and with our communities to meet health and care needs across our borough and to plan and coordinate services focused on our local population.

In the summer of 2022 we will formally become a part of the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), which has been formed in response to the Government's?Health and Social Care Bill. This is an important milestone in our evolution as a partnership which will see  the services we're responsible for planned and managed from a single budget at borough level. This means we will have more say and control over how money is spent on health and care locally and we will reach decisions as a partnership.

Working together, we will plan services and coordinate care across our borough to remove unhelpful divides between hospital and community-based services, physical and mental health, and health and social care. Making services more joined up, easier to access and more consistent will help people get the right care and support in the right setting, as early as possible and help our population achieve better health in the decades to come.

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Lankelly Chase has a vision, shared by many, of a society where everyone has the opportunity to live a rewarding life. We believe that we’ve all got a shared humanity and given the right conditions, everyone can thrive.

As an independent foundation we’re working in partnership with people, across the UK, to change the systems that perpetuate severe and multiple disadvantage. Our mission is to get to a place where people want to, know how to and are free to create systems that are effective in responding to the interlocking nature of severe disadvantages such as homelessness, drug misuse, violence and abuse and mental ill health.

Established in 2013, and operating as an independent charity since 2016, LandWorks has an exemplary track record of reducing reoffending and empowering some of the most marginalised in our society to live more fulfilling and independent lives.

The project started with one member of staff, four prisoners, and a seed of an idea. Now with a strong infrastructure and staff team in place (including two former beneficiaries employed full-time here after their placement), we have transformed a derelict quarry into the 2-acre LandWorks training centre, almost entirely built by our trainees.

Working directly with our local prison, police and probation services, LandWorks provides life-changing placements (average 6 months but flexible) that are individually-tailored to tackle the root causes of offending. Replicating a working day structure, trainees develop practical skills in woodworking, vegetable growing, landscaping, construction, cooking and arts & crafts. Recognising the complex and entrenched needs of many offenders (Social Exclusion Unit, 2002), we have strong links with relevant agencies, and provide 1-2-1 practical support across employment, housing, benefits, addiction, health, mental health and family. External specialists deliver support sessions directly on our site.

Underpinning everything, though, is building trainees' self-worth, confidence and responsibility so that they can lead independent lives after their placement.

Leaders in Community is a youth-led charity run by a group of active local young people from Tower Hamlets. We were set up in 2009 by a group of young adults who wanted to improve their local services. We have a variety of creative learning programmes aimed to empower young people in leadership and governance. The programmes run throughout the year and are free for all young people.

Leaders Unlocked enables young people and underrepresented groups to have a stronger voice on the issues that affect their lives.

Our three main areas of concern:
Leaders Unlocked has been working in the education sector since our inception. Our work aims to develop student voice, leadership and social action within education institutions and the wider communities they serve.

Leaders Unlocked has been working in the Health sector since 2016. Our work enables young people to play a leadership role influencing strategic decisions, provision and research in relation to young people's health and well-being.

Leaders Unlocked has been working in the Criminal Justice sector since 2016. Our work gives young adults and service users a stronger voice on criminal justice reform at the national level.

Leadership Through Sport & Business is a social mobility charity that prepares and supports bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into meaningful roles with major firms. We make sure those at risk of under-employment find careers equal to their ambition and ability, and can contribute from their first day on the job.

Through our employability programmes, we provide young people with personal and professional development to prepare them for the world of work before we look to place them in apprenticeships and full-time roles with leading employers across the UK. We work with employers in a range of sectors including accountancy & finance, digital technology, customer service and law.

Young people receive exclusive interview coaching, CV training, and workshops and events with leading companies and business professionals. Their transferable skills are developed through sports leadership coaching. We partner with top class education providers who provide expert tutoring and accredited qualifications before and during the apprenticeship placements. We place young people in high quality, career-focussed apprenticeship placements in major firms, supported with pastoral support from our Careers Development Managers and professional support from corporate mentors in the first 12 months.

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Leadership Through Sport & Business is a social mobility charity that prepares and supports bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into meaningful roles with major firms. We make sure those at risk of under-employment find careers equal to their ambition and ability, and can contribute from their first day on the job.
We focus attention on communities where leadership potential is often wasted and we empower young people in the locations that we work to become future business leaders.

We address all forms of disadvantage: personal, in terms of adverse life events; socio-economic, in terms of class boundaries or lack of social capital; and practical, in terms of preparation young people need for the working world.

Employers increasingly recognise the importance of recruiting young talented individuals from diverse backgrounds. 90% of our employers find that recruiting through LTSB is an effective way of finding diverse, capable young people for entry-level positions, and 83% of our employers agree that our apprentices have been a positive influence on the workplace

Our candidates are capable of making a valuable contribution to an employer but they are held back by a lack of social capital and life skills.  Schools do not adequately prepare them for the world of work, which is why we put so much importance on the pre-work phase of our programme.

Young people in the areas where we work need help to overcome a variety of barriers, lack of opportunity and often generations of unemployment.  We provide them with a real chance and a helping hand to ignite their spark and to develop into well rounded members of their community and dedicated, hard working employees who can ultimately become leaders, movers and shakers.
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Recently awarded £30,000 to deliver the ‘Improving Prospects’ program, with specific anti-weapon content, in schools in Harrow, Newham and Waltham Forest.

“Leap supports young people aged between 11 and 25 to make changes in their lives by gaining a greater understanding of themselves and their relationship with conflict. Many of the young people we work with have grown up in care, are not in mainstream education, are at risk of gang involvement and exploitation, or are caught up in the criminal justice system.

To have the greatest impact we also design training sessions and larger programmes for those who work with young people like local council workers, youth workers, prison officers and other voluntary sector workers, as they are best placed to offer support when conflict arises.

We don’t just stop there, we research into issues facing young people today to develop our understanding of conflict and its causes. This supports policy and practice changes that have a real impact.  

Finally, great leaders and great teams are excellent at managing conflict constructively. We provide management training to all types of organisations which helps build strong teams and spark innovation. This is part of our social enterprise model and generates vital income that allows us to support more young people.”

Legacy Youth Zone is part of a network of similar independent youth organisations that all share the same principles developed by the charity OnSide Youth Zones, which is developing 21st century youth facilities across the UK.

Young people need our help now more than ever before and in Croydon this is no different. Our young people deserve a world-class place to go that is inspiring, safe and affordable. Croydon Youth Zone, is part of a network of established Youth Zones with over 25,000 members in Wirral (The Hive), Wolverhampton Youth Zone (The Way), Manchester (The Factory), Oldham (Mahdlo), Wigan, Carlisle, Blackburn and Bolton. OnSide also expects to open Chorley (Inspire) in 2018 and Preston Youth Zone in 2018 as well as Barking and Dagenham, Barnet and, of course, Legacy.

What Makes Legacy Youth Zone?

As an OnSide Youth Zone, Legacy will be built on the following foundations:

• A private sector-led board, heading up an independent local charity

• A sustainable funding model

• A four-way partnership between the private sector, local authority, young people and the community

• A function, inspirational building design based on how young people engage, socialise and participate

An education charity based in Camden Town working across London with face to face teacher led Knife Crime prevention and Drugs Awareness programmes along with award-winning PSHE Topic based Discussion card resources available for teachers, parents, youth leaders for 8-20 ages, covering many issues. Available www.letsgettalking.org

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LET'S TALK, set up by Peckham-based Community TV Trust, is a four year project spanning 2019-2022, with forums and film screenings in schools and youth clubs. In 2021 LET'S TALK has been focusing on the positive story of attempts by young members of the Black community to build better relations with the Police. Four teenagers lead the way. The three latest videos document this unexpected initiative.

See also our LET'S TALK Video Report 2020 for a full breakdown of how last year's Forums panned out.

In early 2019 and 2020, LET'S TALK ran Forums providing young people with professionals to talk to. Film Screenings in the Autumn of 2019 showed young people what their peers were saying and doing,  such as The Movement Factory and their production "One Road, Two Paths". A powerful musical about knife crime created by pupils at Harris Academy Peckham has now been performed at Bold Tendencies with the Multi-Story Orchestra.

LET'S TALK confronts social dysfunction by listening. From a Panel of professionals listening to young people comes positivity, as LET'S TALK Panel members pass on their findings to our elected representatives and policymakers and take back fresh thinking into their own work.

The next phase concentrates on Family, which some say is in crisis – affected by poverty, unemployment, not to mention youth violence and knife crime and the Covid-19 pandemic which has intensified isolation and mental health issues. So LET'S TALK!

Academic research confirms that community engagement in schools is a very important facet of the educational process. If we are to steer our children away from crime, and involvement in violence and drug offending, we need present them with alternatives and the confidence to explore them, then this must start in schools from a young age. This website engages the work and aspirations of over 190 schools, including many in the Greater London area. If you’re an individual or organisation… Do you want to partner with, donate to or volunteer at a local school? Then simply create an account and search for local schools in your area. Every LetsLocalise partner school has its own page on which you’ll be able to see the various ways you can help out.  Be assured that LetsLocalise is a trust-enabled platform, meaning we you’ll have to verify your identity before pledging but schools can be confident everyone using the system is authentic.  

If you represent a corporation –  Do you want your CSR programmes to be added to our database of corporate social responsibility initiatives? E-mail us directly at info@letslocalise.co.uk.

If you’re a head teacher, Teacher or PTA – Refer to our ‘For Schools’ page. There, you’ll see a list of all the different LetsLocalise services you and your school can use to enhance pupil learning.

we run workshops and away days that focus on improving people's connection to nature.

we want to influence a generation to love, care and fight for our beautiful planet.

we curate workshops and courses for schools and local communities.

Our focus is on creating accessible and inclusive green spaces to grow fruit and veg. we also focus on the joys of eating the beautiful produce with cooking workshops for all ages.

Information about community assistance, support, mentoring, befriending and volunteering in Lewisham.

Based In Nottingham, we are a Charity who have various resources for children and young adults which cover aspects such as Knife Crime, Hate Crime, Drugs and Alcohol and Internet safety. We can deliver programmes into schools or can supply the materials so they can be lead by a professional such as a teacher, youth worker, care home manager, etc.... really anyone who has influence and connections with children.

Characterised by renewed hope, developed confidence and improved skills, the programmes that we offer give people the chance to grow, expand their horizons, and become agents of change in their own community. We focus on empowering and enhancing the lives of those people most isolated and vulnerable, building their confidence and helping them to learn new skills, so that they may fully live their lives and become a part of their community.

Regardless of the programme, we aim to operate with both a sensitivity and flexibility of response that many people find lacking in services offered by monolithic and sometimes distant statutory bodies. And the range of public-sector-funded programmes that we deliver have their impact and value increased further through the variety of additional volunteer-led services that are offered by both ourselves and the other members of the LifeLine family.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to reach their full potential. We believe that no-one should be left isolated from their community.
We know of the increasing pressure that many families are facing, and of how traditional services have trouble even reaching certain groups. It is because of this that we are focused on maximizing the resources we have, to provide smarter and more effective services to the community.

One key way we achieve this is through building partnerships that can allow competence, co-ordination and creativity to flourish. These partnerships are essential in ensuring that people don't fall through the gaps. We have always sought to work with others, not only within in the voluntary sector, but with private enterprises and public sector bodies, in order to provide the best possible solution to the challenges we find.

And many of LifeLine's senior management are involved with the shaping of policy, sitting on boards and committees -- both local and national -- in order to help develop better ways of working. For example SW!TCH is not just another youth programme, it's a youth movement.

LifelLine Projects' SW!TCH draws on LifeLine's 20+ years' experience of working with young people through our award-winning VIP Mentoring scheme, growing since 2000.

Explore their other projects too:
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• SW!TCH – Children and Young People
• Little Learners Nurseries and Pre-Schools
• Champions Support Network – Parents and Carers
• Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham
• The LifeLine Family

Lifetimes is proud to have handed out over  962 care packs to individuals experiencing homelessness in South London. It has been great working with such committed organisations both big and small. We would like to say a huge thank you to all the organisations who have hosted a donation box, the individuals who have donated items directly or those who have given money via our Just Giving page. We look forward to reaching out to more people in need.

Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust is creating children's homes where children can thrive, and where education is central to a holistic approach. We enable children in care to have the same opportunities as everyone else.

We are only able to accept referrals from local authorities, for young people on medium- to long-term placements.

Our entire approach is informed by social pedagogy – a relationship-based way of working with children. We use our learning to train people and influence decision-makers, so standards of care improve nationally. We invest in great staff who can build authentic relationships, in thoughtfully designed physical spaces.

Our home in Sutton is for young people, aged 12-17 on admission, who will benefit from a supportive and loving home environment. Our team understand that as a result of their lived experiences, some of our young people may express themselves in ways that require an extra layer of compassion, patience and understanding and we are set up to help navigate these complex emotional dynamics. We support all young people, whether their aim is to return to live with family, move on to foster care, prepare to live in their own flat or in supported accommodation.

Staff will support young people to attend appointments with other professionals, such as those in health or education, as part of their care and planning for their futures. So, for staff and young people, a typical day in the life of the home can involve spending as much time out and about in the community as in the home itself.

As part of our social pedagogic approach, we place a particular importance on fun and challenging shared activities that help nurture relationships and young people's participation and growth. Staff will be responsible for planning, arranging and taking part in a range of activities with young people, including going on holidays together.

Likewise is a charity and community centre in Camden with a long history of supporting people across the community. We work with people from all backgrounds and circumstances to support wellbeing and community and focus on the things that matter to each person. We're constantly learning from the people we work with to create spaces where people feel acceptance and belonging.

Over the past 30 years we have been at the forefront of innovative approaches in social care, mental health and community. We do things with people rather than to or for them, learning from each person in order to provide support and care that is relevant to their context and personality even as these change over time. Through the input and energy of our vibrant community we have a range of social activity, and provide a one-to-one service supporting people practically and emotionally.
Learning summarises our entire approach to the work. We believe everyone is engaged in a constant process of learning, and that such a process is fundamental to wellbeing – it is through learning about ourselves and others that we are able to make space for change.

“Lives Not Knives is an organisation dedicated to reducing knife and gang related crime in Croydon and elsewhere in London by:

• Using a Mentoring and Befriending approach that is dedicated to helping young people at risk.

• Supporting young people into employment, education and training.

• Focusing on training for young people in schools to ensure they are safe at home, at school or college and in their social and leisure time activities.

• Providing safe places for young people to meet, socialise and make friends in a relaxed environment.

Lives Not Knives focuses on work with young people aged 11 to 24 who have been referred to the organisation by teachers, parents and agencies or who have referred themselves to LNK. We are Croydon based but work across London with schools, colleges and other partner organisations to reduce the risk of gang related violence to young people. Our approach is preventative; we work with young people through our youth mentors who are trained in explaining the dangers of association with gangs, and working with small groups and individuals who are at risk. We are a youth led organisation, we listen and act on the views of our expert youth mentors who are familiar with the real world of gang culture and this forms the basis of our work in Croydon and elsewhere.”

Southwark's Local Offer shows what's available in the borough for children, young people and adults (aged 0-25) who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. It includes up-to-date information on opportunities and services that are available to you.

Local Trust was established to deliver Big Local, a unique initiative that puts residents across the country in control of decisions about their own lives and neighbourhoods. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, it provides in excess of £1m of long-term funding over 10-15 years to 150 local communities that have historically missed out on lottery and other funding. Big Local is generating new and important learning and insight around the potential and limits of localism; the challenges of long term, place-based funding; and the limitless potential of local people to transform their own futures. We’ve just launched our first ever arts programme, Creative Civic Change, a joint initiative with the Big Lottery Fund and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which will enable communities to transform themselves through arts and creativity. Our research project, The Future for Communities, shares findings from an 18-month research project asking ‘What needs to happen for communities to feel and be more powerful in the future?'

Our mission is to bring to young people, from disadvantaged backgrounds, a network that is usually only afforded to middle class young people. LVN helps to build the networks of vulnerable young people, by asking adults to donate one hour of their time to help inspire the hopes of the next generation – We call this  ‘The Power of an Hour’.

We have worked with educationalists and behaviour scientists to create a series of engagement programmes that maximise on the power of an hour. LVN help young people build networks by offering both a signposting app to ensure young people are aware of all the support available and, that enables them to build industry insight and knowhow.

Locality supports local community organisations to be strong and successful. Our national network of over 600 members helps more than 400,000 people every week. We offer specialist advice, peer learning and campaign with members for a fairer society. Together we unlock the power of community.

The London Anti-Crime Education Scheme was created in 1994 with one sole purpose in mind, to inform and educate young minds of the consequences of choosing to commit crime. After experiencing 20 years in various penal establishments, Charles, the founder of LACES, has dedicated his adult life and work to communicating the bleak and harsh reality of a life of crime, with the hope of showing others the futility of wasted years spent in prison. The principal behind LACES is to tutor young people or those at the beginning of a life of crime, and to facilitate the successful reintegration of young offenders back into the community. As a reformed criminal for the past almost 20 years, Charles has, with the support of local people, been able to compile an anti-crime education programme, visiting schools, colleges, young offender institutes and other establishments. Research has shown that people are influenced throughout their lives, especially through their developmental and adolescent years, by a variety of factors. It is these factors that may lead an individual towards or away from crime. Charles’s programme shatters the illusion of glamour that can often be attached to crime. Through powerful imagery and raw, brutal honesty, Charles relays the demeaning and degrading reality of the criminal justice system — from arrest, progress through the courts to imprisonment. Through this early intervention with children and young people at risk of offending, it is hoped that those young people who attend the programme will ideally choose not to offend or reduce their offending in both type and frequency. LACES is unique in the fact that it focuses solely on the damage and effects which befall the perpetrators of crime.

We provide funding for charities and not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and improve services. Our aims are twofold: to alleviate the effects of poverty, and to improve the health and well-being of Londoners, in particular people with mental and physical illness, long term health conditions and/or disabilities.

The Charity is established to relieve poverty, sickness, disability and infirmity among persons resident in the area bounded by the M25 London Orbital Motorway, by supporting and working with other charitable organisation and by providing grants.

Our experience has shown us that communities often characterised as poor and disadvantaged are rich with ideas and assets. Charities, social enterprises and groups that spring from the communities they’re trying to help often have a deep understanding of the gaps that need filling. They know what works, how to gain trust and build lasting relationships. We work across the Capital and specialise in supporting grassroots organisations who often don’t attract mass public support. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the groups we support and base our decisions on the merit of ideas and the talents behind them.

We've been working in the community for over 20 years, and have a unique window into how complex social problems are being tackled at local level. We're expert at directing funds into small, under the radar community groups.

We know that London’s civil society (and the communities they serve) have been affected in a myriad of ways by the covid-19 pandemic. Many organisations have had the dual negative impact of loss of income and increasing need – all whilst trying to navigate ‘the new normal’ when delivering their services. As a response to this crisis London’s funders have been working together to provide a coordinated funding to support groups responding to the needs of the capital's communities. The single application point for charities and community groups enables organisations to access funding from multiple funders in a fast and efficient way. It has been designed based on insights from groups working with Londoners, to ensure that it is flexible and responds to these needs as they emerge over the coming weeks and months.

London Plus facilitates the London CVS Directors Network, which represents organisations providing local infrastructure support to charities and local community groups across the majority of London boroughs.

There are 29 infrastructure organisations in the network who support over 20,000 voluntary and community organisations across London.

Established in 1972 London Friend is the UK's oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans charity. We're here to support the health and mental well-being of the LGB&T community in and around London. We offer counselling and support around issues such as same-sex relationships, sexual and gender identity and promoting personal growth and self-confidence. We're also home to Antidote – the UK's only LGB&T drug and alcohol service. Our social groups provide a safe space to meet and socialise as an alternative to the bar and club scene. Our services are delivered by trained Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans volunteers.

London Funders is the membership network for funders and investors of London’s civil society. We’re here to enable funders from all sectors to be effective. We’re focused on collaboration – convening funders to connect, contribute and cooperate together, to help people across London’s communities to live better lives.

This is the first pan-London service covering all 32 boroughs. The LGE service transcends borough boundaries to create a consistent service across the capital. The service is designed to complement and enhance existing local services across London, and fill in the gaps in provision. The LGE service provides traditional one to one caseworker support from a trauma based approach, as well as meeting the complex and specialist needs of the client group, including mental health support, employment support, family support and housing advocacy. LGE empowers young people to move away from gang lifestyles by providing support to exit, developing new skills, and providing the opportunity for social reintegration into the community through support, guidance and practical help.

London Sport exists to make London the most physically active city in the world.

We are supported by Sport England and the Mayor of London, and work in partnership with London’s Local Authorities and a host of agencies to support less active Londoners to build physical activity habits that support their health, wellbeing and prosperity.

London Sports Trust aims to inspire positive change for disadvantaged young Londoners through the power of sport, training & life-skills to improve life outcomes as well as physical and mental health. We believe in young people's capacity to aspire and achieve to maximise their potential despite the barriers they face. Our main aims are to:

• Inspire change in young Londoners & parents by educating and cultivating positive change through the power of sport.

• Help disadvantaged children and their families to achieve their goals in life, sport and education.

• Improve life outcomes and employment opportunities through our programmes.

It is a sad fact that some sections of society are more disadvantaged than others. This is why we target our work in what are statistically some of the most deprived areas of the country, working closely with those traditionally seen as hard-to-reach e.g. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, asylum seekers, young people not in employment, education or training (NEET), offenders and others. Women and young people are often not given the priority they need, particularly within certain communities, so as an organisation we dedicate our resources to work with them.

For many of these individuals and communities, there are usually multiple problems affecting their access to opportunities such as lack of adequate educational attainment or poor health. Thus, we focus our project development and delivery across the following themes:

• Keep Communities Safe

• Improve Health & Wellbeing

• Provide Sporting Pathways

• Youth Services

• Develop People’s Skills

• International Development

Over the last 30 years, Professional Football Club Community Organisations such as the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, Charlton Athletic Community Trust, Palace for Life and Arsenal in the Community, have become important community catalysts. They have used their profile, skills and knowledge to engage groups of people who are often marginalised and socially disadvantaged and helped improve their life chances.

Collectively, these Club Community Organisations raise and spend over £40m annually in London and engage tens of thousands of people every week. This includes working through programmes funded centrally by the Premier League Charitable Fund such as Premier League Kicks, Primary Stars and Inspires, as well as others commissioned by statutory agencies and grant giving charitable trusts. In order to deliver greater collective impact across the capital, these 14 Club Community Organisations formed London United, a not for profit organisation that aims to:

• Share knowledge and best practice.

• Work with London wide organisations to understand how football clubs and the sport can help address wider social issues.

• Deliver London wide programmes which improve lives, particularly young lives.

Do you want to help make London a better and safer place for young people? Do you think you can represent the views and experiences of London's young people to those who make decisions about how London is run? Are you between 15 and 21 years of age?  The Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) aims to reduce and stabilise violence across London, increase feelings of safety, promote opportunities for young Londoners, and put young people at the heart of our work. We have a great opportunity for you to work with the VRU to develop a youth-led youth engagement strategy.

As a member of the VRU Young People’s Action Group you will:

• Attend Young People's Action Group meetings and training

• Share your views with decision-makers about programmes and campaigns

• Inform your peers and other young people about our projects and opportunities

• Attend events and support community visits

You will be representing not only yourself, but the voice of your community in relation to reducing violence across London.

We are London Youth, a charity on a mission to improve the lives of young people in London, challenging them to become the best they can. Young people need opportunities outside school to have fun with their friends, to learn new skills, to make a positive change in their communities and to shape the city they live in.

Last year, we worked with over 27,000 young people through our sports development, employability, youth action and involvement, arts and outdoor education programmes. Our work gives young people access to opportunities they might not otherwise have had.

Throughout our history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills.

Our vision is that all young Londoners grow up healthy, able to express themselves, navigate a fulfilling career and make a positive contribution in their communities.

Our mission is to support and challenge young people to become the best they can be; developing their confidence, resilience and relationship skills.

We do this with, and through, our network of community youth organisations and at our two residential centres. We look to work with all young people, focusing particularly on those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the kind of opportunities we offer.

The London Youth Games is an annual multi-sport event held in London, England. The London Youth Games offer competitive opportunities for young participants aged 7 to 18 across 30 sports. The London Youth Games are contested between the 32 London boroughs and take place at venues around the capital all year round, with the focal point being a finals weekend at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace. The finals weekend traditionally takes place on the first weekend in July and they are free and open to all young people living in or going to school in London. Over 125,000 young Londoners take part in the London Youth Games, making it the largest annual youth sports event in Europe.

Working with people to make choices, achieve goals and take control of their lives through high quality care, support and housing.

Look Ahead supports thousands of people across London and the South East with a diverse range of needs, helping them to make individual choices, achieve goals and take control of their own lives by providing tailor-made support, care and accommodation services. Look Ahead operate the Southwark Young People Floating Support Service.

Lost Hours is a campaign aiming to tackle the rise in youth violence and anti-social behaviour in Barking and Dagenham.

If you’re concerned that a young person could be in danger due to their involvement in a gang, youth violence, or anti-social behavior, or you’re worried they’re being exploited by a gang, the website provides hotline numbers to call in all circumstances. If you believe the young person is in immediate danger, call the police on 999.

Love Streatham exists for the benefit of the Streatham community. We are a group of people from a range of local churches who want to share God’s love for the people of Streatham. We care about our community and want to bring about positive change. We have a range of initiatives going and we hope to expand these. You may have already met our team of Street Pastors who go out late at night each month to look out for those in need. We have also helped out residents in the community in practical ways such as gardening and painting. We have held some community events including an open-air carol service and an election hustings.

Supported by the Youth Justice Board, Levelling the Playing Field (LtPF) uses the power of sport and physical activity to engage and improve health and life outcomes for ethnically diverse children who aremore likely to enter, or already involved with, the Criminal Justice System.

'Reducing harm' by:

- Developing bespoke mentoring programmes
- Training 60 x Level 3 Trauma Responsive Mentors
- Engaging over 1200 mentees
- Using a bespoke mentoring and neuro-diversity app to capture impact
- Increasing support and development opportunities for mentors

'Reversing harm' by:

- Delivering over 40 x weekly sessions of sport and physical activity in communities and the secure estate
- Engaging the 'voice of the child' and coordinating action towards our common goals
- Supporting the learning and development of front-line staff and understanding how it impacted on them and over 10,000 children and young people
- Building a Community of Practice and providing one-to-one support for staff to boost wellbeing and organisational achievement and growth
Delivering regional and national networking events

'Preventing harm' by:

- Showcasing 'what works' and championing Local Delivery Partners nationally
- Promoting role models and raising their profile
- Developing strategic partnerships to help respond to the voice and needs of the child
- Making the relevant connections to improve the breadth of open access data
- Using an evidence informed approach to advance policy, practice and investment

The Lyric Hammersmith offers a range of programs for young people, including theatre productions, workshops, and creative projects designed to engage and inspire young audiences.

Manhood Academy Global (M.A.G.) is a registered Charity with a global reach that is committed to our children’s life-changing transformation opportunities.  The world is transforming at an alarming rate.  According to the Office of National Statistics, men account for 8 out of 10 people cautioned by police, and nearly 9 out of 10 people found guilty for indictable offences are men.  Men are responsible for 97% of burglary and 92% of violence against the person.  It is clear that we are living in society where something awful is happening to men. There seems to be a gap between manhood and adolescence and our mission at Manhood Academy Global is to address that gap by helping our sons make that transition from childhood to manhood.  

We could be here all day dissecting the issues within our community, issues that seem to be spearheaded by men.  Whatever your social standpoint, we cannot stick our heads in the sand pretending that there is no problem.  There is a massive issue and this issue is having a major effect on society.

   “If you do not initiate the boy into the village he will burn it down just to feel the warmth” – African saying.

At MAC-UK, our approach to services and practice is called the INTEGRATE approach.

MAC-UK works with several different projects all across London.  A visit to our website will show you where they have been located.

We are disseminating our approach by working with innovative statutory and third sector organisations who work with the most excluded young people. The projects below all draw on MAC-UK’s approach.  

These projects aim to generate youth led solutions, co-produce projects and employ those with lived experience, draw on evidence-based psychological practice and attempt to tackle the root causes of mental ill-health by changing wider social, economic and health policy that creates exclusion and inequality.

INTEGRATE is a psychologically informed approach, delivers multi-level interventions that create change in social environments and co-produce services with those who have lived experience. To reach those who are most excluded, the MAC-UK approach is to go out to where they are and offer a flexible, responsive and holistic service which goes beyond just providing one to one therapy. This means working in communities (sometimes even in the streets), not in clinics! INTEGRATE, implements a set of service level and practice level principles to work alongside young people and communities.

METRO GAVS‘s mission is to provide a strategic leadership role in representing and building the capacity of the voluntary, community and faith sector in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. METRO GAVS provides a range of capacity building support and training to local voluntary and community organisations as well as support to the sector so that it can get its voice heard.

We're an equality and diversity charity providing health, community and youth services in England. Working collaboratively with our staff, volunteers, users, partners and supporters to make a difference to people's lives, we champion equality, nurture aspiration, embrace difference and challenge others to do so.

We promote health and wellbeing through our transformative services to anyone experiencing issues relating to sexuality, gender, equality, diversity and identity, and use our unique insight from these transformative services and our diverse heritage to influence decision makers and to effect positive change.

We work to improve the lives of young people and communities who experience difficulty and disadvantage. We work to create a sense of pride, inspiration, ownership, wellbeing and belonging, and to provide life-long learning opportunities. We provide a range of holistic services that promote inclusion and demonstrate the value and potential in our communities. We work with a focus on children and young people, together with parents and families to address the primary causes of social exclusion, criminal and risky behaviour, and to provide learning, training, employment and mentoring opportunities.

Are you interested to deliver services under the Ministry of Justice’s Dynamic Framework? Working with us, you’ll be able to free your teams up to focus on what they do best: delivering high quality services and interventions, without the added pressure of completing time-consuming admin. MTC remains committed to collaborating with partner organisations to deliver rehabilitative interventions to the UK probation sector and other commissioners. And we’re keen to partner with a range of organisations to deliver services across all Dynamic Framework probation regions and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Lot Areas. We passionately believe that the key to transforming lives and reducing reoffending is to ensure the range of available probation rehabilitation interventions and services is as diverse, and local, as the needs of service users. And that a robust partnership model – with VCSEs, voluntary organisations and SMEs playing a vital part – is the best approach for the Dynamic Framework. We are particularly keen to continue to work with specialist partner organisations to develop a collaborative and transparent network of large and small providers, combining knowledge and expertise, to develop and deliver tailored and inclusive interventions to service users.

A campaign to reduce the incidences of violent crime involving knives on the streets of the UK.

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Make Time Count Today Limited is a UK based social enterprise operating nationally, and is committed to providing digital solutions that help the most vulnerable. 51% of all profits generated from these activities will be re-invested into a fund to support companies started by vulnerable individuals.

Are you Struggling?  We all need help sometimes. With anything from Housing, finding a job, mental health or addiction issues.

Support is out there, but it can be hard to find. That's where Make Time Count comes in.

Making Time Count are aiming to build the UK's largest directory of support services. Simple search for what you need, add you postcode and click to request help. We invite you to leave feedback on your experience to help others.

MCWG are a community organisation working mostly with young people from black and ethnic minority (BME) backgrounds in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which has the second-highest percentage of Arabic-speaking residents in the UK. They were set up 22 years ago to help tackle a range of complex challenges including poverty, unemployment and a lack of educational support. Today some of the key issues affecting young people in our community include alienation and disengagement, so we aim to enhance young peoples’ self-esteem while teaching them responsibility, promoting integration and discouraging anti-social behaviour. From football training to cookery lessons, help with schoolwork, group trips, employment support, counselling and advice on mental health, we work actively to enable children and young adults to engage in and contribute to wider society. MCWG were recently awarded £26,625 to deliver outreach for 24 weeks followed by group workshops, one-to-one sessions and general youth centre provision for 40 young BAME men in Kensington and Chelsea.

Making the Leap is an innovative grassroots social justice charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be.

Our mission is to transform the futures of disadvantaged young people in the UK by providing training to raise their aspirations and develop their skills, behaviours and attitudes to choose and succeed in a career. We work directly with young people from deprived backgrounds in London, and we aim to increase our reach and impact through replicating our model with partners nationwide. We use what we learn in our delivery operations to raise awareness of the importance of social mobility among UK businesses and encourage them to take action to improve it.

Mas Lab operates from Kidderminster College but is part of NGO https://www.ncgrp.co.uk/ with colleges in Lewisham and Southwark.
We collaborate with organizations across the UK to varying degrees and our maslab website carries details of our activities relating to fighting knife crime and youth violence.

Inspirational leaders from London’s world-class creative organisations appointed as cultural ambassadors to guide the Mayor’s vision for culture in the capital.

As a charity, we work in partnership with the media and creative industry to give marginalised groups a stronger voice. We do this by promoting capacity building for charities and skills-based volunteering by the media and creative sector, empowering young people from diverse backgrounds to work in the industry, and facilitating constructive multi-stakeholder dialogue and collaboration. By bridging the gap between the media and creative industry and charities and under-represented communities we are contributing to a more responsible, representative and connected media sector and ultimately, a more socially cohesive Britain.

Mencap is the voice of learning disability.

Mentivity is an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision. We provide support for young people, schools and parents through 1:1 mentoring and group conversation-based learning, with the aim to foster greater educational attainment and engagement.

Improving and maintaining the positive emotional health and wellbeing of our mentees is at the heart of all our work. Mentivity seeks to deliver bespoke mentoring for each group and individual based on the identified need displayed by our mentees. We are very proactive and adaptable when working with our young people.

We also pride ourselves on being able to identify and focus on so called BAME centered sessions around issues that BAME students face within education and society, such as:

Identity – Who Am I? Issues Facing Young People of Mixed Ethnicity; Stereotyping and Perception of Self

Why Am I Excluded? Rates of Exclusions for BAME Students

Aspirations for BAME Students – Not Just Sports and the Arts

Role Modelling within BAME Communities

You Good Man? Mental Health Issues Amongst the BAME Community

Improving and maintaining the positive emotional health and wellbeing of our mentees is at the heart of all our work. Mentivity seeks to deliver bespoke mentoring for each group and individual based on the identified need displayed by our mentees. We are very proactive and adaptable when working with our young people.

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Mermaids has been supporting transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families since 1995.
We offer a helpline.

Back at the start, we were a small group of concerned parents sitting around the kitchen table, coming together to share experiences, find answers and look for ways to keep our children safe and happy.

Today, Mermaids has evolved into one of the UK's leading LGBTQ+ charities, empowering thousands of people with its secure online communities, local community groups, helpline services, web resources, events and residential weekends.

We also seek to educate and inform wider society on gender identity by helping professionals accommodate and reassure gender-diverse young people.

Over the years, we've seen many changes in the language and understanding surrounding gender issues but one thing remains the same: transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children deserve the freedom and confidence to explore their gender identity wherever their journey takes them, free from fear, isolation and discrimination.

Merton Voluntary Service Council works to support, enable and champion the voluntary, community and faith sectors in Merton.

We are committed to supporting and developing volunteering in Merton. We work with organisations in the public, voluntary and community sectors to develop and match the skills and interests of new volunteers to volunteering opportunities.

Our work is based around a number of core activities listed on our website including Youth, Public Service and Supported Volunteering.

We are supporting young people aged 11-24 who have been using substances, reported missing from home or care, or exploited.

The Merton Young Person's Risk and Resilience service is an integrated service focused on mitigating risks and promoting resilience in young people. Our aim is to ensure young people don't move from worker to worker and receive holistic, seamless intervention for all their presenting needs. Their designated caseworker will assess their individual needs before developing a support plan. Young people are then supported according to their individual needs, such as through one-to-one work, drop-in sessions and awareness-raising training.

Our team includes specialists who are professionals at providing substance misuse services for young people (e.g., psychosocial support and access to pharmacological support, if required).

We also support young people who are currently involved in child sexual exploitation (CSE) or child criminal exploitation (CCE). We do screenings and assessments and provide suitable interventions which enable young people to reflect upon and recognise the exploitation. This service works in partnership with police and Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), attending multi-agency child sexual exploitation (MACE) meetings, and promoting the sharing of intelligence across agencies.

Our missing from home or care services identify reasons for young people running away and provide support.

WE'RE A NEW CLUB IN NORTH LONDON, DEDICATED TO GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE THEIR OWN BOXING SPACE.

Whether you join us to compete at a top level, gain confidence, meet friendly faces or get yourself in the shape of your life – we've got your covered.

The Metrobox team prides itself on proving a safe and welcoming learning environment, with coaches that are dedicated to bringing the best out of you. We cater for all abilities and ages, regardless of whether it's your first time putting on gloves or you've got years in the sport. Metrobox is a gym for the community, run by people in the community. Welcome!

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•A friendly team of experienced coaches, with the relevant qualifications to facilitate your development as a boxer.
•A well equipped gym, which is a clean and safe training environment.
•The opportunity to test yourself, expand your ability and push yourself to new levels.
•The development of boxers, with routes into local and regional competitions.
•Access to support and opportunities through our network of local partners.

Milk and Honey Bees is an expressive safe space that allows young women and girls to flourish and take ownership of H.E.R (Healing, Empowerment and Resilience) through 1:1 sessions and creative group projects.

We aim to enable young women and girls, who are often deemed as hard to engage, a safe space to express creatively and the chance to feel supported and access opportunities, as well as gain skills to navigate in society. Milk and Honey is a project that supports young women on their journey of healing whilst equipping them with social, employment and life skills that enable them to mobilise in their communities.

The well established and recognised national organisation. “We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.”

Mind https://www.mind.org.uk - The well established and recognised national organisation.  “We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.”

We never stop caring.

We are the only UK charity lifeline for anyone affected by someone going missing.

People worried about someone who has gone missing, and people who have felt the need to go missing themselves. We offer a unique space to share advice, support each other, and meet in person or virtually. We provide opportunities to contribute time, share expertise, and support the charity and wider cause.

City Hall has partnered with Laureus Sport for Good and Nike to deliver an innovative initiative called ‘Model City’. Model City is a key project of the Mayor’s Sport Unites programme.

Model City empowers communities to create change in their local area through harnessing the power of sport. The initiative is underway as a place-based pilot in three London Boroughs: Haringey, Barking and Hounslow.

Each Model City comprises of community members who form a ‘coalition’. The coalition works together to identify local challenges and selects sports initiatives to fund in order to address them.

Real change starts local

Model City is a powerful example of the ‘bottom up’ approach that Sport Unites champions – actively encouraging local communities to influence the decisions that impact them. Funding is ultimately directed towards the issues that coalitions recognise as being important to their area and its residents.

Empowering locals to lead the decision-making process builds trust – creating a framework for partnerships to develop and communities to thrive. A combination of data, desk-based research and local consultation were used to determine the Model City locations in London.

Collaborative partnerships and shared objectives

Model City is a partnership between City Hall, Laureus Sport for Good and Nike. Laureus Sport for Good is a global charity that uses the power of sport to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage for young people. Model City has been used to create positive change through sport in New Orleans and Atlanta.

More Than Mentors provides mentoring support for young people aged 11-16, from mentors aged 11-20 who live in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or the London Borough of Haringey.

Our More Than Mentors programmes takes an Early Action approach aimed at preventing future mental health need for young people through an innovative model of peer mentoring.

By supporting students who present early, we aspire to address early markers for mental health needs such as depression, stress and anxieties, and reduce associated symptoms. Through peer mentoring we are looking to build young people's emotional resilience and self-confidence, improve their attendance and attainment at school and offer a preventative approach to mental health and emotional distress within the borough.

Mosaic Clubhouse supports people who are living with a mental health condition in the London Borough of Lambeth. Mosaic's approach is built on the internationally-recognised Clubhouse model, which embeds co-production between staff and members throughout all activities.

The Clubhouse offers its members and visitors a wide range of opportunities, access to education and employment, crisis support and information and signposting to other local organisations.

Our mission is to support, educate and inspire young LGBT+ persons and those around them.

We do this by providing accessible activities, programmes and services that aim to empower community members, provide essential resources, advocate for young LGBT+ rights, and embrace, promote and endorse the diversity of young persons.

We are committed to building a strong and cohesive LGBT+ community that is safe, free from prejudice, and thriving. A community where every LGBT+ young person feels empowered, inspired and proud of who they are.

Mothers Against Muggings was co-founded  after too many of their sons' teenage friends had fallen victim to muggings in their local community.

This prompted us to connect with their police team and community leaders to develop a programme to tackle their local youth mugging issue and for it to be developed and rolled-out nationally.

The more we got involved in their local youth mugging situation, the more they saw their community was not alone. This is not just an issue for Richmond-upon-Thames or London - it is a national and global issue.  

All teens need personal safety and awareness advice. We, as a society, have forgotten the importance of educating our children about personal physical safety, yet loaded them up with valuable tech – worth mugging for.

Barbara and Felicity have developed a programme that offers simple, effective advice that is easy to follow and has been proven to work.  The programme was created with the input from the Metropolitan Police, council leaders, youth workers, school headteachers, parents and victims of muggings.

At some point in each of our lives we are all reliant on being presented with an opportunity… Movement to Work operates in a world of opportunity and seeks to break the vicious ‘no job – no experience’ cycle that is preventing young people, not currently in education, employment or training, from stepping onto the career ladder. By supporting organisations in providing quality vocational employment and work placement opportunities, Movement to Work helps to drive both business performance and bring about lasting social change.

We work with employers to find the best solution for their organisation; either in-house with delivery through their own resource or through a training provider to support them in delivering their programme(s).

Through our approved network of training providers and youth outreach organisations, we can link unemployed young people with employers. By equipping organisations with the tools to successfully deliver a vocational employment or work experience programme, we ensure that the next generation of talent is being provided with the skills to succeed, positively impacting business performance and driving social good.

Inspiring Youth Leadership - We support the development of balanced well-being and inspire young leadership, with focus on: Giving youths a voice and empowering them to be better prepared for adulthood – we are aware of the many challenges facing youths today. Situated in South London, we have responded in recent years to the prevalent issues of violence, anti-social behaviour and knife crime. Our workshops and outreach programs are reactive, and explore growing issues such as mental health, self-esteem, and safeguarding, to name a few. We help connect young people to local and national services to maximise their opportunities, encourage responsibility and development of respected citizens, and foster community relationships. We have strong, support and collaboration with the Metropolitan Police, MPs, local councillors, voluntary groups, and schools.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is the UK’s largest and most diverse national Muslim umbrella organisation with over 500 members including mosques, schools, charitable associations and professional networks.

Giving support and advice to civil society. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. It is a registered charity NCVO works to support the voluntary and community sector and to create an environment in which an independent civil society can flourish. NCVO has a membership of more than 14,000 voluntary organisations. These range from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer centres, and development agencies working at a local level.

NIA has been delivering services for women, girls and children who have experienced sexual and domestic violence since 1975.

NIA is run for women and children by women, providing services developed in consultation with women who have experienced men’s violence, and from a proudly feminist perspective.

Providing high quality services for women, children and young people who have experienced or are at risk of male violence.

Increasing awareness of male violence and developing services, contributing to research, debate and policy initiatives to prevent it.

Challenging inequality and discrimination and celebrating diversity.

Empowering and supporting women and children.

Increasing and developing the effectiveness of resources through partnership, collaboration and multi-agency action.

We're the UK's leading children’s charity. We’ve been looking out for children for over 130 years – and we couldn’t do it without you.

Find out more about our structure, the way we operate and how we fight for every childhood.

We are the leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families.