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Suffolk New College, mental health signposting Padlet 

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Suffolk New College, mental health signposting Padlet 

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Suffolk New College pulled together external and internal Support Networks

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Suffolk New College pulled together external and internal Support Networks

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Feedback Form - please tell us what you thought of the session

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Feedback Form - please tell us what you thought of the session

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Easily create surveys and polls to collect customer feedback, measure employee satisfaction, and organize team events.

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Having knowledge of the area that the young person lives in

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Linking up the right mentors with the right mentees - knowing your volunteers

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Linking up the right mentors with the right mentees - knowing your volunteers

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recruitment drive to gain more appropriate volunteers

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recruitment drive to gain more appropriate volunteers

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Progress review - talk about health and wellbeing and what is going on in the outside world. SMART targets. Professional development. Personal and academic progress.

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Finding out what the young person wants to get from the mentoring relationship

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Finding out what the young person wants to get from the mentoring relationship

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Peer support session - like coffee meet ups for groups of mentors to share experiences 

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Peer support session - like coffee meet ups for groups of mentors to share experiences 

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Initial session to get to know one another a little. Ask questions and start building trust and professional relationship.

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Mentoring Conversations - What does mentoring mean to you

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Volunteering Matters: Capturing and Communicating Impact

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Volunteering Matters: Capturing and Communicating Impact

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For our community - Volunteering Matters

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Volunteering Matters is the leading UK volunteering charity engaging more than 20,000 volunteers each year through over 100 programmes.

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Apprenticeships NA 15-24 Flyer How We Work

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Seckford Education Trust - Presentation slides

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Seckford Education Trust - Presentation slides

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YouCanBe (1-1 support for women aged 15+)

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YouCanBe (1-1 support for women aged 15+)

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YouCanBe focuses on young women from the age of 15 who need support due to a range of adverse childhood experiences. Mpower supports women who have had at least one child placed onto care and need support to understand why.

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YouCanBe focuses on young women from the age of 15 who need support due to a range of adverse childhood experiences. Mpower supports women who have had at least one child placed onto care and need support to understand why.

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Siren Callingimagine a future run by young people by young for young people: sharing what we want for…

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Look-UK (national, for YP with visual impairments)

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Look-UK (national, for YP with visual impairments)

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Look UK - Supporting Visually Impaired Young People to Thrive

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Peer Mentoring Projects for VI Young People - Look UK

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Peer Mentoring can make a huge difference to people with a visual impairment. We are building a culture of structured & safe community support, and empowering peer mentors to draw on their own experience to help guide others.

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YMCA 'Youth Shine Project' 1-1 support (Lowestoft)

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YMCA 'Youth Shine Project' 1-1 support (Lowestoft)

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Find out more about The Shine Project which is a youth led project aimed at 8-16 years olds living in Lowestoft.

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Bespoke education and mentoring packages for children and young people with Additional Educational Needs

We demand a new minimum standard for the UK's most vulnerable young people

For every child or young person we support, our delivery is:

We support children and young people with a range of needs and targets

2. We develop the education programme

Whether you are looking for urgent tuition support, academic catch-up sessions, or something more differentiated, we will work with you to put this in place within your timeframes.

Our SEND Support Team are available to join planning meetings as requested by you, and our Education Coordination Team will review the referral details and find the most appropriate tutor(s). At this stage, we consider carefully how we will meet the young person's needs, interests and academic and emotional targets.

3. We foster a positive relationship

Our goal for every referral is that the tutor becomes a trusted professional in their pupil's life, in order to support their emotional wellbeing and their progress.

We select tutors for referrals based on their relevant experience in order to give them the best possible chance to develop positive relationships with their pupils. Our SEND Support Team will work closely with tutors and the families and carers of children and young people to support this process.

4. We monitor progress and provide detailed reports

We will share the academic and emotional targets that you identify at the start of the referral with the tutor and will support them to ensure that their pupil makes progress towards these targets. After every session tutors will write lesson reports detailing attendance, progress, engagement and "good news" from the sessions.

Our SENDCo and SEND Support Specialists review the reports and send them to you weekly. A conclusive report, with details of overall progress towards targets is provided when a referral ends.

Testimonials from our LA and school partners, and our tutors

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Bespoke education and mentoring packages for children and young people with Additional Educational Needs We demand a new minimum standard for the UK's most vulnerable young people For every child or young person we support, our delivery is: We support children and young people with a range of needs and targets Whether you are looking for urgent tuition support, academic catch-up sessions, or something more differentiated, we will work with you to put this in place within your timeframes.

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We know that finding the right Apprenticeship can be difficult when you have had limited or no work experience. Once you have applied, we will be in contact with you by telephone for an initial chat and to gather some information about what you are looking for and where.

If, after this initial chat, you and we are happy to proceed, we will accept you onto the programme. If you are still in full-time education you will be given a conditional offer on an apprenticeship, pending your successful attainment of your predicted grade levels.

Once we know what you are looking for and you have accepted our offer, we will get to work contacting employers in your area. When we match you to an employer, our mentors will help you with your application, your interview and support you all the way through to when your Apprenticeship starts.

You can get in contact with us at any point throughout the process to ask for help and support, and if the worst happens and your Apprenticeship does not work out as planned, TrAC, our delivery partner will step in and employ you, making sure you can continue on towards completing your Apprenticeship. TrAC has a 100% into employment record, so you have no worries about being out of work after your Apprenticeship finishes.

Are you ready to apply? Just click the link below and we will be in contact to start the process.

If you have more questions, use the contact pages on this website, give us a call on 01603 737739

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We know that finding the right Apprenticeship can be difficult when you have had limited or no work experience. Once you have applied, we will be in contact with you by telephone for an initial chat and to gather some information about what you are looking for and where.

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CYDS. 385 likes · 3 talking about this. Young People Taking Action The CYDS project is a youth open access centre for all young people aged from 8 to 29 and is completely free to all young people

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Natural Alternative Enquiry Form - Click Here Our Natural Alternative Provision & Inclusion Programme is designed for children and young people from primary age and above, that may be struggling in mainstream education, providing the perfect space for personal growth.

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Find out where to get the skills you need, with the Have You skills hub. Everything a young Haverhill resident needs to know to secure their lives.

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The Prince’s Trust Team programme lasts for 12 weeks and is made up of various activities designed to increase self-confidence, motivation and self-esteem, all which play a key part in helping you to…

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The First Step

If you're ready to work towards your future, so are we! It all starts with a phone call or an email.

Once you've taken that all-important first step, we'll talk about where you are now and where you want to be. This will help us guide you through the process and match you to experiences and opportunities that will help build your CV. We'll cover everything, from your education and work history, to your ideal job.

1:1 Coaching

You'll be paired with a local job advisor that can work with you to help you put your best foot forward in an interview, improve your life skills and explore what's out there!

They'll be on hand to answer questions and guide you through your search for a job or further skills.

Workshops

Our advisors host workshops on everyday skills that you might not have had the chance to develop yet. From ironing a shirt, to CV writing tips to improve your chance of an interview, they are invaluable and could make the difference in making your job hunt a successful one.

Online Resources
While you're here, make sure you check out our latest news and advice! There are tonnes of great resources to give you the edge when you're looking to make your next steps.

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Youth Support Service - Workshops & 1:1s | Build a Career

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4YP can be commissioned or spot purchased to provide intensive support and mentoring for young people currently experiencing a difficult time.
4YP Mentors are passionate about helping young people to lead happy, successful fulfilling lives. Our mentors draw on a variety of techniques, experience and qualifications for this work including coaching skills, motivational interviewing, counselling skills, mental health experience, working with young people with special needs, mentoring and youth work.
Our work is person centred and solution focussed we employ active listening skills and work on building a supportive and productive relationship with young people to help them achieve the outcome they want from our meetings. 1:1 Intensive Support, Mentoring and bespoke Group Mentoring Programs: Schools, Colleges, local authorities, town councils or parents can spot purchase an agreed number of sessions for individual young people. For example:
4, 6, 10 or 12 x 1 hour sessions to be held in school, at home or at another agreed venue where the young person feels comfortable meeting. To provide 1:1 mentoring and intensive support as described above for young people currently experiencing a difficult time for whatever reason. Or Group Mentoring Program - working with 8-10 students over one term for 2 hours per week - we can work with schools/colleges or local authorities to design bespoke programs to help improve behaviour, school attendance, raise aspirations, educate about a range of issues (child exploitation, sexual health, cyber bullying and much more!). Also see Building Resillience and Arts and Culture Projects Examples of outcomes that have been achieved for young people are raised aspirations, increased confidence, improved school attendance, improved behaviour at home and in school, improved relationships with family/peers/authority figures and happier young people!

Please contact Gill Boydell gillboydell@4ypuk.com or call / text 07903 202703 for further information

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4YP - A Social Enterprise serving Young People in their Community

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4YP can be commissioned or spot purchased to provide intensive support and mentoring for young people currently experiencing a difficult time.4YP Mentors are passionate about helping young people to lead happy, successful fulfilling lives.

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1-1 Coaching | Our Services | The Mix Stowmarket

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Our Youth Workers & Volunteers at The Mix in Stowmarket Offer Exceptional 1-1 Coaching Support for Young People Who Need It Most. Get In Touch To Find Out More!

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Equip Mentors - Volunteering Matters (Lowestoft)

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Equip Mentors - Volunteering Matters (Lowestoft)

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Some young people, for whatever reason, may not have the skills to ensure they can navigate a route into higher education or into training and the employment market. We believe all young people are capable of being in higher education, employment or training if they wish to be, but we also know that some need a helping hand to achieve this. This is where Equip Mentoring comes in.

Equip Mentoring is delivered by Volunteering Matters across Suffolk but are looking for volunteers specifically in Lowestoft. The project works closely with local educational establishments to equip young people with the tools they need to re-engage with education and make informed decisions about their future career prospects and pathways.

We need volunteers to become mentors in and around Lowestoft to regularly meet a young person for approximately 30 minutes per week. Mentors build up a relationship of trust and mutual respect and often, the mentor becomes a positive role model, boosting the young person's resilience, confidence and supporting them to develop their skill set.

Equip Mentors receive initial and ongoing training, paid expenses and a network of existing mentors and team members for support. No special skills or qualifications are needed for this voluntary role, just life experience as well as a willingness to support someone who is need of a bit of help.

IF YOU WISH TO VOLUNTEER CONTACT Angela on: 07710 395646

OR EMAIL one of:

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Equip Mentoring - Lowestoft - Volunteering Matters

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Some young people, for whatever reason, may not have the skills to ensure they can navigate a route into higher education or into training and the employment market. We believe all young people are capable of being in higher education, employment or training if they wish to be, but we also know that some need a helping hand to achieve this.

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Equip Mentors - Volunteering Matters (Ipswich)

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Equip Mentoring (Ipswich) - Volunteering Matters

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Equip Mentoring provide support for young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET).

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Liz Donaldson at Morland Primary participated in CUREE mentoring and coaching training through Ipswich Opportunity Area, and went on to embed a culture of coaching and mentoring alongside the school's CPD programme

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Ipswich Opportunity Area Coaching and Mentoring

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The New Anglia Enterprise Adviser Network - New Anglia

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You can inspire young people and prepare them for the future of work by volunteering to become an Enterprise Adviser.

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The team work within three high schools, Hadleigh High School, Thomas Gainsborough in Great Cornard and Ormiston Sudbury Academy (OSA) in Sudbury. They offer 1-2-1 support, C-Card and Personal Hygiene drop ins as well as our other group work such as Shift-M and Leadership for life.

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A local charity passionate about helping children & young people, in the Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill areas of Ipswich

We support parents in helping them to provide their children with a happy and stable childhood. We help them to build on their strengths, and celebrate their achievements.

Deserve direct and local support, safe places to play and learn, and to be able to develop themselves into independent, mature and responsible individuals

are numerous and varied, and each gives an enormous amount for which we're extremely grateful. We couldn't provide these services without their ongoing financial support, advice, guidance, and volunteering

We want children and young people to be safe and happy and see them make positive life choices and changes in their lives. Involving children & young people is at the centre of our play & youth work because it's local children & young people that know what is needed and wanted in their communities. We work with numerous partners to support children and young people, though numerous projects, events and activities

We help children & young people from the Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill areas of Ipswich, to be safe, happy, aspirational, resilient, and able to make positive changes in their own lives and in their communities.

Yes we are.
Whitton Youth Partnership is a registered charity (no.1155594 ), relying on the support oan donatin of numerous national and local donations and volunteers

We support children and young person up to the age of 18, in the Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill areas of Ipswich.

As a grassroots charity we rely on the generosity of individuals people who believe in the potential of the children & young people of Whitton, Whitehouse & Castle Hill. We also rely on individuals, grant makers and corporate donors, who generously support our work financially through services in kind. We would welcome and value your support - info@whittonyouthpartnership.co.uk

Yes we do.
We support and work with any child or young person up to the age of 18, in the Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill areas of Ipswich. These can range from primary school through secondary school and into young adults.

These are numerous and wide ranging, and we are continually working with local young people to see what they feel they would like. Recently our work has focused on drug and alcohol awareness, work to address knife crime, keeping safe, healthy relationships, and engaging in conversations on health and well-being.

Contact Us

We're currently developing this site and look forward to sharing with you progress shortly. In the meantime we're please don't hesitate to contact us should you wish to.

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A local charity passionate about helping children & young people, in the Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill areas of Ipswich We support parents in helping them to provide their children with a happy and stable childhood. We help them to build on their strengths, and celebrate their achievements.

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Currently open for applications, this fund lists mentoring under their eligible expenditure for their small grants. They also fund youth clubs, detached youth work, support schemes for YP and opportunities for NEET individuals. You can find their website here: Small Grants | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

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Woodward Charitable Trust Small Grants (£3k)

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Woodward Charitable Trust Small Grants (£3k)

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This fund is to cover core costs for small registered charities that are achieving a positive impact on CYP, including through mentoring. The next round of applications is expected to open on 6 June 2022, closing on 29 July 2022 (midday). You can find their website here: The Woodward Charitable Trust

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Woodward Charitable Trust - Small grants

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This fund is expected to open it's next round in the second half of 2022. It specifically supports mentoring activities for young people. You can find their website here: Home (tweedfamilycharitablefoundation.org.uk)

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Swire Charitable Trust (Discretionary amount)

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Swire Charitable Trust (Discretionary amount)

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Masonic Charitable Foundation (small grants of £1k-£15k; or large grants of £20k-£60k)

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Masonic Charitable Foundation (small grants of £1k-£15k; or large grants of £20k-£60k)

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This fund has a rolling application deadline and specifically outlines mentoring as eligible for funding. Find out more here: Grants to charities - The Masonic Charitable Foundation (mcf.org.uk)

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Masonic Charitable Foundation - Children and Young People Grants

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Currently closed to applications, but worth keeping an eye on as they have previously funded "intensive mentoring support for young adults to help them build confidence and skills and to access training, work experience and employment"

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Here at Longleigh, we're dedicated to providing our funding to the individuals and communities served by the social housing sector. This means we focus our funding on the issues that are more prominent and prevalent for those living in social housing and their communities.
For example, we know that anyone, from any background, can experience struggles with drug, alcohol or gambling addictions. But, the exposure to being more adversely affected by such issues can be heightened for those living in poverty or in vulnerable and disadvantaged situations.

Equally, we know there is the same heightened exposure to the risk of issues such as suicide, domestic violence, poor mental health and living in temporary accommodation. The ability to access the support services required can be very difficult for people not used to having to navigate welfare systems and at a time where many support services have been cut back or even disappeared.

Our funding

We're a funder that is committed to doing all we can to reduce the amount of time that organisations spend in preparing applications. Our aim is to support the highest level of successful applications as possible.

And, with a mission to support transformation in the lives of residents and communities, we're always keen to provide longer-term, multiple-year funding so that organisations have the time to really test, improve and embed their work.

Calls for applications

With all this in mind, rather than allowing organisations to send us unsolicited applications about the work that they would like us to fund, we are using an approach where we will put out 'calls for applications' based on the learning we take from our grants to individual social housing residents and from the emerging social themes of importance across the social housing sector.

We'll publish information about:

The specific theme(s) we want to fund

If there are any specific geographical areas we are focusing on

The financial parameters and length of the available funding

The key eligibility criteria that any applying organisation must be able to meet

The timescales within which we would like to receive applications.

The application process

As an applicant, we will ask you to send us a short (10 minute maximum) video explaining your response to our 'call for applications' and how your approach will help us meet our mission of 'enabling lives to be transformed'.

As a relatively small funder, we are deliberately wanting to place the modest resources we have into the space that goes beyond meeting needs. That way we can complement the offer that other funders provide. Your application to us will need to show how you will go into that transformative space. We do realise that this means we are not the funder for everyone. On the bright side 90% of funding applications made to us in 2019 were successful - which is something we are very proud about.

Please don't worry, we're not looking for Hollywood blockbuster productions! In your video we'll want to hear your 'story of transformation' from three perspectives:

The voice of the people that your work will engage with.

The voice of a key partner organisation that supports your approach

Your voice so you can let us know, in broad terms, about the work you would do with our funding.

We're focusing on the video approach because we want to see, hear and feel the expression and authenticity from the outset. In turn, we know that this helps us engage and connect with those we go on to fund from the very beginning.

Once we have received the video responses, our trustees will then select the organisation(s) that they would like to invite to work up their full applications. Being invited to work up a full application is an 'in- principle' approval to fund you. In line with our value of being 'collaborative', our team will work right alongside you in the development of your full application.

By working together on your application, we believe the funding process can be an enjoyable and important learning and discovery process for both of us. Because we'll get to know each other, we'll be able to keep pushing beyond the meeting of need and towards that space where transformational change has the best chance of happening.

It's fine if you are honest about what you don't know yet. If transforming lives was easy it would have happened a long time ago! We understand this and want to ensure we both learn from the projects that we fund, and then go on to share the learning with others.
You don't have to have all the answers! No one does - but by working together we might get close!
Providing that there are no 'due diligence' challenges in developing your full application, once completed we'll be able to then get the funding over to you so you can start your transformative work!

Interested in Circles of Support?

Exclusively for Stonewater residents, Circles of Support places individuals - their emotional, mental, physical and economic needs at the centre. Giving individuals the space they need, so they can step forward.

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Here at Longleigh, we're dedicated to providing our funding to the individuals and communities served by the social housing sector. This means we focus our funding on the issues that are more prominent and prevalent for those living in social housing and their communities.

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Up to date reports such as the 'State of Children in Suffolk'

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Up to date reports such as the 'State of Children in Suffolk'

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What is it?

The State of Children in Suffolk report aims to provide an overview of the children and young people in Suffolk. The report includes data and information on the following topics:

Population and families

Education, skills and training

Children and young people who may need extra support

The impact of COVID-19

Physical health

Mental health

Feeling safe

Community

How recent is the data?

We are publishing the reports in sections during the first few months of 2022. The data included comes from a range of sources, and is the latest data available at the time of publication. All sections of the report are due to be published by the end of March 2022.

Published reports

The sections below summarise the key points from each topic within the report:

My Health our Future

My Health, Our Future (MHoF) is Healthwatch Suffolk's programme of work exploring more than 38,000 responses from children and young people about their mental health and emotional wellbeing in Suffolk.

More than 4,500 students responded to the latest 'My Health, Our Future' survey in 2021. One of the key findings from the 2021 survey included:

Young people are now less resilient and more likely to have poorer wellbeing compared to 2019, revealing the negative impact of the pandemic on their mental health.

Find out more about the report by visiting the dedicated pages on the Healthwatch Suffolk website.

1. In 2020, 761,246 people were estimated to be living in Suffolk. Of this total, 202,688 (26.6%) were children and young people aged 0-24 years of age, which is lower than the England average of 29.7%.

2. Over the past decade, the number of children and young people aged 0-24 in Suffolk has fallen by nearly 5,400, a fall of 2.6% compared with a 3.0% increase nationally. A similar fall is projected to happen over the next 20 years within Suffolk, compared with a slight increase of 0.1% nationally.

3. Just under 20% of local primary school pupils were from a minority ethnic group, compared with around 16% of secondary school pupils. These proportions have increased over the past five years.

4. There were 6,811 live births in Suffolk in 2020, a fall of 5.9% from 2019. The number of live births to local mothers aged under 25 years continues to fall, and has fallen from nearly 1,700 in 2015 to around 1,250 in 2020.

5. Nearly 26,000 children and young people in Suffolk live in areas classified as being among the 20% most deprived in England, which is 12.7% of the population of 0-24 year olds.

6. The proportion of children aged under 16 living in poverty has increased in Suffolk from 13.0% in 2014/15 to 16.5% in 2019/20. This means that approximately 22,750 local children under 16 are living in poverty.

7. There were around 18,500 lone parent households with dependent children in Suffolk in 2020, which is approximately 7.5% of all local households.

View the full population and families report.

1. There are nearly 102,000 pupils in state-funded primary and secondary schools in Suffolk in 2020/21. In addition, there are 1,300 pupils under special school provision, and approximately 170 in pupil referral units.

2. In 2018/19, 70.7% of pupils in Suffolk achieved a good level of development by the end of Reception Year (first year of primary school), which is significantly lower (statistically) than the national average of 71.8%. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more recent data may not be comparable.

3. At the end of Key Stage 2 (last year of primary school), 62% of pupils in Suffolk met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2018/19, which is significantly lower (statistically) than the national average of 65%. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more recent data may not be comparable.

4. In 2018/19, 39% of pupils in Suffolk achieved a good pass in English and maths in their GCSEs, whilst 61.9% achieved a standard pass. Both of these are significantly lower (statistically) than the England averages of 43.4% for a good pass and 64.9% for a standard pass. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more recent data may not be comparable.

5. 76.5% of students in Suffolk achieved at least 2 A-levels in 2018/19 compared with 80% nationally; 8.7% achieved 3 A*-A grades or better (10.8% in England); 16% achieved AAB grades or better (18.4% in England). 81% of students in Suffolk achieved at least 2 substantial Level 3 qualifications (84.7% nationally). All four measures are significantly lower (statistically) in Suffolk compared with England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more recent data may not be comparable.

6. In 2020/21, 4% of 16-18 year olds in Suffolk were not in education, employment or training (NEET). Locally, this means there were 886 children and young people that were NEET in 2020/21.

7. Almost 1 in 4 people in Suffolk (24.8%) had an undergraduate degree or higher compared with 1 in 3 (33.1%) nationally in 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more recent data may not be comparable.

8. In 2020/21, around 2 in 3 16-24 year olds (67.6%) were economically active in Suffolk (59.8% in England), whilst 1 in 3 (32.4%) were economically inactive (40.2% in England). Just over half (53.7%) of 16-24 year olds were in employment in Suffolk in 2020/21, slightly higher than the England average of 51%.

9. Across Suffolk, the greatest levels of deprivation on the Children and Young People sub-domain are around Mildenhall, Newmarket, Haverhill, Glemsford, Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Stanton, Stowmarket, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Leiston, Reydon, Bungay, and Lowestoft. Additional hotspots of deprivation on the Adult Skills sub-domain include areas around Hundon, which is close to Haverhill.

10. In 2017, Ipswich, Forest Heath (West Suffolk), Babergh, and Waveney (East Suffolk) were ranked in the worst 20% of local authorities for social mobility, which indicates that people from disadvantaged backgrounds in these areas were least likely to make social progress. This data has not been updated since 2017.

View the full education, skills and training report.

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The State of Children in Suffolk report aims to provide an overview of the children and young people in Suffolk. The report includes data and information on the following topics: Population and families Education, skills and training Children and young people who may need extra support The impact of COVID-19 Physical health Mental health Feeling safe Community We are publishing the reports in sections during the first few months of 2022.

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Interactive data, maps and reports on the theme of Children, Young People, Education in Suffolk Observatory

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Gulshan Kayembe: Challenging stereotyping & bias in one-to-one settings

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Gulshan Kayembe: Challenging stereotyping & bias in one-to-one settings

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Gulshan works as an independent consultant and as an inspector having begun her working life as a teacher. She is involved in leading inspections as well as providing consultancy, training and facilitation in a wide range of areas and to diverse audiences. Her consultancy work includes working closely with academies and academy chains, including MATs, and she is a leadership consultant with the Bexley Education Improvement Partnership. She is also currently leading an Able Pupils' Project for Lewisham and is a SIP to three secondary schools in this LA. Gulshan's subject specialisms include science, mathematics, computing and technology. A key part of Gulshan's work has included looking at cross-cutting issues such as SEND; EAL needs; pastoral support etc and the impact of these strategically on the school. Her work in coaching middle leaders, as well as those in senior positions, has been a key factor in helping schools improve their provision and outcomes.

Over her career Gulshan has worked with schools (across the 3-19 age range and including independent schools, academies, PRUs and special schools), universities, a broad range of local education authorities across the country as well as local councils and voluntary sector organisations to provide advice, guidance and training to improve provision and, hence, outcomes. Much of her work has involved reviewing organisational effectiveness and providing support for improvement and development. This work includes developing consultation, engagement and involvement of parents and other key stakeholders in relation to education. A key part of her role has been to work with senior and middle leaders and governors to help them develop their skills especially in relation to performance management and self-evaluation. Gulshan regularly puts teams together to help review schools and provide insightful and structured feedback on how they can improve. She reviews the work of governing bodies and is involved in coaching and mentoring leaders at all levels and in many different organisations, including outside the world of education.

An important part of Gulshan's work with organisations has been around equality of opportunity and providing advice and training on how to promote diversity effectively using key, but often very underused, tools provided within the legislative framework. Over the years, Gulshan has developed an in-depth understanding of culture, organisational and geographic, and how this impacts on the way 'things are done here'.

Gulshan was until recently a board member for the Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, which took over the running of the NHS health service in East Suffolk from April 2013. Her specific role was to ensure involvement and engagement of patients and the public in commissioning decisions. Gulshan was a member of Suffolk Police Authority between 1999 and 2012, and she chaired the authority between 2005 and 2010. Both Gulshan's board roles draw on her considerable strategic planning skills as well as her ability to ask the right questions before making a decision. Both roles also support Gulshan's work with school governors including leading independent reviews of governing bodies, and developing and delivering training programmes for governing bodies. Gulshan played a key role in securing a contract with E-ACT for INCYTE to train governors in all E-ACT academies and was responsible for writing the training materials as well as training the trainers.

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Gulshan works as an independent consultant and as an inspector having begun her working life as a teacher. She is involved in leading inspections as well as providing consultancy, training and facilitation in a wide range of areas and to diverse audiences.

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Seckford Education Trust: Starting up in the right direction

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Seckford Education Trust: Starting up in the right direction

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Jenny Stockman from Seckford Education Trust will be taking us through starting up a mentoring programme

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Seckford Education Trust was established in 2012 to help local communities around Suffolk set up and run free schools, enabling each and every young person across our county to have access to high quality education across all of our schools. We have high aspirations for all of our students and we aim to deliver above national average progress and achievement for every student (relative to their starting points and abilities).

Following the success of our Schools in Beccles, Saxmundham and then Ixworth, in July 2019 we welcomed two schools in Felixstowe to the Trust: Maidstone Infants and Causton Juniors ...

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Seckford Education Trust | Delivering Quality Education In Suffolk

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Seckford Education Trust was established in 2012 to help local communities around Suffolk set up and run free schools, enabling each and every young person across our county to have access to high quality education across all of our schools.

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Access Community Trust: Approaches to mentoring for working with hard-to-reach young people

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Access Community Trust: Approaches to mentoring for working with hard-to-reach young people

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We welcome Dionne Walton from ACT presenting on this topic

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Skills Connect | The link to your future

Specifically designed for young adults aged 16-24, our Skills Connect service is provided in partnership with East Coast College and aims to help individuals from any background who may be struggling to find or apply for jobs, courses and training.

Our friendly Skills Connect advisors are here to help, whether it is assistance in CV writing, completing applications or giving support and guidance on boosting a person's skillset, which will ultimately enable a young person to move into employment.

Operating from two career hubs based in Lowestoft and Saxmundham. We also operate a remote service digitally for young adults that struggle with mobility or live in rural locations.

Further information can be found here. To register your interest email daniel.hogg@accessct.org or call/text Daniel Hogg on 07341469417.

To view our privacy policy in relation to Skills Connect click here

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Young People Services - Access Community Trust

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Specifically designed for young adults aged 16-24, our Skills Connect service is provided in partnership with East Coast College and aims to help individuals from any background who may be struggling to find or apply for jobs, courses and training.

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Apprenticeships New Anglia: The journey of a peer mentor (slides)

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Apprenticeships New Anglia: The journey of a peer mentor (slides)

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Community action Suffolk  Apprenticeships New Anglia Mentoring presentation 220414

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Example questions for collecting case studies

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Example questions for collecting case studies

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Prompt Questions for Mentoring case studies

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Impact measurement tool: Personal well-being methodology

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Impact measurement tool: Personal well-being methodology

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About this article

Content:

1. Personal well-being overview

2. Personal well-being ONS4

3. Personal well-being publications

4. Personal well-being guidance and methodology

5. Personal well-being FAQs

6. Personal well-being outputs and user feedback

1. Personal well-being overview

Personal well-being (PWB) is part of the wider Measuring National Well-being (MNW) Programme at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which aims to provide accepted and trusted measures of the nation's well-being. The MNW work is part of an initiative, both in the UK and internationally, to look beyond traditional headline economic growth figures to establish progress on how we are doing as individuals, as communities and as a nation, and how sustainable this is for the future. The measures include both standard objective measures, such as income and health, and people's own views about their lives.

We assess personal well-being using four measures (often referred to as the ONS4), which capture three types of well-being: evaluative, eudemonic and affective experience. These measures ask people to evaluate how satisfied they are with their life overall, asking whether they feel they have meaning and purpose in their life, and asks about their emotions during a particular period. Our measures of personal well-being ask people to assess each of these aspects of their lives.

One of the main benefits of collecting information on personal well-being is that it is based on people's views of their own individual well-being. In the past, assumptions were made about how objective conditions, such as people's health and income, might influence their individual well-being. Personal well-being measures, on the other hand, take account of what matters to people by allowing them to decide what is important when they respond to questions.

Monitoring personal well-being across the nation year-on-year will help to show how people feel their quality of life changes in relation to changes in circumstances, policies and wider events in society. It will also show how people in the UK evaluate their lives compared with people in other countries.

2. Personal well-being ONS4

We use four survey questions to measure personal well-being and are asked to respond to the questions on a scale of 0 to 10.

These are known as the ONS4.

We first added these four questions to the Annual Population Survey (APS) in April 2011. This is the source of the National Statistics estimates of personal well-being in the UK that we publish.

These questions represent a harmonised standard for measuring personal well-being, and therefore are used in many surveys across the UK. For more information about the other surveys that include some or all of our personal well-being questions, please see Surveys using the four ONS personal well-being questions.

For the complete questionnaire documentation please refer to the Labour Force Survey - user guidance.

3. Personal well-being publications

Personal well-being data from the Annual Population Survey (APS) are available on both one-year and three-year datasets:

the one-year datasets are published quarterly based on the previous year's data; the first one-year dataset covered the financial year ending 2012

the three-year datasets were originally produced on a financial-year basis (April 2011 to March 2014 and April 2012 to March 2015); however, these are now published on a calendar-year basis, the first one being January 2013 to December 2015

Since July 2016, personal well-being datasets are no longer included in a separate personal well-being APS dataset but in the main APS dataset release, allowing for analysis by more domains.

Personal well-being estimates are published within five months from the end of the reporting period for the quarterly releases. The personal well-being three-year dataset is published annually with a time lag of 12 months.

Headline estimates of how people view their well-being in the UK are provided alongside estimates for:

countries within the UK and lower geographic areas, such as local authority level

main demographic characteristics

other characteristics that previous research has found to be important determinants of well-being

The most recent publications can be found on our well-being homepage.

4. Personal well-being guidance and methodology

Personal well-being is presented as both average means and thresholds. Thresholds present the proportion responding in defined response categories as outlined in Table 1. Cognitive testing was undertaken to understand how respondents chose their score on the 11-point scale and what they considered to be "high", "low" and "average" ratings of personal well-being. These discussions are outlined in Overview of ONS phase three cognitive testing of subjective well-being questions (PDF, 328KB).

The Annual Population Survey (APS) is a continuous household survey covering the UK (excluding those in communal establishments). Its aim is to provide estimates between censuses of important social and labour market variables at a local-area level. The APS is not a stand-alone survey but uses data combined from two waves of the main Labour Force Survey (LFS) with data collected on a local sample boost. For more information on the APS, please see the Annual Population Survey Quality and Methodology Information report.

The APS datasets are weighted to reflect the size and composition of the general population, by using the most up-to-date official population data. Weighting factors take account of the design of the survey (which does not include communal establishments) and the composition of the local population by age and sex. The APS datasets are reweighted historically to use more up-to-date mid-year population estimates and subnational projection estimates.

For further information, please see the Personal well-being in the UK Quality and Methodology Information report (QMI).

Supporting information on methodological aspects on the APS can be found in Volume 6 of the APS User Guide.

5. Personal well-being FAQs

For more information on personal well-being, please see the frequently asked questions (FAQs), which are updated as required.

6. Personal well-being outputs and user feedback

We always aim to enhance the quality of the personal well-being outputs and consider different analysis to better meet user needs.

We have been using various groups and ways to engage with users of personal well-being data, including consultations and user feedback on content, format and presentation of personal well-being results following releases.

If you would like to provide feedback about well-being outputs, please contact us at QualityOfLife@ons.gov.uk or complete this on-going feedback survey.

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Personal well-being overview Personal well-being ONS4 Personal well-being publications Personal well-being guidance and methodology Personal well-being FAQs Personal well-being outputs and user feedback Personal well-being (PWB) is part of the wider Measuring National Well-being (MNW) Programme at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which aims to provide accepted and trusted measures of the nation's well-being.

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Impact measurement tool: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS)

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Impact measurement tool: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales (WEMWBS)

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"The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scales were developed to enable the measuring of mental wellbeing in the general population and the evaluation of projects, programmes and policies which aim to improve mental wellbeing. The 14-item scale WEMWBS has 5 response categories, summed to provide a single score. The items are all worded positively and cover both feeling and functioning aspects of mental wellbeing, thereby making the concept more accessible. The scale has been widely used nationally and internationally for monitoring, evaluating projects and programmes and investigating the determinants of mental wellbeing."- Prof Sarah Stewart-Brown

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The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)

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Find out about the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS).

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Forum where a mentee can feel comfortable

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Forum where a mentee can feel comfortable

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A professional relationship to support YP

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A professional relationship to support YP

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Progressing the mentee into or toward their next goal

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Progressing the mentee into or toward their next goal

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Example role description for recruiting volunteer mentors

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Example role description for recruiting volunteer mentors

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Mentoring worksheets | Volunteer | The Prince’s Trust

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A selection of worksheets designed to support young people to structure their future steps.

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"At The Prince’s Trust, mentoring is the provision of personal support, assistance, encouragement and inspiration to young people during and following our programmes, particularly at a time of transition usually and over a sustained period of time"

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What is mentoring? Mentoring agreement Goal setting Mentoring worksheets Mentoring reporting Celebrating and ending a mentoring relationship
At The Prince's Trust, mentoring is the provision of personal support, assistance, encouragement and inspiration to young people during and following our programmes, particularly at a time of transition usually and over a sustained period of time.

At the start of your mentoring relationship, both mentor and mentee should complete a mentoring agreement (docx, 44kb) which sets out the 'rules' for your mentoring relationship.

Supporting a young person to set their own goals is a vital part of a mentoring relationship. We have designed a Personal Development Plan to allow the mentee and mentor to set goals and measure progress during their mentoring relationship.

When?

The Personal Development Plan is an optional tool most commonly used by mentors. It is designed to be completed by both the mentee and mentor at agreed stages.

1st report: this should be completed after the second or third mentoring meeting

2-3 months check in: this should be completed after a two to three month stage to allow for reflection

5-6 month check in: at this stage the report can be used as an additional check-in stage, before a further six months support is undertaken, or final report to end the relationship if development is no longer happening or a positive outcome has been achieved

You can download a Pro-forma PDP (doc, 46kb) for your own mentoring relationship.

What to include?

The goals identified should be a mixture of short term and longer-term goals. They could also focus on soft skills such as motivation and confidence, as well as more tangible hard results such as achieving employment. Goals may change after each month, if new goals are identified or amended.

Goals set should be SMART
(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-Specific)

Any other comments?

This is an opportunity to highlight any additional information that the Volunteering Executive may need to know. This could make reference to the best form of contact, any additional support needs the mentee has (such as requiring to meet in a Prince's Trust building) or anything else.

Check-in

Each check-in point offers the opportunity for the mentee and mentor to reflect on how they feel the mentoring relationship is going, and if it should be continued.

It may be the case that progress isn't being made through a lack of commitment from one party of the relationship, a clash of personalities, or that a mentor with a different background (in industry) would be more suitable.

Alternatively, you may feel that progress is being made and both parties are happy for the relationship to continue. Use this section as an opportunity to highlight any successes that have been made and to justify your decision to continue, or end the relationship.

Throughout your mentoring relationship, you can use this selection of worksheets which are designed to support young people to structure their steps forward.

Mentor reporting is a vital aspect of ensuring that the support we provide to our young people is the best possible. These reports allow us to track progress, identify where we need to improve support and access funding. All volunteer mentors are required to submit mentor reports to their Trust contact at least once a month.

Download and complete an electronic form and return this to your Trust contact within 48 hours of the meeting:

What to include?

The form allows the mentor and young person the opportunity to:

Reflect on progress which has been made since the previous meeting

Record any actions which come out of the meeting

Add further comments (you may wish to highlight any important developments or concerns you have)

Highlight any positive outcomes or steps taken by the mentee since their last report

It also offers the opportunity for the mentor and young person to reflect on any improvement in 'soft skills' such as communication or confidence.

Why are reports important?

Reports allow us to identify themes around the support our young people need in this kind of relationship, which can impact the training we provide and the resources we develop. On a more practical level, reports enable us to track the impact that a mentoring relationship is having on a young person.

The impacts of not reporting can be far reaching and may lead to:

The Trust not knowing the current status of each of our young people - are they being effectively supported or not?

The increased likelihood that our young people's businesses will fail because they have not been given timely and appropriate support (applicable to the Enterprise Programme only)

programme and volunteer staff being rendered ineffectual through lack of information and therefore unable to provide full support to our young people

An inability to achieve an improvement in our performance year on year

A significantly reduced ability to bid for funding due to the lack of supporting evidence

Serious implications with funding if we are unable to demonstrate positive outcomes with clients through mentor contact

The effectiveness of the mentor process being impossible to assess

Please be aware that some Mentor Meetings Reports may differ from region to region. Speak to your local Volunteer Contact to ensure you are using the correct form.

All Prince's Trust mentoring relationships have to come to an end eventually.

For Business Mentors and young people the expected duration is two years with an optional third year. For Mentors and young people, the expected duration is six months with an optional further six months.

As a mentoring relationship comes to an end, mentors and young people should prepare themselves accordingly, with careful plans to allow a winding down process. It is at this point that having established professional boundaries will serve both mentors and young people well.

As a mentor, if you and the young person feel that they still need some support, you may wish to use your last meetings together to direct them to The Trust or other bodies that can provide ongoing support.

Acknowledge - acknowledge the change early and discuss it together.

Prepare - review the goals that you have been working towards and discuss what you hope to achieve before the mentoring relationship ends. Set up additional sources of support if required.

Recognise achievements - endings are a great way of defining and celebrating the achievements of the relationship. Mentor reports and record sheets can be used to look back at how the young person has progressed.

Celebrate your achievements - think about nominating young people for the Celebrate Success Awards.

Review and evaluate - identify the lessons that have been learned and what's changed over the period of your mentoring relationship. Review your Personal Development Plan (if you have used one) to measure the progress that the young person has made.

Future friendship - you may wish to stay in contact with each other on your own behalf. This would not be within the terms of The Prince's Trust programmes or the volunteer role and is your own personal choice.

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What is mentoring? Mentoring agreement Goal setting Mentoring worksheets Mentoring reporting Celebrating and ending a mentoring relationship At The Prince's Trust, mentoring is the provision of personal support, assistance, encouragement and inspiration to young people during and following our programmes, particularly at a time of transition usually and over a sustained period of time.

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"Mentoring is often poorly (or very broadly) defined. Programmes might be work-based, academic (school or university-based, focused on improving learning and skills), peer, or youth/intergenerational. There is no clear way in which these different terms are used; for example, some programmes described as youth mentoring are really academic programmes. Some mentoring relationships are planned. Mentoring programmes might be formal or informal. They can be delivered face to face or virtually; one to one or group-based. Some programmes are described as mentoring but really focus on befriending or one-off support. They are usually goal orientated. Some of the empirical evidence around mentoring does not always clearly state the type of mentoring scheme that is being researched.

Drawing on existing definitions, we see youth mentoring as trusting, purposeful and ongoing relationships between a younger person or people, and an older, unrelated person, which involve the exchange of support, advice, encouragement, and skills development"

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Skip to content Mentoring is often poorly (or very broadly) defined. Programmes might be work-based, academic (school or university-based, focused on improving learning and skills), peer, or youth/intergenerational. There is no clear way in which these different terms are used; for example, some programmes described as youth mentoring are really academic programmes.

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Nesta: What Makes Effective Youth Mentoring programmes

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Nesta: What Makes Effective Youth Mentoring programmes

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Find out more here: What Makes for an Effective Youth Mentoring Programme | Nesta

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This project is funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund to offer targeted support to some of the hardest to reach young people throughout Suffolk, to help them move successfully towards the labour market.

I feel things are now achievable...I can dare to dream
J, age 22 July '19

Supporting young people

Working in urban, rural and coastal communities in Suffolk the Minding the Gap project provide targeted and intensive support for unemployed and economically inactive young people who face significant barriers to employment and are currently, or at risk of becoming, social isolated.

Project activities develop emotional wellbeing and mental health, new skills and experience, and support progression into education, training or employment.

"The support has been AMAZING! ...My confidence in dealing with new situations has definitely improved... it's really helped being around others in similar situations and learning different ways to build my confidence and self-esteem"
- B, age 21, Sept '19

Into Employment, Education & Training

The project is designed to be highly responsive. Specialist caseworkers provide 1-to-1 and group sessions, underpinning the development of employability skills, personal resources and experience including training and qualifications, voluntary and work placements, by providing support with issues including confidence building, conflict resolution and anger management, healthy relationships, drugs and alcohol issues, self-harm, and communication skills.

With regular opportunities to take part in forest schools, cookery, meditation and mindfulness, walking groups and much more, all support is built around participants' individual needs, focussing on relevant, high-quality interventions and personal development.

16-24, or at risk of becoming NEET

Young people we can work with will be aged 18-24, or 15-18 and at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training). They will be struggling to overcome barriers to work, education and/or training, must be eligible to work in the UK, and unemployed or economically inactive.

For anyone fulfilling the project criteria, support can be provided to obtain evidence of eligibility, plus any relevant travel or child care expenses.

"The support has been fantastic. Getting onto courses was seamless and job searching was made really easy ....I had been in hospital because of my mental health and I was unemployed ...Now I feel more positive about work... I found employment in my volunteer roles and at a florists."
C, age 24, August '19

Contact Information

Email: mtg@communityactionsuffolk.org.uk
Tel: 07955 866 994
Mind The Gap Facebook Page

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Minding the Gap - Community Action Suffolk

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This project is funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund to offer targeted support to some of the hardest to reach young people throughout Suffolk, to help them move successfully towards the labour market.

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Location:
Marryott House
Burkitt Road
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 4JJ

Telephone:
01394 615100

Email:
enquiries@seckford-foundation.org.uk

A part of the Seckford Foundation. Registered charity No. 1110964. A limited company in England No. 5522615. Registered office: Marryott House, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JJ

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Seckford Springboard - Seckford Foundation

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Seckford Foundation supports and helps young people under 25 living in rural Suffolk through its Springboard initiative. Thomas Seckford's 1587 founding vision, of providing firm foundations for individuals from where they could build an independent and productive future, is still upheld today through many aspects of the charity's work, not least the Springboard project.

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ACT has seen our charitable Money Advice Service as key to underpinning all of the services that we offer throughout the organisation, which is why we fund much of the service through our own unrestricted reserves

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Why

Many young people have mild mental health issues or are just unable to cope with everything that life throws at them - it might be bullying, bereavement, family changes, social skills or any thing else.

Often the statutory bodies cannot help because they are too stretched, or sometimes it takes weeks to get support by which time it can be too late.

Our mentors work closely with young people over a period of time. We find that just talking and sharing can sometimes help. Sometimes we're able to identify a need missed by others and help signposting to other support.

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Why Many young people have mild mental health issues or are just unable to cope with everything that life throws at them - it might be bullying, bereavement, family changes, social skills or any thing else. Often the statutory bodies cannot help because they are too stretched, or sometimes it takes weeks to get support by which time it can be too late.

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Mentoring offers young people the opportunity to have 1-1 time with a youth worker in which they can share worries, concerns, or look at any issues they are currently facing. It is very much focused on the young person and can be a fun, exciting journey, enjoying activities such as cooking, playing pool, art work, games, walking, sports, or simply just having a chat. Young people can self-refer or be referred by a parent/teacher/other agency. Mentoring sessions are usually once a week, for 8-12 weeks. For more information please contact Kirsty Coldwell kirstycoldwelllevel2@gmail.com

Please find our Level Two Mentoring Referral form below:
Level Two Mentoring Referral form
We have Qualified Registered Counsellors offering a counselling service to young people age 7+. This is a confidential 1-1 for an agreed period of time. Young people can self-refer or be referred by a parent/teacher/other agency. For more information contact Lisa Miles lisamileslevel2@gmail.com

Please find out Level Two Counselling Referral form below:
Level Two Counselling Referral Form
Open Access Sessions (School Years 6 and above) - see our current programme for days/times

The youth hub provides a 'safe place' for young people, where they can enjoy various activities with young people their own age/year group. Young people can come for 10 minutes or stay for the whole session, or come and go as they please and they don't have to 'join' or attend every week. Young people can enjoy socialising, participating in creative activities, sport, using computers, and engaging in conversations with youth workers. In all sessions we address various topics where young people can explore and increase their knowledge on a variety of issues. Some of the topics include : Alcohol; smoking; addiction; physical exercise and sport; community involvement; volunteering; sexual health; diversity & equality. Please see the link below for our term time programme:

We are at Felixstowe school every Friday lunchtime, join us at our minibus - Pop along to say hello and have a chat with Youth Workers. This service is open to all students in all years. We are here to support you with information, advice and guidance on a range of issues.

We offer a drop in at our youth hub for 16-25 year olds. Young people can pop in any time Monday - Friday between 10am - 3pm, however it is best if you make an make an appointment to visit. You can do this by calling on 01394 272521 or visit the Contact Us page and drop us an email. We can help and support you on a range of issues, and can signpost where necessary.

Level Two have developed their Detached and Outreach Youth Work, going out around the town, villages and seafront to take our services to the young people. We often take our minibus out onto the streets to engage with young people and families. The minibus is equipped with free wifi, resources, tables and chairs, gazebo, lights and sound system. If you do see us out and about come over and say hello.

Whilst out and about we use this opportunity to let the young people know about what is going on at the youth hub and various activities coming up, as well as supporting them with issues they wish to discuss.

Level Two provides trips, activities and open sessions during the school holidays and the occasional weekend. Recently we have visited Southend Adventure Island, London's Madamme Tussauds, Duxford Air Museum, Colchester Zoo, Paintballing, Rollerword, Jump Street, Corby Skate Park, and many more. We also offer some local activities and sessions at the hub. Please note: There is a cost for most holiday activities and spaces are limited so early booking is advised. Activities Unlimited funding can be used on our trips.

Level Two visits and works with Primary Schools in Felixstowe and Trimley, working with young people age 7-11. We can offer 1-1 support, small group work, assembly presentations, whole class activities or 6 week projects/programmes which have been highly successful. Some of the topics we cover include friendship, trust, anxiety, social skills, stress and sleep, mindfulness and many more. Young people are usually identified by the school for 1-1 work or small groups, however if you are a parent and you feel your child might benefit from support, please call us on 01394 272521 or visit our Contact Us page and send us an email.

Level Two have youth workers trained in providing sexual health advice and can also provide free condoms to young people age 13+. Young people can access this during the open sessions or can visit us on a Friday lunchtime at Felixstowe School. For more information please contact 01394 272521 or visit the Contact Us page and send us an email.

Level Two work closely with other agencies and organisations including Early Help Team, Childrens & Young People's Services, Youth Offending Team, Private Tutors, Terrence Higgins Trust, Prince's Trust, Inspire Suffolk, Felixstowe Academy and more. If a young person needs support or representative at a meeting, we will do our best to meet these needs. If you are a parent/carer and need support or advice please call us on 01394 272521 or visit our Contact Us page.

Please note: If young people attend any of the above sessions they will be asked to complete an Emergency Contact Form. They only need to complete this once and will be asked annually to check and update any changes. If a young person is 13 or under it must be signed by a parent/carer. Contact Form: contact form 2022
Donations
If you would like to make a gift aid donation, please fill out the attached form and return to:
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Level Two Youth Development, 2nd Floor, 54 Cobbold Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7EL

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Youth club in Felixstowe - Level Two Youth Project

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Mentoring offers young people the opportunity to have 1-1 time with a youth worker in which they can share worries, concerns, or look at any issues they are currently facing. It is very much focused on the young person and can be a fun, exciting journey, enjoying activities such as cooking, playing pool, art work, games, walking, sports, or simply just having a chat.

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Treatment and Talking Therapies - Wellbeing Suffolk

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Emotional Wellbeing Hub - East and West Suffolk

The Emotional Wellbeing Hub provides access to NHS Mental Health Support Services.

Parents and carers can make a referral to the Emotional Wellbeing Hub if they are concerned about the mental health of a child or young person aged 0-25 years, or if you're a young person experiencing emotional wellbeing difficulties.

Call our helpline on 0345 600 2090 and press option 2 to make a referral to access specialist mental health services. Our opening hours are currently Monday to Friday, 8am to 3.30pm.
Please note due to staffing shortages we have currently reduced our opening hours. We apologise for any inconvenience, and hope to resume normal working hours (Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm) as soon as possible.

Please note if you need urgent mental health support you should call the 24/7 NHS Mental Health Crisis Support line on 111 and press option 2.
How to make an online referral?
To make an online referral to the Emotional Wellbeing Hub see details below:
If you are a young person or parent/carer use these referral forms:
Young person self-referral form (0-24 year olds)
Parent/Carer referral form (0-24 year olds)If you are a professional who works with a child/young person use the below forms:
Professionals referral form (CAMHS - 0-18 year olds) (See the below January 2024 update on referral criteria)

Professionals referral form (YAMHS 18-24 year olds)

Please read our confidentiality policies: Suffolk County Council's Privacy Notice and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust Privacy Notice.
Referral form and guidance update for GPs and professionals:
Following feedback from GPs and other system partners, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has launched a new 0-18 year olds referral criteria document and referral form for its Suffolk Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

The new referral criteria aims to help GP and professional referrers understand who to refer, when, what for and how. It also explains more about the services the CAMHS teams provide, which include:

Specialist CAMHS (formerly known as Child and Family) - for those with moderate to severe mental health difficulties such as mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and complex emotional needs.

The new 0-18 referral form for GPs is available on the DXS system. Please submit completed forms via ERS.

What GPs and professionals need to consider before making a referral:
GPs and professionals should consider other services that may be more appropriate for young people to access before making a referral (like Kooth, the School Nursing Team or Health Visiting team (Under 5s)) This could include advice and guidance from the voluntary sector, safeguarding from Suffolk County Council or emergency support from the NHS 111 option 2 Crisis Support Line.

We recognise that it may be difficult to build sufficient rapport with the young person to gain a clinical view of the severity of their needs, including the potential risk of harm to themselves and/or others. In such cases, we advise referrers to gather information from families/carers and those that know the young person well. This is particularly important for assessing the immediacy of response that is required.

It is the responsibility of the referrer to be aware of the risk of harm and safeguarding issues and to notify the appropriate agency. If the young person is struggling with difficulties which present an immediate and/or ongoing risk to themselves and/or others, it is the referrer's responsibility to refer them to the appropriate emergency service.

In the period between referral to our service and contact being made with the young person or their family/carer, referrers need to provide continued oversight of the child/young person's care. This includes creating a safety plan with the young person and their family/carer which will be active during the referral process.

The young person, and parent and carer self-referral forms remain unchanged.

Give your feedback:
Over the next three months, we will be asking GPs and professionals for feedback via Microsoft Forms on the new CAMHS criteria and referral form so that they can be further refined and improved to make sure they work for everyone. To provide immediate feedback via forms, please click here.
Online support for young people in Suffolk:
The following websites offer mental health advice and support for young people in Suffolk:

Barnardo's Phoneline Service - East and West Suffolk

Families who call the Emotional Wellbeing Hub helpline on 0345 600 2090, are now given an additional option to contact the Barnardo's Phoneline Service by pressing option 1.

The Barnardo's Phoneline Service helps families looking for general wellbeing information and guidance to help address common emotional wellbeing issues in children and young people.

The Barnardo's phoneline service provides a separate service to the Emotional Wellbeing Hub, which is delivered by NSFT (Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust).

Please note even though the Barnardo's Phoneline Service shares the same contact number as the Emotional Wellbeing Hub, they are not able to help families with referrals into CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services).

For more information about the Barnardo's Phoneline Service go to: Barnardo's Phoneline Service page

The following websites offer mental health advice and support for young people in Suffolk:

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Suffolk InfoLink | Children and Young People's Emotional Wellbeing Support in Suffolk

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Families can refer children and young people to the following places if they are worried about a child's mental health.

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The rise in mental health needs among the young over the past few years prompted Just42 to utilise their connections with young people throughout Woodbridge and the neighbouring villages to offer 'free' early intervention Compass Mentoring. Throughout adolescence a significant number of young people will suffer low-mood, anxiety, bullying, bereavement and any number of other issues which cause them to struggle with what life, including family and school, throws at them.
What is Compass Mentoring?
It is well-being mentoring for young people aged 11 to 18 years of age, who are struggling with a variety of issues and who are without support of any kind or who has some statutory support but this is not really working. With Compass Mentoring the young person (Mentee) 'voluntarily' sets the agenda and achievement targets. This methodology especially helps those who do not meet the criteria for statutory intervention. For the most part the voluntary Compass Mentors are not experts; but they are available to journey with their Mentee for a period of time, while they re-orientate their lives. Often Compass Mentors are able to identify a need missed by others, just by talking and sharing.

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Posted by on 16 April 2020 What is Work Well Suffolk? Work Well Suffolk is a three-year project (2020-2022) helping get people into employment by tackling barriers to work that they may face with free coaching, training and mentoring. They're still offering virtual coaching and training to participants during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Grandmentors - Volunteering Matters (Ipswich)

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Grandmentors - Volunteering Matters (Ipswich)

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Grandmentors help young people leaving care get on in life. Please note, due to COVID-19 we are still recruiting, but are operating remotely to maintain social distancing. Please get in touch with our team for more details.
Grandmentors help young people leaving care get on in life. Our award-winning Grandmentors programme transforms the lives of young people through the emotional and practical support of our older, world-wise volunteers.

Every year, approximately 10,000 sixteen to eighteen-year-olds leave foster or residential care in England. Far too many do not go on to higher education or employment. All too often, they are deprived of support and opportunity. 82% of the care leavers supported by Grandmentors are in education, employment or training after six months, compared to just 51% nationally.

Grandmentors provide a vital link for young people as they navigate life after care. Our Grandmentors come from a wide range of backgrounds and all walks of life. This enables them to understand and meet the range of needs of their mentees. Our trained volunteers, aged 50 and over, forge trusting and positive relationships that support, challenge and empower mentees to unlock their own skills and to shape their own futures.

We have Grandmentors projects running across ten local authorities and have had 500 successful matches since the programme's launch.

"It is simply amazing to know that there is a local, truly supportive person who will always want to help me" Cole, a young Care Leaver from Ipswich

We provide training, ongoing support and expenses for Grandmentors. You don't need any special skills or qualifications to be a Grandmentor. You just need some life experiences and a willingness to support someone who needs a bit of help.

Interested in becoming a Grandmentor? Or want to find out how your business help support young people in your area? Simply get in touch with the team!

CONTACT THE GRANDMENTORS TEAM VIA EMAIL
GRANDMENTORS@VOLUNTEERINGMATTERS.ORG.UK

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Grandmentors help young people leaving care get on in life. Please note, due to COVID-19 we are still recruiting, but are operating remotely to maintain social distancing. Please get in touch with our team for more details. Grandmentors help young people leaving care get on in life.