Break the Mould

Young Persons’ VOICE Group
St John’s Hospice, Lancaster District
The set up and delivery of a young people’s voice group at St John’s Hospice, run out of the ‘Forget Me Not Centre’. Their input will guarantee the centre meets the needs of young people in the community. They will be integrated into every layer of decision-making; from policy, research and recruitment to partnership working with local schools, colleges, and organisations. This will inform strategy on child bereavement at a local and national level.

RESTORE with Empire Fighting Chance
Lancashire Youth Challenge, Lancaster District
A 12-week programme of physical fitness and emotional wellbeing activities, delivered through the medium of non-contact boxing and psychology-informed mentoring. The programme is designed to empower the participants and provide them with the skills and tools needed to improve their emotional wellbeing, understand their decision-making processes, and begin to make positive and meaningful changes in their lives. Each of the twelve (2 hour) sessions will take place on site at Morecambe FC and will be delivered in partnership with their community sports team.

KEY Project
Kent Estuary Youth Project, Milnthorpe
A 12-week independent living project with young people aged 16+, covering introductory and planning sessions to agree the content of the programme, set shared objectives and outcomes. Delivery content could include – emotional health management (building relationships in a new environment and keeping safe), finance and budgetary management (where to seek help if needed and how to manage debt), seeking employment or further education and training (application writing and interview skills), cooking and dietary management (planning meals and shopping on a budget), and other life skills such as managing a home.

Always Another Way
Always Another Way, Egremont
Core funding to resource low level preventative mental health support for young people aged 16-24yr, with specialist support for LGBTQIA+ community in West Cumbria, via youth work interventions, 1 to 1 mental health support and group sessions.

Many of the young people struggle with their mental health due to their personal and family relationships, their experiences in schools, college and in their neighbourhoods where all too often they experience bullying, prejudice, or negative attitudes towards them. For some young people, their struggles are also compounded by diagnosed and often undiagnosed disabilities such as autism, learning disabilities etc. This means that most of the young people accessing support are often very vulnerable and require specific support around their other needs relevant to many vulnerable young people.

Future Creatives – Young Music Producers
Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust, Kendal
Young Music Producers will provide a safe space for 16–24-year-olds from the Cumbria and Lancaster district, for free activities, training, advice, and support to develop life skills, boost mental health, nurture creative talent, and provide pathways to creative careers.

Sessions will provide tuition in music production, from entry level baseline skills, building knowledge of fundamentals of music studio equipment, songwriting, performance, creating a digital track, marketing, and publishing. Participants can also take part in a showcase performance as part of a youth-led festival in the Summer.

NADT Pitstop Cumbria
North Allerdale Development Trust, Cumbria
Pitstop is designed to provide positive pathways for young people who have personal/emotional/social or educational barriers that prevent them moving positively into the world of further education, training, or employment. Over an initial 8-week period, the programme will support 20 young people with guided work experience placements.

Under the guidance of professional youth workers, they will be encouraged to link the practical tasks they partake in with the life skills they develop, recognise, and build on their strengths, and address areas of improvement, alongside creating and communicating their CV confidently in a safe and supportive environment.

WeCan POP (Power of Purpose)
iCan Wellbeing Group CIO, Carlisle
Weekly social and creative drop-in sessions based in the iCan Wellbeing Centre for young adults aged 16-24. Sessions to include darts, games, crafts, music, ikigai, health and wellbeing workshops, and library of lived experience nights. Through this engagement there will also be opportunity to work on CV’s and build confidence around employment.

Alongside these activities, each participant will be supported on their own individual development and transition into adulthood with skills and tools dependent on their needs. This journey will help build confidence, but most importantly, will focus on them being empowered to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and purpose.