Elevate Foundation was officially launched in February this year and strives to empower each young person with the essential tools, skills, and self-assurance they require to overcome life’s challenges. To achieve this goal, we provide various activities and courses with a focus on enhancing wellbeing and aiding young individuals in building their confidence and resilience, while providing practical ways to manage the challenges they may face. All sessions are led by experienced qualified facilitators, each one having a different emphasis in promoting wellbeing through practical, physical and creative skills.
Examples of sessions we offer are Surf Therapy, Equine Therapy, Street Art, Bushcraft, Paddleboarding, Kayaking, Baking, Empowering Young Minds Course, and Stress to Calm Workshop. We currently run these activities (for children and young people in the BCP area) in the evenings, at weekends and during school holidays and heavily subsidise them to ensure that we can be as inclusive as possible.
We are passionate about family and offer courses and support for parents and guardians including Tea, talk and Topic, Attachment parenting and Mental Health First Aid.
We also recognise that some children and young people will need extra support and have just launched our 1:1 counselling for 8-18years, in partnership with Relate Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, and we are building positive relationships with schools in the local area and aim to establish strong connections and collaborate with them as we grow.
First Steps New Forest is a Community based registered charity that provides a support network for children, young people and their families from the local settled Gypsy/Traveller Community who live in an isolated area of
the New Forest.
They are a small community based charity that has been working for over thirty years with people of Gypsy origin living in bricks and mortar in a rural area, disadvantaged by isolation.
They employ two part time Community Development Workers who work on an individual basis with families and individuals dealing with matters such as Housing, Health, Education, Sexual Health, Young Offenders, Benefits and Debt.
They also work closely with other agencies such as housing, education, police, social services, connextions and other voluntary sectors, which often rely on us in order to make contact with this community.
WIRED is youth service providing intervention, education and training in supporting young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. We work directly with vulnerable and at-risk adolescents in parallel with equipping their wider communities and professionals in the sector. Services are delivered in BCP and the wider Dorset surrounding areas.
The Fuse Project
Parent Awareness Workshops
All parent awareness workshops promote mental health awareness and provide a safe space to gain essential knowledge of how mental health impacts the lives of young people, to ask questions and learn practical ways of support.
Winston’s Wish provides emotional and practical bereavement support to children and young people up to the age of 25, their families and those who care for them. You can call or email our Freephone Helpline team for immediate advice, guidance and support from trained bereavement professionals. Our ongoing specialist support service is available for those who need it.
You’ll also find lots of helpful information and resources to support a bereaved child or young person on our website, along with expert advice for those bereaved by suicide, homicide and serious illness and supporting bereaved children with SEND. Winston’s Wish also offers training for professionals, resources for schools and specialist publications.
If you are aged 19-24 and need assistance preparing for work, finding work, and maintaining work, we can assist you.
This may include:
-Career coaching, exploring different career paths that match your interests
-Exploring your personal attributes and identifying your transferable skills
-Developing your formal and informal employment networks
-Work experience in employment providing you the opportunity to demonstrate skills and fit to employers
-Job skills and employability skills training
-Enrolling in study
-Volunteering, which could lead to paid employment
-Exploring and applying for job vacancies
-Resume writing, job application, and interview skills
-Building confidence needed to find and maintain employment
-Navigating apprenticeships
EDAS/REACH Young People understands that talking about drugs and alcohol can be a sensitive matter and appreciates how important it is to feel that you are in a safe environment, where your questions will be answered, and you can receive the help you need. In REACH YP we make no judgements about you, we are just here to help, offering a confidential, drug & alcohol service for under 25’s who live in the county of Dorset (not Poole or Bournemouth). The things you discuss with us will not be shared with anyone else unless we have your permission, the exception to this is where not doing so would cause you, or another person significant harm.
54a Ashley Road Parkstone Poole Dorset BH14 9BN
Relate Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch offer counselling services to children and young people from ages 6-25.
Children and young people can be referred to our centre directly by a parent or guardian, or through their school with parental consent. We offer subsidies for families on low incomes as well as some school-funded sessions.
Unit 1 Stratfield Saye, 20-22 Wellington Road, Bournemouth. BH8 8JN
Young people cope with the stresses and strains of life in different ways.
Growing up in the 21st century is not always easy. We aim to equip young people to have the resources, tools, support and information they need to build resilience, learn how to deal with difficult emotions and live a mentally healthy life.
From education programmes and support groups, to information and resources to help enable young people to look after their mental health from an early age; DMYH is here to help.
In addition to this, our whole-school approach also helps parents and teachers; and we have support options for young people who can’t attend school due to their mental health.
CEOP help children stay safe online. Has someone acted inappropriately towards you online, or to a child or young person you know? It may be a sexual chat, being asked to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable or someone being insistent on meeting up.
Childline is yours – a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. We’re here for you online, on the phone, anytime.
We are a national charity working to transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect.
If you are a young person after some advice and resources or looking for how to connect with other young carers, you are in the right place. Young carers can find information about their Rights and access online media/videos for support.
Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people. This online platform allows young carers to chat to counsellors, read articles written by young people, get support from the online community and write in a daily journal. Kooth also an ‘in crisis’ section with contact details for emergency situations.
Young people using the site are able to access a range of support services including one-to-one counselling sessions, discussing issues with your peers through online discussion boards, reading and contributing to self-help content and recording your feelings via journals and goal trackers. The online nature of Kooth means that you can access help in a way that is most suitable for you, at a time that is convenient for you, 365 days of the year.
Shine Cancer Support provides information, peer support and programmes for adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have had a cancer diagnosis. We support adults with any cancer diagnosis, at any stage. In Dorset, we have a Shine Network which provides regular in person and online meetings and events.
Innovate Dorset is an Alternative Provision offering the following services to children and young people-:
Mentoring, Tutoring, Listening Service for Young People, Holiday Programmes and Bespoke Support.
We strongly believe in meeting the needs of the young people and building a programme that supports their individual needs and supports them in their journey to adulthood.
Wimborne Community Learning & Resource Centre 41-44 King Street Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1EB
The Curly Hair Project is an organisation that helps people on the autistic spectrum and the people around them, founded by autistic author Alis Rowe. We use cool things like animated films, comic strips and diagrams to make our work interesting and easy to understand.
Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park Dorset BH16 6FA
SENDiass4BCP is the information, advice and support service for children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities, and their parent/carers, living in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole.
We can:
• Provide you with free, accessible, confidential and impartial information, advice and support based on special educational needs and disability (SEND) law, about education, health and social care matters relating to SEND
• Help you to prepare for meetings and go with you, if we are available to do so
• Help with filling out forms and understanding reports
• Support you if your child has SEND and is excluded from school or college
• Help with asking questions in school or college, if you don’t think your child or young person is progressing or receiving the right type of support
• Help you with understanding your rights around the Education Health and Care Needs Assessment process and having an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
• Offer information on BCP Council processes for resolving disagreements and support you through mediation and appeals processes
• Put you in touch with other services who may be able to help
• Take the time to listen to you
We don’t currently have an office – the address given below is purely for post.
SENDiass4BCP, C/o Branksome Outreach Centre 350 Poole Rd, Branksome, Poole BH12 1AW
Many people living with Dementia feel that having support along their journey will maximise independent living and prevent a crisis. At Help & Care, we are committed to supporting you to live well with Dementia.
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group & Age UK, as an integral part of the revised Dementia Services Pathway for Dorset.
If you or a loved one have had a recent diagnosis, you will have been offered the support of a Dementia Coordinator by the Memory Advisory Service.
Help & Care’s Dementia Co-ordinators provide post-diagnostic support for people with a diagnosis of dementia, their families and carers. This includes dedicated Early Onset Dementia support and more general information on dementia with signposting to local agencies.
This service can be referred into by the Memory Advisory Service, another professional or by a self referral.
A49, Aerodrome Studios Christchurch, Dorset BH23 3TS
The Wave Project offers surf therapy to young people between 8 and 18 years old. Young people are paired with volunteers (14 years and over) at 2 hour surf sessions that are directed by qualified surf coaches.
138 Seabourne Road Bournemouth, Dorset BH5 2HZ
DYA is an infrastructure organisations providing support to voluntary and charitable organisations working with or for children, young people and their families
County Headquarters Lubbecke Way Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1QL
