The Mohn Westlake Foundation is proud to announce further funding for its Sudden Needs Fund, set up in partnership with the Quartet Community Foundation, to help solve challenges for children in the local area.
The Sudden Needs Fund is based in the West of England outside of Bristol, and supports Bath, North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
New grants being awarded by The Mohn Westlake Foundation include:
Clevedon YMCA; A £5,000 grant has been made to this North Somerset project working with young people aged 11-18, to build resilience and good mental health in response to research findings that highlight mental health as the major issue facing young people
Bath Youth Partnership; Formed by three local organisations in response to the lack of youth provision in Bath city centre, Bath Youth Partnership has been awarded £10,000. The project will enable two outreach sessional youth workers to be employed. The team will be based in the centre of Bath, building relationships with the young people there, encouraging pro-social behaviour, and supporting other youth work activity.
Our Way, Our Say; This project is receiving £4,000 and based in Weston-Super-Mare, Our Way, Our Say is working with hard-to-reach teenagers on the Bournville estate. The project engages these young people using sessions of non-contact boxing to help build skills such as anger management, self-control, self-confidence and life skills.
Juice Community Project; This South Gloucestershire project has been awarded £9,690 to pilot a new approach by providing one-to-one mentoring and group sessions with young people in Cadbury Heath who have been identified as having complex needs and behavioural issues.
Wellspring Counselling; Providing counselling and CBT sessions for young people in Nailsea, Backwell, Portishead and Clevedon/Yatton, Wellspring Counselling will benefit from a grant of £5,000.
Sporting Family Change; Following the closure of a local organisation this summer, the £6,500 grant being awarded to this Radstock and Midsomer Norton-based project will enable applicants to step in and provide sport-based mentoring support to young people in the local area.
Off the Record – BANES; Off the Record has identified a need for a less formal counselling and listening service where young people can drop in to access support. The £9,620 grant the project will receive will enable it to provide a safe wellbeing hub that young people of Bath could drop into and receive support or signposting to other services.
The Quartet Community Foundation aims to bring people together and improve lives by supporting small groups and charities in Bath, North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
To learn more about this project, please visit the grantees website: quartetcf.org.uk