Young People's Services
Young People’s Centre
The YPC provides a safe environment for young people aged 13-25 years where they are respected, valued and can access advice, information and counselling services that are non judgemental and which support the promotion of good health, independence and learning.
We provide:
- Weekly drop-in facilities offering access to support, information and advice in a safe youth focused setting
- A café which provides training and affordable hot meals
- Sexual health clinics and services
- Free and confidential counselling by qualified counsellors
- Specialist support for young people around education, employment and training which is run in partnership with Sussex Connections.
Impact is committed to involving young people in the design and delivery of the YPC and its youth forum provides a structured format for input from young people.
“It's a brilliant place for young people and it's a good place to go if you are worried about anything.“
We're always looking for volunteers, with a little bit of patience and understanding who can help deliver these services to the young people. Full training will be given. So if you've got a couple of hours a week to spare and enjoy working with young people, we would love to hear from you.
Links
Connexions Sussex
www.connexions-sussex.org.uk
British Youth Council www.byc.org.uk
Children's Services - WASP
Impact have worked with children in Whitehawk for over 15 years, with great success in getting children involved in positive activities and helping to raise their aspirations. Whitehawk is one of the most deprived areas in the country and some of the most vulnerable children in the City live here. Our services provide a safe place to go with adults who are good role models and that they can trust, and where they can have some fun and a break from often extremely difficult lives.
WASP provides:
- An Ofsted registered after school club. This is unlike most after school clubs as we provide many subsidised places for families and we work alongside other professionals to support the families as a whole.
- Holiday play activities, during Easter and Summer school holidays with many subsidised or free places. These provide a fun and safe place for children to go to at times when stress within families can increase.
- Youth Club for 8-13 year olds, 2 evenings each week. The youth club is free and provides a fun and safe place to go with positive adult role models where young people can enjoy themselves and learn new skills such as cooking and how to deal with friendships and bullying.
- Half term activity sessions. These give children & young people somewhere to go and the opportunity to try out new activities, such as flamenco dancing, film making, puppet making and drama. They also provide an opportunity for siblings of all ages to work together.
"...children are happy, relaxed and confide... They relate well to staff and to each other... indicating good, trusting relationships are built." Latest Ofsted report
"The club has enabled me to go to college. As a single parent I could not afford to pay for an expensive club or childcare."After School Club parent
"I love coming here we always do loads and have such a good time. If didn’t have this place to come to I would probably just hang around the estate, then you get a bad reputation and people think you will get into trouble – they are probably right."WASP Youth Club Member
Links
Ofsted
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk
Brighton and Hove Children’s information service
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk
Stopover
Impact has been providing services for young women under the banner of Stopover for many years. This is through Safe Supported Accommodation. These services are aimed at vulnerable young women who need support in learning how to live independently. They aim to help young women to take control of their lives and to support them to achieve educational and career goals.
Impact works in partnership with a range of organisations to provide these services including Sussex Connexions, Supporting People, Brighton & Hove City Council.
“Stopover gives you more confidence to do new things and helps you sort yourself out.“
Services for young women include
- Stopover One Supported Housing
- Stopover Two Supported Housing
Links
Connexions Sussex
www.connexions-sussex.org.uk
Supporting People www.spkweb.org.uk
Teenage Pregnancy Unit www.dfes.gov.uk/teenagepregnancy/
Our Projects
We currently run services across Sussex.
For a complete listing of all our projects, please see our Services Directory.
Impact aims to enable people of all generations in need of support to reach their potential through innovative, professional and high quality service provision.
We provide services for:
- Children and young people
- Adults of working age
- Older people
