Collaborative Working - finding the right partners

 

 

Who you are

Cinderford Area Neighbourhood Development Initiative (C.A.N.D.I).

What you do

CANDI is a community based youth charity, working with young people 11 – 25yrs in Cinderford and surrounding parishes.  

What you can offer

CANDI’s services include a ‘Drop In’ Centre in Cinderford and Drybrook, staffed by Youth workers and volunteers. Offering leisure facilities for young people 11 – 18yrs.

Young People’s Information Shop based in Cinderford. Staffed by Support/Guidance workers. Offering Information/Advice/Support/Mediation to young people 11 – 25yrs.

Young Single Parents’ Support Group in Cinderford. Offering support to young mums and toddlers.

HEALTHWISE based in Cinderford. Offering Sexual health advice to young people 14 – 25yrs.

Weekly Music/Dance Projects in Cinderford & Drybrook. Offering  professional Music/Dance lessons, recording facilities, space for band practice, dj skills and performance opportunities for young people 11 – 18yrs.

All the above services are Free

What you need from another partner

Referrals from organisations and partnership working with statutory and voluntary groups working with young people at risk, in order to provide a seamless service for young people 11 – 25yrs.

Volunteers to work within our organisation.

Contact details

Sue Fellows Tel: 01594-825410 email: candicharity@aol.com website: http://www.candi.btik.com

(posted 05.02.08)

Who you are

Teens In Crisis

What you do

We offer counselling, mentoring and mediation to young people aged 11-21 and their families if apporopriate.

What you can offer

We have a pool of qualified counsellors, some of whom are based in schools, others who are peripatetic. This enables us to deliver counselling near to where the young person lives. We ususally manage to see young people within a 2-3 week time frame. We don't restrict counselling to a few sessions, we see them until the problem is resolved as best it can be. Some of our counsellors have been trained in the CAF (common assessment framework model) so understand the need to work within this framework. Counselling is free to the young person.

What you need from another partner

Referrals and the opportunity to be able to pass on partner details to the young person as it becomes appropriate, so that they have access to a holistic package of help. So we are looking for partners who could offer services to young people and their families that we don't offer. To help put a collaborative bid in to CYPD commissioning process.

Contact details

Julie Vale, Project Manager, Tel 01594 544281, julie@teensincrisis.org.uk.

(posted 29.01.08)