We offer a range of services for children, parents or families. These include massage, dance and play therapies, creative classes, and opportunities for fundraising and volunteering. Please check our Events and Projects section for a comprehensive list of our current activities. Further information on Play Therapy can be found under our 'How we help' section.

Drop-In Centre

Thanks to a donation from Asda Foundation we have now developed a drop-in centre for children and families. For many children and their families school is viewed in a negative light. The drop-in centre provides a comfortable informal space where services are designed to address the barriers that can be faced.  Our multi-disciplinary centre will over time offer a range of services for children, and young people up to the age of 23 and their families.

At a basic level the centre provides a safe space for children and young people to come to for advice and support. Family members concerned about the wellbeing of a child are encouraged to drop in for informal support. 

Our aim is to present a friendly and relaxed atmosphere – domestic rather than institutional. It is our experience that theprovision of cooked food – in a shared informal way – provides the right message of welcome and an attractive café/sitting area is at the core of the centre.

On a more ambitious level we aim to provide a service to children who self refer; youngsters who to all intents and purposes have experienced difficulties in living within a family setting.

The aim of the centre would is to provide the children with a form of substitute family experience which helps repair their sense of loss and works through their traumas; a legacy, for example, of their being subjected to ongoing sexual and physical abuse.

The children and families who attend will be supported by a team of key workers, social workers, teachers, alternative therapists, psychologists, nurses, arts therapists, counsellors and youth offending workers. Social activities for children and families will also be available.

The Centre also provides a space to for parents to meet, find advice and support and make new friends.