In 2022, 18.0% of children aged 7 to 16 years and 22% of young people aged 17 to 24 years had a
probable mental disorder*
Kintsugi Hope Youth are fully committed to empowering local people to invest in and equip their
young people with tools and techniques to look after their wellbeing. We work through partnering
with local Christian organisations. In partnership with these organisations, most of our work will
fall into 4 categories:
Groups
We have created a 6 week wellbeing group programme that runs in schools, youth groups, drop ins and
pupil referral units. These sessions have been written using 7 different learning styles, so they
can be tailored to fit your context and not just a one size fits all approach
The topics we look at are – honesty, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, shame & anger.
We have optional extra topics of resilience, healthy relationships, forgiveness, and
disappointment & loss.
To run these groups, your organisation needs to partner with us - we call this becoming a
partner organisation (more on that later.) Once you are considered a partner organisation, have
level two safeguarding, a valid DBS and experience in youth work, you will be able to get
trained through our online training platform, which takes approx. 3 hours. Once you have
trained, you are able to run your youth wellbeing groups.
The goal of these groups is to create a safe space for young people to come, to process life
and to be equipped with practical tools to look after their wellbeing in the long term. The
beauty about these groups is that, through the conversations the young people have, deep and
lasting friendships are born that last after the 6 week course.
We have had over 1,500 young people going through these wellbeing groups. With over 170 groups run,
60% of these have been in schools.
To hear testimonies & stories from our youth groups, click here.
Weekends
In April 2023, we successfully ran our first ever Kintsugi Hope Youth Weekend Away:
“The Retreat” in Suffolk. The idea of this retreat was for youth groups to come away
together to participate in fun, adventurous activities, as well as meaningful and
thought-provoking sessions. We designed the weekend in a way that empowered the friendships
in the youth groups to grow and develop.
45% of the young people in attendance believed this weekend improved their overall
wellbeing.
Our plan for the years to come is to run 3 youth retreat events every year in England,
Scotland and Northern Ireland.
"The kintsugi retreat was engaging, uplifting and made it easy for our young people to explore mental health, not to mention they had an absolute blast!"
Youth Worker who attended the pilot weekend
Assemblies
We have produced assemblies in line with the topics of our wellbeing groups. Our partner organisations
have access to using & delivering these assemblies in their schools. We are also happy to come and
deliver them in partnership with you.
Equip
Throughout the year we deliver bespoke training & events for youth workers, teachers, parents
and guardians on topics surrounding youth mental health and wellbeing.
We also deliver talks to young people at festivals, conferences and schools around topics of
wellbeing, faith, social media and life as a teenager.
When you partner with us, you have priority in booking us for these bespoke training and
speaking engagements.
Becoming a partner organisation
Kintsugi Hope works through partnerships. We are working with Church’s and Christian organisations
across the UK and would love to work with you too.
To partner with us and to gain access to everything mentioned above, you will need to apply. This
process checks that you have a safeguarding policy in place and all the relevant paperwork and
procedures.
We also ask for a financial contribution. We understand times are hard and due to one of our values
being generosity, we don’t set a price for the contribution but ask you to put a value on what we offer.
If you have any worries or concerns about this or have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to
ask - youth@kintsugihope.com
To apply to become a partner organisation, click here:
Apply Now
If you're interested in attending an Info Session please register here:
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*https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2022-follow-up-to-the-2017-survey