THE WELL
The Well Youth Drop-In began in September 2018 and has since blessed over 130 individual young people’s lives by providing a safe, fun place to go after school and have supportive adults they can turn to.
In the first two years, The Well went from being open one day per week to two, and the vision is to increase this over time to a five-day-a-week offering for young people.
Our offering to local young people continues through-out the pandemic each week with activities and support online.
Monday is our Mental Health Matters day where we check-in with young people and share helpful and practical things to help them care for their mental well-being. Wednesdays there is streamed Gaming Online. Thursdays, we have our Academic Support on Zoom for young people who’d like help from tutors and teachers or others to work alongside. And throughout the week there are fun challenge videos, Instagram live chats, quizzes and news updates.
VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
Our Vision
We want young people to be welcomed, known and supported by the local church, seeing them positively transformed and thriving through belonging to a safe home away from home.
Our Mission
We will do this by welcoming all young people through our doors, creating spaces that are relaxed, homely and friendly; Understanding their needs, we will create co-produced projects with young people, giving them the skills and opportunities needed to develop into thriving adults.
Our Core Values
- Consistency and open access – Open five days a week to any young person, providing a consistent core team of youth workers and volunteers available to support young people, building long-term relationships.
- Home away from home – a welcoming environment with a more informal structure to sessions with refreshments available to young people
- Co-Design – Opportunities for young people, alongside youth workers to co-design sessions and projects that respond to their needs, skills and interests
- Lasting positive change – Creating leadership opportunities, to cultivate confidence and give young people practical experiences in preparation for adulthood
- Recognising the Individual – Being flexible in our approach to supporting each young person based on their individual needs and aspirations
