April

We are:  A Charity led by a Board of Trustees.  36 years’ experience of providing services to young people under stress / experiencing mental health problems.  Currently work across four Greater Manchester authorities: Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Tameside & Glossop.  2016 sees the launch of our new arts space and creative programme, The Horsfall.  Three service teams: 1. Counselling & Psychotherapy 2. Youth Work 3. Community Mental Health 2

Aims of the service 42 nd Street exists to support young people under stress to achieve their full potential.  Our core aims are to:  Engage with young people under stress;  Provide interventions that promote resilience and recovery;  Ensure that the voice of young people informs and influences service development;  Enable young people to take part in opportunities for personal development and growth;  Improve awareness of the mental health needs of young people and challenge the stigma associated with mental health. 3

 Young people 13 – 25 (11+ in schools)  Targeted services to learning disabled young people, LGBTQ and BME young people.  Referrals are made by young people and a variety of professionals, parents and carers.  Wide range of presenting issues  Depression, anxiety, family relationships, abuse, anger are the most common presenting problems.  Significant number of young people present with self-harm.  Increasing level of complexity of presentation. Who we work with 4

Services to young people 5 Flexible entry points for young people Flexible pathways through the service Exit from Service – signposting; end of service; referral to specialist services YOUTH WORK SOCIAL WORK COMMUNITY WORK THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS CREATIVE PROGRAMME Exit from Service – signposting; end of service; referral to specialist services SERVICES Real time support Mental health Promotion Participation & Inclusion Programmes Projects & Groups Advocacy One to one Support Counselling & Therapy Peer Ambassadors Peer Research Creative Programme

 Inside Out – LGBT+ & questioning young people – one to one support, groups and projects.  Q42 – creative digital project with LGBTQ+ young people creating an online platform to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing.  Black Young Women’s Counsellor – currently working in Stretford High School  Dedicated support for disabled young people – with a focus on individual support and group work with young people with a learning disability.  Women’s Group - weekly women’s groups.  We Tell You - Black young men’s peer research project (Manchester).  Peer Ambassadors – Campaigning, speaking at conferences and ensuring young people’s voices are heard in strategic decision-making. Inclusion projects & research 6

Examples of recent projects and activities.  Young Women’s Group  Autism Spectrum Disorder Group (16+)  Dealing with Depression & Anxiety Group (CBT based x 3 per year, open to all 17+)  Summer activities programme  Youth leadership and participation programme  Tales from the Spectrum exhibition  The Old Trafford ‘Gift Shop’  Bike upcycling project.  The Somebody Project – Body Image and Self Esteem  Over 18s LGBTQ group (part of Inside Out) 7

Young people’s pathway 8

Last year 42 nd Street…  2,570 Counselling sessions to 292 young people.  4069 One-to-one support sessions to 463 young people.  617 key work sessions to 241 young people.  14 long and short term group work programmes sessions to 328 young people.  26 community-based mental health promotion, arts or issue based group programmes sessions to 603 young people.  1130 helpline calls with young people, parents/carers and professionals.  Training to 20 organisations to 949 participants.  Dedicated schools’ service in 8 Greater Manchester schools

User Profile DISABILITY: Not Disabled: 76% Disabled: 18% Client chose not to give: 6% ETHNICITY: BME (inclusive of white Irish and other: 25% White British: 73% Client chose not to give: 2% GENDER: Male: 34% Female: 65% Trans: 1% SEXUALITY: LGBQ: 12% Heterosexual: 56% Client chose not to give: 32% 10 AGE: Age 16 and under: 22% Age 17 – 20: 40% Age 21 – 25: 38% AREA: Manchester: 72% Salford: 14% Trafford: 14%

Services for other agencies & professionals SERVICES Real time support Advice & Information Policy & Influence Contribution to Strategic Planning Joint intervention Publications and Reports ConsultancyTraining

 Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)  Salford CCG  Trafford CCG  Tameside & Glossop CCG  Manchester City Council -Youth Fund – Peer Ambassadors  Manchester City Council Equalities Fund – African Caribbean young men’s research project  Department for Education – Teaching Partnerships, a collaboration between Manchester City Council, After Adoption, University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.  Individual donors Some examples of donors. 12

What Young People value Feeling better when you walk out of the door than you did when you walked in Meeting with other young people with the same problems I am no longer on my own Feeling safe here Not being judged The variety of groups…women’s groups, drop in’s, depression group It is a confidential service It’s a safe and secure place, in which the workers treat you with a lot of respect and don't judge you. This therefore helps you to open up and feel safe to explore feelings. 13

42 nd Street The Space Great Ancoats Street Manchester M4 5AG