Our Place Mentoring Scheme (360G-HeartofEnglandCF-A759475)

To deliver an extension of the existing Specialised Mentoring service into a new area. This would focus on secondary aged young people (13-18) who fall below the threshold for statutory mental health services such as Forward-Thinking Birmingham. The project will recruit a Specialised Mentor to support young people during school term time, each year providing an average of 20 bespoke sessions totaling 360 hours of bespoke mentoring per year for 3 years.

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Grant Details

Award Date 2025-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Last Modified 2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: End Date 2028-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 32
Planned Dates: Start Date 2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
Primary issue Mental health
Amount Awarded 44474.87
Grant Programme: Code 2024
Grant Programme: Title Fairer Future Localities Fund
Amount Applied For 44474.87
Primary age group Young people (13-18)
Primary ethnicity All Ethnicities
Primary beneficiary Children and Young People
Beneficiary Location: Name Birmingham
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E08000025
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type MD
Recipient Org: Web Address http://www.ourplacesupport.org
Recipient Org: Description Our Place Support is an established community organisation providing advice, mentoring, and wellbeing support to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. Founded 14 years ago, we combine crisis intervention with early help to prevent issues escalating into long-term need. Our whole-person, 360-degree support model enables individuals to address interconnected challenges including poverty, unemployment, poor mental health, social isolation. This consistent, non-judgemental approach has helped us build strong, trusted relationships with both the community and partner agencies. Many of the people we support are disengaged from formal systems, and our advice and navigator services act as trusted access points for individuals who are otherwise hard to reach. Each year we support around 1,800 people through a range of targeted and universal services. Our mentoring offer includes specialised one-to-one support for 6–18s with medium to high mental health needs, alongside group mentoring for primary-aged children focused on wellbeing, self-esteem, and prevention of exploitation. We also provide peer mentoring and Mental Health Champions for 14–25s with low-level emotional or mental health challenges. Our Pathway to Potential programme delivers tailored support for young people aged 14+ who are care-experienced, homeless, or in alternative education. Our advice service supports individuals with benefits, housing, and cost-of-living issues, while our Community Navigator service assists people with multiple needs to engage with council, health, mental health, debt, and emergency grant services. Our Community Hub, also a designated Family Hub in Sutton Coldfield, offers a safe, inclusive space and is regularly used by more than 30 partner organisations.