SUFFOLK YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH PROJECT

We have raised: £1,194.43

About SUFFOLK YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEALTH PROJECT

4YP is a registered charity operating from an open-access centre in Ipswich town centre. We aim to improve the emotional, physical and social health of young people aged 12-25 from Ipswich and the surrounding area. 4YP offers advice and support on major issues identified by young people themselves: contraception and sexual health, substance and alcohol abuse, depression and mental health issues and self harm, nutrition, diet and obesity. We provide a range of services including drop-in activities (such as art and craft projects, themed discussion groups on issues such as bullying and knife crime), counselling, a sexual health clinic, cookery sessions on healthy eating and cooking on a budget, shower and laundry facilities, programmes on self esteem and confidence building, life and social skills, access to the internet, help with finding employment/education, work experience and volunteering opportunities. 4YP even has an allotment.

Funds raised may be used to ...

10 pounds will fund 45 minutes with a youth worker

Legal description

TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PERSONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING: THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION OF "HEALTH" AS "A STATE OF OPTIMAL PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY" THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE OR CENTRES OFFERING ADVICE, HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND OTHER RELATED SUPPORT; AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THOS PERSONS IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES. THESE SERVICES AND FACILITIES WILL ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.