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Tips and wisdom from Royston Dawswell, Youth Development Worker and Parent Champion Co-ordinator
This month, we’d like to introduce Royston, an incredibly dedicated Youth Development Worker within our SW!TCH team and one of our Parent Champion Co-ordinators. Royston has a wealth of experience and melds his two disciplines with infinite precision. We hope
We do better working together
As someone who runs a large charity, I am amazed at how many diverse people and systems it takes to manage and complete all our work successfully. You may ask, “Why have so many different people then?” If there’s one
LifeLine to run Serious Group Violence mentoring service in Havering
We’re pleased to announce that LifeLine have been awarded the contract to run the Serious Group Violence (SGV) Mentoring Service for the London Borough of Havering. As part of our SW!TCH Lives programme, the service will run for the next
My hero and mentor
Richard was the definition of a natural leader, someone that people easily follow. He was inspiring for his actions, his bravery, his sacrifice, and his interest in other people. I knew Richard not only cared for me, but also that he had a vision for me. He believed in me from an early age, but he was very subtle in encouraging me to help other people help themselves. He was especially useful in the youth work in which I was involved. He gave his life to young people and he inspired me to greatness. He demonstrated behaviours that I still consciously seek to replicate today.
Introducing Jenny Dixon, Lead Bid Writer
This month, we sit down with Jenny Dixon, who has been working on our Business Development team for just over two years and, in recognition of her outstanding contribution, has just been promoted to Lead Bid Writer! We hope you
LifeLine launches new partnership for mentoring in Redbridge
We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with the London Borough of Redbridge to deliver high-quality one-to-one mentoring through SW!TCH Futures in ten new schools across the area. This extension to our SW!TCH Futures programme will ensure every young person
The importance of engaging parents and carers in understanding and tackling knife crime
This article was first published by Fighting Knife Crime London on their website and in issue four of their magazine. Reproduced with permission. With thanks to Bruce Houlder CB QC DL, Project Founder Fighting Knife Crime London, and Dr. Nadia
Introducing Junior Youth Development Workers Dara and Sara
This month, we’re delighted to introduce two recent additions to our SW!TCH team, Dara and Sara. They first came to us as mentees through the SW!TCH, before rising to the challenge and supporting other young people as SW!TCH Ambassadors. Now
Updates on capacity-building in Havering and Redbridge
Six months on, Anistasia and Kerry from the SW!TCH team share some updates on the progress of our capacity building progamme in Havering and Redbridge. Our team have been supporting and strengthening the local communities of Harold Hill and Hainault,
LifeLine wins £500k funding to expand youth work in east London
We’re very excited to announce that LifeLine Projects has recently been awarded £500,000 from the Mayor of London’s New Deal for Young People fund to deliver our award-winning SW!TCH mentoring programme to schools across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge
Stories and successes from the second year of SW!TCH Minds
Back in June 2021, we presented you with some stats from the first full year of SW!TCH Minds. The programme has now been operating for over two full years and two cohorts of young people have taken part in a
LifeLine to continue championing health and care through local Healthwatch
LifeLine Projects are delighted to announce we have been appointed by Barking and Dagenham Council to deliver Healthwatch in the borough after a tender process. LifeLine have hosted Healthwatch for the last five years and will continue to ensure that
