Champions Support Network

A helping hand for parents and carers facing challenges with raising a young person.

Case Studies

Wendy’s Story: Hope after hardship

The Champions Support Network (CSN) is a LifeLine Projects programme designed to support parents and carers of young people, particularly during challenging times. It offers a local support network led by Champion Peer Mentors (parents and carers from the community who have relevant lived experience and training). These mentors guide participants through navigating systems, sharing practical advice and emotional support.

10 months ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

News

Champions Support Network: Growing together to support families

For over five years, LifeLine Projects’ Champions Support Network (CSN) has been helping parents and carers strengthen their skills, build confidence, and connect with others in their community. Launched during the COVID lockdown, the programme offered workshops on resilience, stress management, communication, self-esteem, and dealing with conflict, along with issues such as youth violence, child exploitation, stop and search, substance...

11 months ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

Case Studies

Ashley’s Story: Finding strength through the Champions Support Network

When I first met Ashley, she was an unhappy single mum caring for her young daughter. She was isolated and unsure where to turn. The challenges she faced left her without confidence, and she often described feeling invisible. With her child, she said she was on her own and, at times, it felt as though she didn’t have a voice.

11 months ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

Case Studies

Sherri’s Story: A journey towards stability

The Champions Support Network has been supporting parents and carers with raising young people in Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge since 2020. Thanks to continued funding from London’s Violence Reduction Unit, the CSN trains peer mentors from the community to support other parents, arranges a range of activities to help families build connection and friendship, and delivers a programme of training...

2 years ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

Case Studies

Case Study: Champions Support Network

The Champions Support Network has been supporting parents and carers with raising young people in Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge since 2020. Thanks to continued funding from London’s Violence Reduction Unit, the CSN trains peer mentors from the community to support other parents, arranges a range of activities to help families build connection and friendship, and delivers a programme of training...

2 years ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

News

Supporting adults, families, and communities

Our new Family Services team have been hard at work this year, delivering a range of programmes to adults, families, and communities across East London.The Champions Support Network, which brings parents and carers together to form community support networks, particularly dealing with youth violence, exclusion and mental health. We run coffee mornings to forge connections plus workshops and training to...

3 years ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

Articles

Let’s talk about change: how to deliver a successful support programme

It's funny how change affects people. I'd say many of us struggle with the idea of change. That may be because we see it as something that undermines our stability, that unsettles the status quo. We'd rather stick with what we have than risk it all for a better deal. Yet change is all around us. Think about your favourite...

3 years ago

 by Nathan Singleton

Articles

Offering support for every kind of family

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges. Tim Berners-Lee Over the many years that I've worked in the charity sector, I've seen countless new initiatives and programmes launched with the aim of supporting and helping families.I once took part in a team-building exercise that involved everyone being given six Lego bricks. You were given...

4 years ago

 by Nathan Singleton

News

The Champions Support Network returns

We're pleased to announce that we have secured a financial boost from The Mayor of London Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), which will allow us to help to support proactive parents across three London boroughs, who themselves have conquered all the odds, to become Parent Champions for parents and carers in need of support, direction, and solutions for their...

4 years ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

Team Spotlights

Introducing Sunita Bhakar, Champions Support Worker

This month, we'd like to introduce Sunita, who first came to us two years ago as a Parent Champion with our Champions Support Network, providing guidance to parents and carers. She's now a Support Worker, assisting and encouraging other Parent Champions with their mentoring. Where did you grow up? After living in Newham for just over a year, I had...

4 years ago

 by LifeLine Comms Team

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