SW!TCH

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Capacity building programme SW!TCH Communities receives extra funding

LifeLine is pleased to announce that our capacity building programme, SW!TCH Communities, has received extra funding from London's

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Team Spotlights

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 I was born in Stratford and raised in Manor Park. For me, Manor Park was very normal, well-located, just a useful place to grow up. It was me and my five siblings living in a single parent household.My mother is...

2 years ago

by Royston Dawswell

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 The SGV Mentoring Service provides support to vulnerable young people in Havering, who are at risk of or who are currently known to the Criminal Justice System, to prevent their situation...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

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.

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

The importance of engaging parents and carers in understanding and tackling knife crime

This article was first published by Fighting Knife Crime London

2 years ago

by Nathan Singleton

Team Spotlights

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 they've become fully-fledged members of the team as our new Junior Youth Development Workers.We hope you enjoy hearing about their...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

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, working to develop a local response to serious youth violence and enable them to protect and support young people who...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

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 for the next two years.

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Stories and successes from the second year of SW!TCH Minds

What young people want from SW!TCH Minds

2 years ago

by Rachel Dunford

Team Spotlights

Introducing Ruth Lowe, Head of Young People’s Services

We're excited to welcome Ruth to the LifeLine team, where she'll be guiding our youth work and the SW!TCH programme as our new Head of Young People's Services. We hope you enjoy getting to know Ruth as much as we did!

2 years ago

by Ruth Lowe

Team Spotlights

A farewell to Daniel Chery, SW!TCH Minds Manager

At the end of last month, we said farewell to Daniel Chery, who had been managing our SW!TCH Minds programme for the past two-and-a-half years. We're sad to see Daniel go, as his passion for supporting young people and drive for improvement were truly invaluable to the team. We wish Daniel all the best in his future endeavours.

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Current SW!TCH Activities

Our SW!TCH team are out and about, holding positive activities for young people across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge. See the timetable below to find out where they'll be! If you want to join in, get in touch with us by calling 020 8597 2900 or emailing us at [email protected].

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

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