SW!TCH

A better alternative for young people.

Listening to the voices of Generation Zoom

On 19 January 2022, we hosted the online event, What is the Future for Generation Zoom? Finding your herd, where we looked at the long-term effects of multiple lockdowns and two years of social distancing on the mental health of young people. During the event, LifeLine Projects CEO Nathan got to speak with two young people from our SW!TCH programme,...

2 years ago

by Nathan Singleton

SW!TCHed minds, changed lives: the impact of SW!TCH Minds on vulnerable young people

We wanted to share a few of the inspiring stories we've been hearing from young people currently taking part in SW!TCH Minds.

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Team Spotlights

Introducing Anistasia James, Community Development Worker

We are excited to welcome Anistasia to the LifeLine team, who will be working on our new capacity-building SW!TCH Communities programme in the local area. We hope you enjoy getting to know Ani as much as we did!

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

SW!TCH Lives: Stop and search training with the Metropolitan Police

Stop and search is a popular crime monitoring tool utilised by the Metropolitan Police. It's viewed as one of the best ways to tackle crime and keep our streets safe. The police have the right to stop and search anyone, no matter how old they are. Should that person be quite young, there is no obligation to carry out the...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

What is the future for Generation Zoom? Finding your herd.

On Wednesday 19th January 2022, we hosted an online event to explore the effects of lockdown on young people and the impact on their mental health.

2 years ago

by Nathan Singleton

LifeLine launches new community capacity building programme

LifeLine is pleased to announce the launch of a new capacity building programme, SW!TCH Communities. The programme is funded by the

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

SW!TCH Rights: Finding out how stop and search affects young people

I read recently in a Metropolitan Police report that London youth crime figures have decreased by 50% over the last five years but, in the last year alone, the use of stop and search in England and Wales had risen by 24%. The Metropolitan Police made almost half (49%) of all stop and searches in England and Wales and the...

2 years ago

by Nathan Singleton

What does community mean to you?

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. Coretta Scott King Ibn Khaldun, the Arab philosopher, popularised the concept of asabiyyah عصبيّة‎. The idea that a community has a sense of shared purpose that link members of different social groups to one another.Mpu Tantular, the 14th century Javanese poet, coined the term...

2 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Safeguarding: “If you trust me to tell me…”

Here at LifeLine, when we're working with young people, you'll often hear us say,"If you trust me to tell me, you need to trust me to do the right thing with what you tell me."And that means, even if it's not immediately obvious, we're doing what we believe is in their best interest.A lot of what we do to help...

2 years ago

by Daniel Chery

SW!TCH activity: Let’s dance!

Our SW!TCH team will be holding dance sessions every Tuesday from 4PM to 5:45PM at the Frenford Youth Club at the Jack Carter Centre in Ilford.For more info, get in touch with Georgia at [email protected] or on 07495 872310.

3 years ago

by LifeLine Comms Team

Compassion will unite us all

On 7th May 2020 the city of Richmond, Virginia, USA joined the International Charter for Compassion, a global movement guided by the Golden Rule of treating others as you wish others to treat you. Richmond wants compassion to be at the core of its community. What if every organisation put compassion at the core of their business culture?

3 years ago

by Diana These, Vivien Palmer and Terri Noone

Team Spotlights

Introducing David Johnson, Youth Development Worker

David was born and brought up in Lewisham, London. Although both his parents were born in Jamaica, he has managed to trace within his family a Cuban and Chinese ancestry line. His parents had a strong work ethic and expected all their children to excel at school. David admits he wasn't that academic as he was more interested in working...

3 years ago

by David Johnson

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