Youth-Led Support for Wellbeing and Inclusion
We champion peer-led approaches and youth voice — creating opportunities for young people to support one another, share experiences and shape the support around them.
Many of our projects are influenced by the Five Ways to Wellbeing — an evidence-based framework that supports positive mental health through five simple actions (connecting with others, being active, learning new things, giving back and taking notice). We embed these elements throughout our activities to help young people build resilience and feel good.
We work particularly with young people navigating inequalities — including those who are LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent — alongside more universal offers open to all.
Current Projects
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Young Mental Health Champions
Location: Buckinghamshire
The Young Mental Health Champions (YMHC) programme empowers young people to have a positive influence on their own mental health and the mental health of those around them.
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Community Garden Project
Location: Marlow
A project that invites young people (aged 11-18) who feel passionate about the environment to spend one day in every school holiday helping look after our community garden.
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MY Space
Location: Marlow — open to young people from surrounding areas
A small youth group at Marlow Youth Centre providing a space for young people aged 11-18 to connect, make friends and be their authentic selves.
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The Saturday Space
Location: Marlow — open to young people from Bucks, Berks and nearby areas who can travel to us
A club for neurodivergent young people offering connection, creativity and support.
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Q Hub Slough – LGBTQ+ youth group
Location: Slough — open to young people from the surrounding area who can travel to us
A safe, inclusive space for LGBTQ+ young people to meet, connect and be themselves.
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Q Hub – Over The Rainbow
Location: Buckinghamshire
A welcoming space in Bucks for LGBTQ+ young people to connect, share and feel celebrated.
Past Projects
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In Your Element – Marlow Teen Wellbeing Festival
Free Spring holiday event with a range of activities and talks for young people aged 13–16, plus live performances by Jam Theatre Company.
Friday 12 April, 2024: 1–6pm
@ The Ark Café, Marlow + other town-centre venues
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The Thames Valley Neurodiversity Umbrella Project 2023
Bringing businesses and schools together to celebrate neurodiversity and to
help us all think differently about thinking differently -
The Health Based Youth Workers’ Group
A group of practitioners delivering Youth Work in hospitals and/or other healthcare or health-based settings who come together as a network to share ideas and expertise.
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MY Family
A peer support group for parents/carers of young people who are 11–25 years old and are experiencing mental health difficulties
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Young Volunteers
Gain new skills and make a real difference with our Young Volunteers programme
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Boost Mental Health Project
The Boost project is being delivered by Slough-based charity Together As One, working in partnership with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
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ADHD course: Bucks
Location: Online open to parents/carers from across Bucks
A course for parents of children & young people pre & post assessment for ADHD run by people with lived experience
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Get Creative This Half Term – Help Tell the Marlow Donkey Railway Story
Free half-term event with creative activities for children and young people aged 5–16
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Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Easter 2025 – Bucks
Location: Buckinghamshire
Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) camps for children and young people Easter 2025