Heather's doing the GNR

Heather Woods is raising money for Young Womens Outreach Project
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Great North Run 2017 · 10 September 2017 ·

Young Womens Outreach Project has been running for 21 years. We work with young women and young mothers in Gateshead aged 11-19yrs. We support, guide young women through crisis in their lives. These Crises can be finding out that they are pregnant, problems or struggling in schools, mental health issues, rape, self harm, lack of confidence and self belief, violence or sexual exploitation, the list goes on and on. Many of these young women and mothers are referred into the project by a vast range of professionals or themselves. Once we receive a referral we visit young woman to assess needs and ensure that we are the right people to support them. We are often involved with safeguarding and we ensure our role is about supporting that young woman through the process, with open and an honest approach no matter how difficult. We offer one to one support and group work programmes, and often signpost to other services and professionals who met their needs. Intervention time can be as little as 6 weeks to 18 months. They feel less alone, listened to and supported in issues that are affecting their lives at the time. They develop positive relationships, gain support; they learn coping mechanisms and strategies. Progression leads to young women gaining accreditation, many of the young women who attend do not have any qualifications due to the complexity and the issues in their lives. We aim to re- engage young women and mothers back into education, training or employment.

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I struggle to run for a bus never mind 13.1 miles! However, since I began working for this charity in August of 2016, I have had the privilege of witnessing first hand the impact of the work done here and I want to raise its profile and hopefully raise much needed funds to help keep this service running smoothly. The main aim is to place value, support and guide young women, aged 11-19, who find themselves in crises. 

These crises range from finding out they are pregnant, displacement from home, family struggles, confidence issues, mental health issues, school difficulties or they may be at risk of exploitation due to their vulnerabilities. The charity works with these young women in group settings or one on one to help them overcome or deal with these situations. 

Although the charity has received funding for specific projects so that we can do this work with the young women, running costs including bills, DBS checks and building maintenance are not covered by funders, yet are so key to enabling us to continue doing what we're doing. This is what your generous donations will go towards. 

On a personal note, my passion lies within seeing young people flourish despite any adversity they may be facing. They deserve to be loved, valued and appreciated despite their personal circumstances so naturally I love my job. Doing this run is a something I've always wanted to tick off my bucket list but also terrifies me at the thought of it! Any donations would be wonderfully appreciated and really help us do what we do well.

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£472.00
+ £76.25 Gift Aid
Online
£422.00
Offline
£50.00

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