As most of you know grants for charities are becoming much harder to get. This is a fantastic local charity based in Barnstaple that needs our support! Because of this I will be running 3 miles a day everyday in March! This is a total of 93 miles.

Family Compass offers early mental health support to children and young people up to the age of 25 as well as their family across North Devon.

The Inhale Exhale Programme provides-

- 12 x 1:1 Therapeutic Mentoring sessions to children, aiming to explore difficult thoughts and feelings, and find ways to manage them more effectively.

- 12 x Counselling support sessions with a trainee counsellor for young people aged between 14 and 25, and for parents who might be struggling with their children's mental health.

- Various groups e.g. a drop in group for children awaiting support or who have previously been supported.

Unfortunately Family Compass has more requests for help than they have spaces for, continuously holding a waiting list and often having to turn families away. However they are keen to raise the funds to be able to increase the capacity of the team to meet the need within the local community.

Family Compass relies on grant funding, donations and fundraising to be able to offer mental health support to the community for free.

Thank you for reading this and for your support.