Half of all mental health problems have been established by the age of 14, rising to 75% by the age of 24. Young people experiencing problems with their mental health or emotional well-being have an increased risk of needing further intervention later in life, which could include needing to access homelessness services. Equally, young people facing homelessness are often also experiencing difficulties with their mental health or emotional well-being so we offer both early outreach support for younger people (11-16), and specialist support for young people in accommodation services.
Counselling
Future STEPS
Open access advice, information, and mediation service.
Youth AIMS is an open access advice, information, and mediation service which offers guidance to young people and their families in areas such as housing, homelessness, money and debt management, relationships and employment.
We offer a free, confidential drop-in service. We're here to provide support and advice for anyone aged 16-25. We are here to listen and provide support and guidance on a number of issues including:
Our Step Chat web function is manned by our Youth AIMS team and offers similar advice, guidance, and signposting remotely.
1,200
counselling sessions were delivered over the last year.
289
young people seen by Youth AIMS and prevented homelessness for 84 young people last year.
When Lisa first met with Sarah at Youth AIMS, she was very unhappy at college but didn't feel confident to broach the subject with her parents.
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