LifeLine works with young people, and by walking the difficult—and occasionally traumatic—path alongside young people, investing personally in their lives and championing them, we’ve seen them undertake the most amazing transformations.
SW!TCH Lives offers a better alternative for young people at risk of Serious Youth Violence.
Young people are introduced through their school and are supported to reflect, share feelings, concerns and experiences about the violence they have experienced.
Those who are most at risk will be offered a VIP-trained mentor, to support them to develop better self-esteem and identify and change the risky behaviours that brought them to this point.
This preventative approach has proven to be the catalyst for young people turning from involvement in knife crime or gangs, improving their school attendance – in some cases by 350%! – gaining a vision that acts as a catalyst for behaviour change and securing positive post-16 progressions.
We have been able to engage parents who had almost given up hope and work in close partnership with local schools to ensure that these students succeed
SW!TCH draws on LifeLine’s 20+ years’ experience of working with young people through our award-winning VIP Mentoring scheme, growing since 2000.
Today’s SW!TCH programmes bring solutions to young people that are in danger of becoming involved in serious youth violence or have poor mental health.
SW!TCH Lives empowers young people to change the direction that their life is taking—enabling and supporting them to take positive steps to become the agents who will bring change to the neighbourhoods in which they live and school communities that they belong to.
LifeLine works with young people, and by walking the difficult—and occasionally traumatic—path alongside young people, investing personally in their lives and championing them, we’ve seen them undertake the most amazing transformations.
SW!TCH Lives offers a better alternative for young people at risk of Serious Youth Violence.
Young people are introduced through their school and are supported to reflect, share feelings, concerns and experiences about the violence they have experienced.
Those who are most at risk will be offered a VIP-trained mentor, to support them to develop better self-esteem and identify and change the risky behaviours that brought them to this point.
This preventative approach has proven to be the catalyst for young people turning from involvement in knife crime or gangs, improving their school attendance – in some cases by 350%! – gaining a vision that acts as a catalyst for behaviour change and securing positive post-16 progressions.
We have been able to engage parents who had almost given up hope and work in close partnership with local schools to ensure that these students succeed
SW!TCH draws on LifeLine’s 20+ years’ experience of working with young people through our award-winning VIP Mentoring scheme, growing since 2000.
Today’s SW!TCH programmes bring solutions to young people that are in danger of becoming involved in serious youth violence or have poor mental health.
SW!TCH Lives empowers young people to change the direction that their life is taking—enabling and supporting them to take positive steps to become the agents who will bring change to the neighbourhoods in which they live and school communities that they belong to.
