Useful Organisations
Connexions
Providing support, advice and guidance for young people for all 13-19 year olds (and up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities) to access or maintain themselves in education, training or employment. Also has a good section on leaving care.
The Matthew project
supporting people with drug and alcohol related issues
providing innovative education about the risks of drugs and alcohol
empowering people to make more informed choices
Free and confidential advice to anyone affected by drugs and alcohol
Talk about you
A useful site which offers a variety of good information for young people including sexual health and relationships. www.talkaboutyou.org/news/talkaboutsex.cfmNorfolk blurb
Looking for something to do? Problems to talk about? Want to make some new friends? Look no further, Norfolk Blurb, the Norfolk County Council's website for young people is bursting with activities, articles and plenty more. This site also offers a link to Norfolk Youth fund and you can download application forms from here.
Off Centre Counselling Service
Freephone: 0800 917 5 917
Off Centre provides free counselling with trained youth counsellors for young people aged 11-19 years across the whole of the county of Norfolk. It is a partnership project between Norfolk County Council Children's Services, Mancroft Advice Project and the Matthew Project Tier 2 Team
The Mancroft advice Project (MAP)
The Mancroft Advice Project, better known as MAP, is an independent information, advice and counselling service for young people aged between 11 and 25.
People come to get information or advice on all sorts of issues: housing, drugs, sexual health, your rights, benefits, money, the list goes on. If we can't help we generally know who can.
www.map11-25.org/youth/index.htm