Partners, Funders & Sponsors

Partners

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)

U18s Wellbeing Counselling Service

Since 2017, 4YP has been funded by the NSFT to provide the U18s Wellbeing counselling service. Offering an average of 240 counselling sessions per month, either face-to-face, virtually or by phone, this service provides support to 280 young people each year.

Suffolk County Council

Child Weight Management

4YP provides holistic healthy lifestyle support to a small cohort of young people identified as needing support with the management of their weight.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

Diabetes Transition Service

As part of a national youth social prescribing pilot, 4YP is a specialist provider of Health Coach Youth Workers to the Ipswich Hospital diabetes transition service, supporting clinics and individual young people, to increase their engagement in maintaining their own wellbeing and to contribute to reducing hospital admissions.

Ipswich Town Football Club Foundation

Post-16 Football & Education Programme

4YP is developing a programme of wraparound support for male and female elite young footballers seeking careers in sport, who are continuing their education with Ipswich Town Football club when they leave secondary school.

Suffolk Information Partnerships

In 2023 4YP became a member of the Warm Handovers Referral Scheme; a trusted and coordinated network of statutory, voluntary and independent sector organisations, who provide healthcare, financial or wellbeing support services to young people who are Suffolk residents. This enables referrals to be made and received for people who would benefit from what different organisations offer and means that they only need to tell their story once.

Thomas Wolsey 550

The ‘Thomas Wolsey 550’ project launched in March 2023 to recognise and celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c1473-1530). 4YP is pleased to support the project as it looks to build a new legacy for 0–25 year-olds, that increases social mobility – helping to build a sense of aspiration for local people – and promotes mental or physical health and wellbeing through accessing and/or experiencing local culture and heritage.

The Mix (Stowmarket)

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council’s Youth Social Prescribing

Together The Mix and 4YP provide Youth Link Workers to four secondary schools and their feeder primary schools, across two district councils, working with individuals and cohorts of young people to improve their wellbeing.

The Youth Link Workers work with each young person and their family to identify and access community activities that suit their interests and improve their wellbeing and provide activities within the school setting that are co-designed with young people and school teams e.g., gender groups and after school groups.

Newmarket Charitable Foundation

4YP are leading a consultation amongst young people in Newmarket, with a view to developing new provision that meets their needs.

Workhorse Generation – charitable support

The vision shared by Workhorse Generation and all their Charity Partners and supporters is to create a better world and support tomorrow’s generation through all that life throws at them as they prepare for working life.

Funders

BBC Children in Need

Supporting 4YP’s core costs, which enables the employment of professionals in the areas of operations and finance that is essential in supporting our frontline staff working with children and young people.

Kesgrave Town Council

Detached youth work and a community youth club

Police & Crime Commissioner

Detached youth work in Chantry, Gainsborough and Nacton

Ipswich Borough Council

Support with providing counselling, youth work 1:1s and groups

Rope Trust

Support towards the costs of employing youth workers

East Suffolk Council

Additional counselling at Farlingaye High School

Pixel

Free, self-requested counselling.