Young People's Alliance

Project

Target Audience

Young People's Alliance

16-25 year olds

Objectives

Support young people move forward to independent living
Support with training and education opportunities
Support with employment opportunities

Funded By

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

The Young People's Alliance Project is a collaborative project working with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC), CHADD, YMCA, Just Straight Talk, and Green Square Accord.

Through this project, we support 25 young people each year to improve their accommodation needs, supporting them into independent living and helping with bills, tenancy agreement and benefits.

The project also enables us to assist the young people with their training and educational needs, supporting them with employment opportunities.

As an outreach based project providing 1-2-1 support in the community, some of the activities delivered include:

Housing support
PIP advice and advocacy
Benefits and budgeting advice
Referral to specialist services as required

"I felt stuck. I wasn't working, I wasn't studying, and I didn't really see a future for myself. After a while you start believing you're not good enough for anything.

I was surprised to find there were other people just like me, even if I didn’t have the courage at that time to engage with anyone”