Lifespace is all about helping people change their lives 4 good.

"Your mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions" Oliver Wendll Holmes (1809-94)

Our team are there to reduce disadvantage and difficulty and help people make their own lives:

* easier * safer * stronger * happier * healthier * richer * lighter...

All our work contributes towards the Every Child Matters outcomes (from The Children Act 2004) and complements the government's SEAL strategy (Social & Emotional Aspects of Learning).

 Here's how...

• Lifespace currently provides trained mentors to work with young people in schools & community settings, aged 10-19, to help them overcome difficulties, restore relationships, enrich skills, extend knowledge, improve learning and attainment, strengthen motivation & make positive, safe and healthy lifestyle choices...
• From Autumn 2009, Lifespace has provided trained educators to work in local schools with both class & whole year groups on emotional health & wellbeing, sexual health, positive body image, motivation...
• Lifespace has a small team of licensed training practitioners delivering a frontline course to parents called "How to Drug Proof your Kids" (developed by the national charities, Care for the Family & Hope UK)
• Lifespace works closely in association with other trainers & coaches to facilitate learning with frontline teaching staff on a range of communication and relationship issues

As a project, Lifespace is...

• a carrier of the national Approved Provider Standard from MBF (Mentoring & Befriending Foundation) for safe and effective practice, backed by The Home Office - www.mandbf.org.uk

• signed up to the Faithworks Charter of good practice, which is recommended by the UK government - www.faithworks.info
• signed up to the Respect Yourself Campaign policy on Sexual Health work with vulnerable young people - www.respectyourself.info
• signed up to the Youth Charter as part of the Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS) - www.iyss.org.uk/youthcharter
• a recipient of the Silver Level of the Warwickshire Award for Involvement (WAI) - www.warwickshire.gov.uk/wai

Since 2004 Lifespace has...

• worked with around 500 young people in over a dozen different communities
• been short-listed for a national award for 'Improving the lives of children and young people' (Faithworks / Spurgeon's Network)
• been featured in a national faith-based magazine as a model of excellence
• achieved a county-wide award
• achieved the government-backed national safety & quality standard
• played a significant part in helping many people change their own lives 4 good