Liz Carter, Manager

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Liz Carter, Manager Liz.carter_at_nolimitshelp.org.uk

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History
Hampshire wide Children and young people under 26
in 2012/13 40,954 contacts
Now 5,911 young people per year, Hampshire wide
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So what do we really do? (Southampton services)

• X3 open access drop-in centres offering
  Information, Advice Counselling, Advocacy and
  Support services for all young people under 26
• Floating Support services for young people 16-25
  (housing support)
• DASH drug alcohol support and health for
  11-18s
• Teen Safehouse, 13-19 (referral through No Limits
  or CAMHs)
• Anger Management groups (Under 16s and Over
  16s)
• Health and well-being drop-ins in all 3 colleges
  and 8 secondary schools in Southampton.
• Bright Beginnings working with young pregnant
  families or babies up to age of 2
• Next Steps young offenders, care leavers and
  carers
• Miss U U Turn sexual exploitation project 8-18
  (25 if a Care Leaver)
• Advocacy to Looked After Children and Young
  People, Care Leavers and Children and Young
  people in need aged 10-21
• Street Safe no 2nd night out (housing
  homelessness)
• Website
• Email and telephone support

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So what do we really do? (Hampshire services)

• Just 4 U Project Advocacy and Independent
  Visiting to Children and young people in care, or
  leaving care. Hampshire wide project including
  sessions at Swanick Lodge Secure Unit.
• Health Wellbeing drop-ins in schools and
  colleges in Eastleigh
• A2T in Eastleigh
• Website, email telephone support
• Breakout (Hampshire and Southampton) Host the
  Youth Group for LGBT young people aged 11-21
• Next Steps supporting young carers/care leavers
  young offenders in transition
• Right 2B Safe Hampshire wide one-2-one work
  with young people at risk of / or experiencing
  neglect, abuse, sexual exploitation

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Ethos of No Limits

• Safeguarding children, young people vulnerable
  adults.
• Quick and easy access to specialist services
• Non-judgmental, confidential services which are
  all free to young people under the age of 26
• All parts of the service integrated to offer
  young people a full package of support
• Work together as a team to support each other and
  the young people who use our service
• Offer information, advice, support, advocacy and
  counselling to help young people make their own
  informed decisions about their own lives.

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• No Limits is a YIACS
• (youth information advice counselling service)
• Open to all young people, YIACS offer a universal
  access point to targeted and specialist services,
  supporting young people on a diverse range of
  issues that are frequently inter-related
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• social welfare issues e.g. benefits, housing,
  debt, employment
• mental emotional health issues e.g. depression,
  low self-esteem, self-harm, family problems
  stress
• wider personal and health issues e.g.
  relationships, sexual health, drugs alcohol,
  healthy eating and access to leisure pursuits
• practical issues e.g. careers, money management,
  independent living skills
• http//youthaccess.org.uk/

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No Limits Floating Support a typical month
(Sept 2011)   Funding Applications to
Personalisation Resource- 1526.45 Funding
applications to Municipal Charities-
680.00 Tax Credit backdates-
1798.50 Community care Grant appeals-
487.00 Discretionary Housing Benefit payments-
1461.69 Housing Benefit backdates-
900.00 Employment and Support Allowance appeals-
864.36 Child Benefit backdates-
300.00 Returned bank charges-
40.00 Income Support backdates-
700.00 Total 8758.00   This is all
additional income to the young people supported
by the service (up to 100 young people every
month), that they would not have received without
the support of their allocated workers.
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