IGNITE LIFE

We would like to raise money to go towards a community larder and continuing to support families in food poverty with food parcels.

Funding facilitated 24 young people with 6 counselling sessions, 96 1:1 mentoring sessions and 150 people with essential food support!

Towards the core costs of the mentoring and counselling service for young people experiencing challenges and disadvantage in South Gloucestershire.

towards core costs (including part funding towards a new staff member to support with fundraising and volunteer management)

As requested by the donor towards debt advice.

Towards a staff member who will prioritise funding, and new accounting software to strengthen resilience and continue adapting to change.

Unrestricted funding to tackle financial hardship

Towards the running of the group's food bank.

We aim to provide mental health support through professional counselling to disadvantaged young people and families who can't access support from other local services due to social inequalities.

refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Bristol

Mentoring sessions for at-risk young people during the holidays.

Overall expansion and development

Covid response

This funding will go towards expanding Ignite Life's reach by providing CrossFit classes to disadvantaged young people through creating a new project which will team up with their counselling and mentoring services. .

This funding will provide over 44 disadvantaged and/or marginalised young people with at least 6 weeks of essential counselling.

Towards the continuation and expansion of a food delivery service and counselling service for young people, as well as to recruit more volunteers.

The funding will be used to develop and expand this organisation which will include employing a new counsellor expanding its volunteering programme and updating its website. The project aims to improve its services enabling the group to better ....more

The funding will be used to develop and expand this organisation which will include employing a new counsellor expanding its volunteering programme and updating its website. The project aims to improve its services enabling the group to better support the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

Core costs

Ignite aims to help young people overcome adversity. We run three main services which work holistically to reduce disadvantage while raising aspirations and providing life-changing opportunities. We run a counselling service for young people. ....more

Ignite aims to help young people overcome adversity. We run three main services which work holistically to reduce disadvantage while raising aspirations and providing life-changing opportunities. We run a counselling service for young people. Mental-health support is vital and, too often, disadvantaged young people slip through the net. We also run a food delivery service which, since April 2020, has provided over 80,000 meals to families in food poverty. Food poverty can act as a barrier to fulfilling other aspects of life such as employment, mental health and relationships. Finally, we run a bespoke mentoring service for young people when school environments are not meeting their needs. Mentoring provides young people, who are at risk of exclusion, have been excluded or are at-risk of anti-social behaviour, with life changing opportunities which raise aspirations and help to reach potential. Our mentoring provides access to exercise and a fully functioning CrossFit gym, additionally, some of our mentors are qualified personal trainers, boxers and football players who are able to build healthy relationships with vulnerable young people. Mentoring provides all rounded support that helps develop life skills while supporting with mental health challenges and reducing risk factors which, in turn, build stronger and more resilient communities. All of our services work collaboratively towards reaching all of the provided outcomes and Ignite believes that holistic support is vital for young people to thrive. We use sport for the majority of our young people as a way of fostering healthy relationships while encouraging healthy life styles. We are able to provide at-risk and disadvantaged young people with sports and nutrition provisions or work experiences and access to resources that will help them get to where they'd need to be. There is huge amount of inequality among the provisions that young people receive based on their backgrounds, family networks and where they were born; these unavoidable starting points in life should never be a barrier to achieving your full potential. Evidence shows that socioeconomically disadvantaged young people are less likely to engage in physical activity, however, sport can contribute to tackling social exclusion. In addition, disadvantaged young people may never access experiences that could lead to better futures, we want to bridge this gap by providing bespoke mentoring which provides access to a range of sports training opportunities, qualifications and nutrition courses.

Summer Playscheme

towards the surplus food delivery project and running costs (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)

To operate a surplus food distribution project and, due to COVID-19, for the benefit of vulnerable young people.

To operate a surplus food distribution project to vulnerable families.

Towards a fundraising manager post to help the organisation explore new funding opportunities and expand essential services.

Providing a vital welfare check, hot meal and/or essential goods for vulnerable young people who receive free school meals during the period of school closures, by trained professionals.