Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

THE YOUTH COUNSELLING PROJECT 

The Youth Counselling Project provides the funds for school based counselling by specialist counsellors to young people. The service offers emotional support in a safe and professional space where children can talk about their problems without shame or discrimination. Funds are raised through grant applications and local fund raising, and administered by Trustees and volunteers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 7 years

www.tycp.org.uk

office@youthcounsellingproject.org.uk

07432 872231

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£105£52£53n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/22£59£57£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£61£40£21n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/07/20£42£34£8n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/19*£30£22£8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/18£33£17£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sussex Community Foundation£34,280
National Lottery Community Fund£29,180
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Grocers' Charity£4,900
Co-Operative Group£3,192
Henry Smith Charity£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Youth Counselling Project
£4,900 22/06/2022
towards programme costs to provide 100 free listening and signposting services for 10 children to respond to an increase in demand from Seaford children during the past year (180%).
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£5,880 11/03/2022
4
Funding was provided towards increased costs to meet demand following COVID.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making a difference
£10,000 11/03/2022
The funding will be used to meet the increased demand for the organisation's free counselling services for young people in Seaford. The project provides vital support for young people experiencing ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - The Youth Counselling Project
£9,800 26/01/2022
Funding was provided to enable them to provide each child with 10 virtual counselling sessions with a trained therapist.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to TYCP
£2,000 23/09/2021
towards one year's running costs of a counselling project for children whose mental health has been affected by Coronavirus in a deprived area of East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£9,000 24/05/2021
The Youth Counselling Project supports children in Seaford facing mental health issues. Their focus is upon early intervention before acute need develops. Funding was provided to support the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 14/05/2021
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The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 11/02/2021
towards the provision of virtual counselling sessions for young people with mental health needs over the next six months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£3,192 24/10/2020
It will help children lead happier lives, enabling them to make a positive contribution and reducing health problems later in life.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 02/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk Back
£10,000 22/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide virtual counselling sessions for children who are facing mental health difficulties. The project aims to enhance the people's confidence and wellbeing during the ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£4,800 21/04/2020
The Youth Counselling Project deliver free, specialist psychotherapeutic counselling to school children in Seaford who are facing mental health difficulties and who have been referred by their ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£4,800 05/07/2019
10
Funding was provided towards project delivery costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Youth Counselling Project
£9,180 09/05/2019
12
A project to provide counselling for children affected by mental health disabilities. This will enable them to fulfil their potential by raising awareness by working in collaboration with schools and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£6,895 19/11/2018
Funds allow us to offer a free psychotherapeutic counselling service to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Youth Counselling Project
£4,800 20/11/2017
10
The Youth Counselling Project deliver free, specialist psychotherapeutic counselling to school children in East Sussex who are facing mental health difficulties and who have been referred by their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Youth Counselling Project
£9,035 09/08/2017
12
This pilot project will provide therapeutic counselling to children with range of mental health issues including anxiety and self-harm.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

  • JULIA HANCOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Occupational Therapist
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2017, number: 1174102
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR19: 5 days late,
Main office

19 Upper Belgrave Road
SEAFORD
BN25 3SQ

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN ATTENDING EAST SUSSEX PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING SERVICES. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS, GOVERNORS, SUPPORT STAFF AND PARENTS AND CARERS IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES EXPERIENCED BY CHILDREN ATTENDING EAST SUSSEX PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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