About Us We are the Isle of Wight's leading independent organisation committed to improving the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people on our island. While we offer a range of support for children, young people and their families, the majority of our work is concerned with providing a professional one-to-one counselling service. We have a long established history supporting young people on the Isle of Wight for over 35 years and have also been helping younger children since 2005, when we expanded our service to include our under 13s service, helping younger children. In recent years, we have established a family counselling service as well as a drugs and alcohol specialist service. Our approach Our approach is youth-led and evidence based, working in partnership with our young people in order to develop services which directly meet their needs. Integral to this, is our focus on working in partnership with a range of agencies and community stakeholders, to ensure young people who need support are identified early. As well as the service we offer at our headquarters in Newport we also work collaboratively with GPs, schools and community groups as part of our outreach services, providing 15 outreach locations around the island where our services can be accessed. In addition to schools and GP surgeries, these include places like The Foyer in Ryde, which provides housing for young people who are homeless or have come through the care system. Part of the reason for doing this is to make the service we offer as accessible to as many children and young people as possible. We also work in partnership with statutory services, delivering counselling for under 18s under contract from the NHS. We are the largest independent provider of youth mental health services on the island. These under 18 services are heavily subsidized through our community support, and we also fully-fund all our work with young adults over 18, and our family therapy work.