The funding Relate West Surrey received from HSYA went on to help 12 children or young people aged between 10 and 18 years. We offered each individual six 40-minute counselling sessions to help them with their mental health issues. They would not have received counselling if not for the financial support of the HSYA. Their issues included anxiety, poor family relationships, poor self-image and lack of confidence. We helped them by providing them with the tools to develop resilience and improved communication skills.

We measured how well each young person had done by setting up 3 goals, each of their own choosing. Each goal is scored from 1 to 10 at the start of the counselling sessions, and the same goals were scored again at the end of the sessions; the higher the scores, the more the goals had been reached. In the same quarter of July to the end of September 2022, the goal-based outcomes measure for children and young people showed an improvement of 62% on average.

From the outcome measures and case studies we receive from counsellors; we know that the work we carry out with young people provides them with the tools they need to develop the resilience needed to improve their mental health going forward.

Relate West Surrey

Awarded 2022-2023