🧠 Creative Mentoring & Personal Growth
Not every young person connects through talking. Not every child thrives with therapy. And not every mind responds to pressure, forms, or labels.
Some young people need safety through play. Some need passion, purpose, or peer connection. Some need someone to believe in them — gently and consistently — without needing them to “fix” anything first.
This is where our Creative Mentoring & Personal Growth services step in. We meet young people where they are — through gaming, creativity, entrepreneurship, or identity work — and help them grow into who they really are.
“My child had shut down for nearly a year. This was the first time I saw him laugh again.” – Parent
🚨 Why These Services Are Needed
- School refusal is rising, especially among neurodivergent pupils (DfE, 2023)
- CAMHS waiting lists are at crisis levels, with little relational or non-clinical support available
- Many young people say they mask, shut down, or go invisible in traditional environments
- Neurodivergent teens have among the highest rates of anxiety, trauma, and post-exclusion fallout
- Children with PDA profiles are often excluded or misunderstood by mainstream support
- There’s a shortage of mentoring that is both relationship-based and sensory-informed
📊 The Gap in Provision
- Very limited non-clinical, interest-led, trauma-informed mentoring options
- Creative or play-based interventions often stop after age 11
- Few services offer identity work or expression for post-exclusion or EBSA youth
- Traditional services often focus on deficits, not passions or purpose
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💡 Our Solution: Five Services Built for Trust, Play & Purpose
We offer five flexible services — all built around safety, co-regulation, creativity, and relationship:
🎮 Gaming Minds – 1:1 online mentoring through games to build trust and emotional goals.
🚀 Passion Pathways – Mentoring through interests like music, baking, art, or gaming.
💡 Young Dream Builders – Help turning passions into purpose-led projects or businesses.
🎭 Unmask Me – Creative therapeutic mentoring for those who mask or shut down.
🤝 Also Me – Peer and 1:1 circles for siblings and young carers. -
🧰 Emotional Tools & Creative Supports
Each service can include tools like:
🧭 PDA Compass
🧪 Calm Lab
🧰 Reset Box
🎨 Say It Without Words
✨ Safe Start
🧸 Home Ground -
🎯 What These Services Achieve
- Re-engagement in learning, life or identity
- Reduced anxiety and emotional overwhelm
- Growth in self-expression, confidence and emotional safety
- Identity development through safe connection
- Creative pathways to purpose and future thinking
- Soft outcomes linked to EHCPs and preparation for adulthood
🧩 Commissioning & Integration
These services can be commissioned by:
- Local authorities (EHCP, AP, Out of School)
- Schools, PRUs and SEND teams
- Parents privately
- Youth mental health or care teams
- Carer and family support programmes
Key Features for Provision:
- Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-aware staff
- Outcomes tracking available
- Ideal for EHCP/Section F, AP or post-exclusion placement
- Wraparound coordination with carers
- 1:1 or small group format
- DBS-checked, safeguarding compliant
- Flexible delivery (online or Essex-based in person)