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Bristol Charity Advent Calendar 2023, day 6: Love Squared
Love Squared uses imaginative, carefully curated services to support Bristol’s vulnerable young people struggling with social, emotional or mental health.
Working with children and families who have often fallen through the cracks of the system, the charity’s free service, ‘Glow’, offers one to one therapeutic mentoring for two hours a week, wellbeing groups for different ages to strengthen peer relationships, a telephone emotional support helpline and a range of free groups during school holidays.
With their core values of love and nurture, the charity offers young people impacted by mental health or special educational needs a bespoke support system of mentors and volunteers to match their personality, interests and needs, taking a child-led emphasis.
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Love Squared is currently fundraising for Christmas with an aim of raising £500 to support children and their families over what can be a difficult time.
Strong relationships between the young people and their “professional friend” mentor is fundamental to this charity’s work, working towards long-term change rather than short term outcomes.
Love Squared’s outreach service is invaluable in Bristol and across the South West, working with schools and local authorities to provide specialist education and wellbeing packages for children affected by social, emotional or mental health.
These plans are curated by experienced practitioners to cater the individual child’s needs, recognising that “there really is no one size fits all package”.
The charity, based in Stokes Croft, is community-based and relies on fundraising to enable the life-changing work they do with local children. Love Squared happily accepts one-off or monthly donations, as well as welcoming new volunteers for the free ‘Glow’ service.
Love Squared provides resources and support to young people impacted by social, emotional and mental health needs, delivered with love and kindness – photo: Love Squared
The charity’s mission statement says: “We are on a mission to ensure that no child has to lose out on a world of potential because of mental health.”
To learn more or get involved, visit www.lovesquared.org.uk/.
Main Photo: Love Squared
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