Clear Sky Children's Charity - The Power of Play!

Clear Sky Children's Charity - The Power of Play!

Clear Sky Children’s Charity provides Play & Creative Arts Therapy to vulnerable children when they need it most. Working in schools across Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, Clear Sky support children who have experienced bereavement, bullying, family breakdown, parents in prison, parents with substance abuse issues, parents with mental health issues and traumatic experiences (e.g., car accident, fire etc.). These children are presenting with a range of complex emotional and behavioural needs, some of which are likely directly attributable to the recent Covid restrictions and associated social and economic pressures. 

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The Hugs Foundation Helping Hands Project

The Hugs Foundation Helping Hands Project

The Hugs Foundation have received a fantastic grant of £5,000 from The Pixel Fund to enable Hugs to continue to run the ‘Hugs Helping Hands’ youth well-being project. The project provides well-being support to children and young people in Cornwall who have a range of complex needs including; social, emotional, physical and mental ill health, trauma and abuse, SEND, reduced or non-school attendance, social isolation, self-harm and suicide ideation. Hugs unique intervention creates a circular relationship between the environment, rescue animals and people they support. 

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Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of people with cerebral palsy

Supporting the wellbeing and mental health of people with cerebral palsy

The Pixel Fund is helping Cerebral Palsy Scotland to employ a Clinical Psychologist to meet the mental health and wellbeing needs of people with cerebral palsy that they support.

Cerebral Palsy Scotland is a charity that improves the lives of children and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) through specialist therapy, support and information.

A lifelong condition, cerebral palsy results from an injury to the infant brain that causes disruption to the development of movement, posture and balance. Around 150 children in Scotland are diagnosed with CP every year.

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Young People get a Spring in their Step!

Young People get a Spring in their Step!

The Totnes Rural Area Youth Engagement (TRAYE) project has been successfully awarded funding from the Pixel Fund for a project that supports young people to be active and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

TRAYE currently works with young people from the isolated towns and parishes of Buckfastleigh, Staverton, Dartington, Totnes, Harbertonford and Marldon. We deliver quality youth support and have remained open throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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Brighton Therapy Centre

Brighton Therapy Centre

Brighton Therapy Centre is a small UK-registered charity based in the vibrant coastal community of Brighton, and we have been providing high-quality no-cost and low-cost counselling and psychological therapies for individuals, families, young people, and local businesses since 2012. Right now, we are experiencing an overwhelming demand from our community, and we are grateful for the grant from the Pixel Fund that allows us to meet the needs of the young people who come to us in search of mental health support. 

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Tom's Trust

Tom's Trust

Tom’s Trust was established in 2011 by Andrew Whiteley and Debs Mitchell following the death of their only son Tom, aged 9, after a seven-month battle with a brain tumour. They received almost no mental health support for Tom or their family during diagnosis, treatment or beyond.

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BOUNCE! Brighter Futures

BOUNCE! Brighter Futures

The Pixel Fund is supporting BOUNCE! Brighter Futures to develop our service. BOUNCE! is a charity providing specialist mental health services to children and young people within schools and the community. We are a team of committed mental health professionals with a high level of training and a wealth of relevant experience. Our focus is on delivering accessible, high-quality psychotherapy and counselling to children, young people and their families who would otherwise fall through the cracks of statutory services and private provision.

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CPU | Providing Free and Low-Fee Psychotherapy in London

CPU | Providing Free and Low-Fee Psychotherapy in London

The Camden Psychotherapy Unit (CPU) aims to extend access to psychotherapy to those for whom it has not previously been an option because of financial pressure, ethnicity or culture. The objective of our work is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of our patients, to help them with their ongoing problems and to make lasting positive change in their lives.

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Winchester Youth Counselling

Winchester Youth Counselling

Winchester Youth Counselling (WYC) provide free, open-ended mental health support for young people aged 11-25. Our services include 1:1 Counselling, Walk and Talk Therapy, Nature Therapy, Group work and support for parents and carers. WYC support young people experiencing a range of issues including anxiety and depression, bereavement, suicidal ideation, self harm and many others, that have a hugely negative impact on their wellbeing and their future.

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Strathmore Community Rugby Trust

Strathmore Community Rugby Trust

Autism-Friendly Rugby is a physical activity and personal development programme for children aged between 5 and 12 with a diagnosis of Autism. The programme aims to engage young people with Autism into the team sport of rugby.

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Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

The Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus SASBAH) provides lifelong well-being support for over 1,000 children and adults of all ages across Sussex who are affected by these conditions. Young people with these complex physical and learning disabilities are often excluded from mainstream society, including the arts, and suffer disproportionately with poor mental health.

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Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

Funding from the Pixel Fund will support the vulnerable children and young people who come to Whirlow Hall Farm Trust. These children and young people are struggling with moderate to severe learning disabilities, physical or mental health or heart breaking personal circumstances such as trauma, bereavement, abuse or neglect.

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Kids on Track

Kids on Track

Kids on Track exists to improve social mobility by providing an enrichment programme for disadvantaged children that will help develop a positive mind-set and build confidence, so that these children can achieve their full potential.

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Relate Chesterfield and North Derbyshire

Relate Chesterfield and North Derbyshire

Through this grant, Relate Chesterfield and North Derbyshire will be able to offer free counselling to children and young people aged 8-25 years old as well as family counselling to support children as young as 5 years old.

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Sunflowers Wellbeing Project

Sunflowers Wellbeing Project

Tuppenny Barn is an organic smallholding and charity passionate about delivering educational opportunities for children, young people and the wider community in our outdoor classroom. Working with horticulture we help foster physical health and mental wellbeing through our education and green therapy programmes.

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Sport 4 Life UK

Sport 4 Life UK

Sport 4 Life UK believes in a level playing field where every young person has the opportunity to create a better future for themselves. We are proud to provide the opportunity for young people aged 11 - 29 to prepare for, and move into, sustained employment, education or training, by improving their employability and key life skills - through our sports-themed personal development services.

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Mindspace Limited

Mindspace Limited

In the UK, young people’s mental health is worsening - an estimated five children in every classroom have a mental health problem. Issues facing young people today include anxiety, depression, anger, school pressures, bullying and self-harming behaviours or suicidal feelings.

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Kool Carers South East

Kool Carers South East

The £4,000 funding that we have generously received from the Pixel Fund will allow us to be able to continue to offer counselling and therapeutic interventions to our young carers aged 8 – 18 years and their immediate families. Since the pandemic, this support has proven a crucial lifeline for so many of our families and we cannot thank the Pixel Fund enough for their support and for believing in our work.

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Perth Autism Support

Perth Autism Support

Perth Autism Support provides a range of services to support autistic children, young people and their families across Perth and Kinross. Many of the autistic young people we work with experience high anxiety, and as a result they often find it difficult to engage with the larger group activities that we deliver.

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