Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship

Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship

Sirona provides equine, animal and nature-based therapeutic and educational activities within a relational and person and animal-centred approach to vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in order to improve their mental health and well-being and guide them towards more positive life outcomes. Many of the young people who attend Sirona have experienced severe trauma in their lives and are in foster care or adoption, others have referrals of ADHD, Autism Spectrum or struggle in a traditional school environment.

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Venture Scotland

Venture Scotland

Venture Scotland believes in empowering young people who are facing challenges in their lives to first understand and then improve their mental health and emotions and, in doing so, change the course of their lives. 

Through the power of the outdoors, we change, improve and often save the lives of young people across Scotland. Suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Scotland, and we hear first hand from the young people we work with that our programme is what turned their lives around. 

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The Garden Classroom

The Garden Classroom

TGC delivers nature connection activities to promote mental health to over 10,000 children in our north east London community who are experiencing one or more forms of disadvantage. Islington and Hackney are among the most unequal places to live in the UK, where the incredibly wealthy and most socio-economically deprived (43% and 38% Islington children live in poverty) live alongside each other.

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Blue Smile: supporting children’s mental health in Cambridgeshire

Blue Smile: supporting children’s mental health in Cambridgeshire

A grant from The Pixel Fund is helping Blue Smile deliver 1:1 arts-based therapy for children in Cambridgeshire primary schools, providing prompt, specialist help to those who need it most. More children than ever are facing mental health difficulties with official figures from 2023 showing 1 in 5 children in England have a probable mental health disorder.

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Level Two Pixel Mentoring Project

Level Two Pixel Mentoring Project

The Level Two mentoring provision supports vulnerable young people with mental health issues to develop coping strategies which enable them to set and achieve goals and improve their life chances. In 2023, we have mentored 150 young people, but the need is increasing significantly as many more young people experience mental health challenges. This funding enables us to support 17 additional young people.

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Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship

Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship

Sirona is a small charity based in South Devon established in 2012 that provides equine and animal-based therapeutic and educational activities to young people and adults with mental health, learning, physical and social and/or emotional challenges.

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Supported Work Experience at Martineau Gardens

Supported Work Experience at Martineau Gardens

With support from The Pixel Fund and several other charitable trusts and foundations, we are pleased to be able to continue providing supported work experience placements at Martineau Gardens for young people with a range of support needs. These young people are aged between 16 and 25, and their developmental differences, or exclusion from mainstream education, mean that they are often denied access to traditional work experience.

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Ignite Life

Ignite Life

At Ignite Life, we provide mental health support to disadvantaged and marginalised young people across the South West. We have three mental health services, with a new one launching in February 2024. All services aim to support those who too often slip through the net due to poverty and social disadvantage.

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Inclusive Swimming at BOSP

Inclusive Swimming at BOSP

Inclusive Swimming – BOSP Holiday Club provides hydrotherapy swimming opportunities to some of the most marginalised children and young people (CYP) with complex physical, learning disabilities and/or medical needs, who are unable to access mainstream pools in Basildon, Essex.

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Building happy and healthy relationships with LMK

Building happy and healthy relationships with LMK

Let Me Know (LMK) is an education charity working to prevent relationship abuse before it starts, giving young people the skills to avoid abuse and fill their lives with relationships that support them to be well and thrive. LMK achieves this through delivery of preventative workshops to young people aged 11-24 in schools and community settings.

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Interest Link Borders Befriending Project

Interest Link Borders Befriending Project

The grant will fund our Central Borders befriending project for children and young people with learning disabilities and autism aged 8-25. This will break down barriers with the community through volunteer befriending services that enrich members’ lives and give respite to their families.

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Children's Health Scotland: Delivering Self-Management Skills Programmes in Scotland

Children's Health Scotland: Delivering Self-Management Skills Programmes in Scotland

We know the impact of living with a disability and chronic illness can be severe, overwhelming, and isolating. Children and young people are at risk from social isolation, difficulty in making friends, poor mental health and wellbeing, and poor educational and career outcomes due to missing school. A grant from the Pixel Fund is helping Children's Health Scotland deliver Self-Management Skills (SMS) Programmes and a monthly online HUB to children and young people living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses.

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Venture Scotland's Empower Programme - Changing Young Lives Outdoors

Venture Scotland's Empower Programme - Changing Young Lives Outdoors

Venture Scotland is the only provider of long-term, outdoor-based personal development support for young adults in Scotland. Using Scotland’s natural environments and a person-centred practice, we support young adults who are suffering from poor mental health, trauma, poverty, health inequality, unemployment, crime and alcohol and substance misuse.

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Art Therapy Programme for Children in North Ayrshire - delivered by Impact Arts

Art Therapy Programme for Children in North Ayrshire - delivered by Impact Arts

Impact Arts' Art Therapy Programme in North Ayrshire provides a tiered model of psychotherapeutic support to children, young people and their families who are affected by familial/parental substance use. Targeted towards those where the use of alcohol and drug use by family members is a contributing factor to Adverse Childhood Experiences.

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12-week group therapy intervention for disadvantaged children

12-week group therapy intervention for disadvantaged children

KidsAid intend to provide a group therapy intervention for twelve children and young people who are displaying early signs of poor mental health. Themes within the sessions will focus on connecting with oneself and others with self-acceptance, empathy, and compassion; exploring worries and fears; and creating a personal toolkit to use when life feels overwhelming.

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Me2 Club, Inclusion for All Project: Empowering Disabled Children through Mainstream Activities

Me2 Club, Inclusion for All Project: Empowering Disabled Children through Mainstream Activities

Me2 Club is a charity which helps children and young people with additional needs and disabilities aged 5 – 19 access social, sports and leisure activities in Berkshire. It was set up in 2003 by a group of parents who wanted the same opportunities for their disabled children.

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Support Dogs

Support Dogs

Support Dogs, are delighted that, thanks to the amazing generosity of The Pixel Fund, our charity will be able to change the lives of another child with autism and their whole family by helping to fund a new Autism Assistance dog partnership.

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Tuppeny Barn - Children's Wellbeing Programmes

Tuppeny Barn - Children's Wellbeing Programmes

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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