Helping young people feel safe, feel heard and feel hopeful for their future

We’re thrilled to share that, together with Off The Record, we’re finalists in The Bath Life Awards! Our joint nomination centres around our collaboration with The Bath 5k Map, and we’re over the moon that our work together over the last year is being recognised and celebrated in this way.

We’ve been proud finalists in The Bath Life Awards before and even had the pleasure of winning in 2022. However, there’s something extra special about being a finalist this year - and that’s first and foremost because of Annie Legge.

Annie is the creator of The Bath 5k Map - a collection of walks in and around Bath. She created it to help people access and benefit from time in nature, and to honour the memory of her niece Cerys, who tragically took her own life at just 24. Annie’s goal was to build a legacy in Cerys’ memory.

We were honoured to be chosen as The Bath 5k Map’s beneficiaries in 2023, along with Off The Record. But what began as an incredible gift quickly evolved into a unique fundraising partnership between The Bath 5k Map and our two charities...

The Co-op Local Community Fund raises thousands of pounds for local causes every year. As a Co-op member, you can choose us as your community cause, and we'll receive a share of the funds raised.

The more members who select us, the more funding we’ll receive - it’s that simple!

Every week, our volunteer mentors are changing the lives of young people in Bath & North East Somerset. By being kind, listening, and spending just 1-2 hours a week having a bit of fun, our mentors help our young people feel safe, heard and hopeful for their future. 

In our latest volunteer mentor interview, we explore what it’s like to get started and how weekly volunteering positively impacts the wellbeing of both our mentees and mentors.

Mentoring Plus has partnered with Kingswood School to create a Peer Mentoring Programme between older students at Kingswood and those from Years 6-8. The results have brought clear benefits for pupils and for the school community.

A collaboration between Kingswood School and local youth charity Mentoring Plus has led to the introduction of a Peer Mentoring Programme in the school. This helps young people of all ages and from different communities to connect and is so popular that it is consistently oversubscribed.

The project was launched in January 2022, following the disruption and isolation caused by the pandemic. The idea was to harness Mentoring Plus’ 25 years of experience training volunteer mentors and supporting young people, and equip Kingswood pupils with the skills to mentor their fellow students in Year 7 and 8, and Year 6 students of neighbouring primary school, St Andrew’s.